Chapter 10 – New Mission

She couldn't sleep.

No matter what position she laid in and no matter how hard she tried she just could not sleep. Bulma sighed as she sat up. There was way too much on her mind and she was too restless. Bulma rubbed her aching temples. She could already feel a headache forming.

For some reason, Bulma found herself feeling guilty about what had happened between her and Kakarot. He had only tried to be nice and she went and threw it all back in his face. Bulma knew he was married now and that she shouldn't be making jokes such as the one she had made but she couldn't help it. It was just her sense of humour, but that didn't stop her from feeling guilty. He was her best friend, the one person she could trust the most and she had gone and thrown it all away. But then again, it didn't help that he wouldn't let her live her life. It wasn't up to him who she slept with and it certainly wasn't up to him to choose who is or is not worthy to be with her.

She looked up at her ceiling as she thought about ways to pass time.

A smirk graced her lips as a certain thought crossed her mind and Bulma was quick to get out of bed and leave her rooms. Before she left, Bulma lowered her ki to almost non-existent so that no one would notice where she was or where she would be going. The last thing she wanted was for someone to interrupt again. She needed release and she needed it now.

Excitement almost got the better of her as Bulma went to kick the door down but right at the last moment, she instead settled on a quiet, polite knock. She hoped that she wouldn't wake anyone other than Raditz up. However, thanks to his reputation as being a part of the ruthless last Saiyan squadron, Raditz's room was on a corridor where there were barely any other people. They had all requested that they didn't have him move in next to them.

When Raditz's door opened, Bulma smirked at his tired, just-got-out-of-bed look.

"Bulma?" Raditz's eyes widened when he noticed who it was.

He hadn't expected anyone to come to his room during the night. So seeing Bulma of all people, standing outside his door with a smirk on her face and in what appeared to be only a nightshirt on was definitely a surprise.

"Did I wake you?" Bulma asked innocently as eyed his shirtless state and took a step forward. Right at that moment, his muscles appeared to be even more appealing to her and she wondered what they would feel like against her.

Raditz quickly shook his head as he opened the door even further to allow her entry. Bulma smiled up at him as she walked into his room and was shocked to find that his room only had the bare essentials.

"Didn't you receive anything else when you moved in?" Bulma asked as she looked around.

"Living on Frieza's ship taught me that you don't need anything other than the necessities." He shrugged as he shut the door behind him and walked into his kitchen. "So why're you here?" Raditz asked as he grabbed two glasses and filled them with water.

The two of them sat on his sofa and sipped at their drinks for a couple of minutes before Bulma finally decided to answer. "I was thinking…" She trailed off, leaving her sentence unfinished.

Raditz raised an eyebrow as he placed his glass onto the coffee table. "Thinking about what?"

"About what happened between us," Bulma said as she too, placed her glass down onto the coffee table and turned to face him.

"Bulma… I…" He didn't know what to say. Raditz had been told not to touch the girl, but when she turned up in the middle of the night, dressed in just a nightshirt and her lacy underwear (he could see them now because she was sat down), would you turn her down? He didn't even know if it was possible to turn her down!

Bulma frowned as she stood up, feeling rather foolish of herself. "Forget it. I can tell by the look on your face that you don't want to."

Being rejected or just the thought of being rejected by Raditz hurt her more than she ever thought it would. She remembered his words about feeling like he was taking advantage of her, but Bulma didn't want to mention it in case she came across as desperate. Bipolar or not, she still had her pride and refused to beg for sex. But as she shot Raditz one last look, it was like her body was saying other things.

She needed some release.

Just as Bulma was about to leave, a hand grabbed her wrist and she was pulled down onto Raditz's lap. A smirk graced her lips once again as she looked into his eyes and saw that she was going to get exactly what she wanted.

Before anything else could be said, Bulma crushed her lips against Raditz's in a hungry kiss as he started to work on the buttons of her nightshirt. She dropped her arms when she felt Raditz pulling the shirt away and as soon as she was free of it, Bulma closed the distance between their bare chests as she deepened the kiss. A sigh escaped her as her nipples hardened from the friction created between their chests.

As he ran his fingers through her hair and moved his kisses to her neck, Bulma shivered with want. The feeling of being wanted returned to her and she relished in the feeling and attention she was receiving. Bulma pulled away from Raditz and smirked at the lusty gaze in his eyes as she stood up. She grabbed his hand and pulled him with her as she made her way to his bedroom. Just when she was about to reach his bedroom door, Raditz took control and spun her around to kiss her once again. Bulma moaned into the kiss and was surprised when she felt her back hit the bed, but decided that she didn't care how or when she even entered his bedroom.

Bulma lifted her hips off of the bed when she felt Raditz impatiently pulling her underwear off. When he once again closed the distance between them, Bulma sighed with pleasure when she felt that she wasn't the only one who was naked and wrapped her legs around his waist.

Her sighs turned into moans as Raditz entered her. It took her a moment to adjust (it had been three years since she last slept with someone after all), but soon Bulma was ready and started to meet his thrusts with her own.

With every demand she gave him, Raditz made his thrusts harder and faster, making Bulma throw her head back as moans tore from her throat.

As he felt her walls clamp down on him, Raditz lifted Bulma up, turned her around and bent her over the edge of his bed. Her moans turned into screams as Raditz started to hit the spot that gave her the most pleasure. Bulma gripped hold of his bed sheets for what seemed like dear life whilst Raditz gripped a tighter hold of her hips as he slammed into her. His groans joined Bulma's moans and screams as they both fell over the edge.

Feeling completely exhausted, Raditz pulled out of her and was about to say something when he saw her eyes beginning to droop as well as her knees slowly making their way to his floor. The sight of her completely worn out was almost enough to make him smirk at the fact that he was the one who had tired her out. Thinking nothing of it, Raditz picked Bulma up and led her down on her back on the bed before joining her in sleep.

Her eyes snapped open as she heard a low rumble from beside her. Slowly, Bulma turned her head to the side and when she saw Raditz, her eyes widened. She couldn't remember falling asleep but as she started to wake up fully, Bulma could tell that she hadn't slept long.

Bulma pulled back the covers as she climbed out of bed and got dressed quickly before silently walking out of Raditz's room and into her own. The walk to her rooms had her heart racing in her chest as she darted through the hallways. The last thing she needed was to be seen, especially by someone who had a keen sense of smell and would be able to smell Raditz on her.

As soon as Bulma entered her rooms, she quickly locked her door and walked straight into her bathroom. She didn't regret what had happened not so long ago, but she couldn't risk Kakarot or anyone else smelling Raditz's scent on her.

Perhaps a hot bath would also help her relax a little. She sighed as she stepped into the hot water, slowly lowering herself until the bubbles were above her breast and stayed in the bath until the hot water started to turn cold. After she had finished washing her hair and body, she climbed out of the tub and dried her body with a white fluffy towel.

Whilst getting dressed into her usual black spandex, Bulma decided that she would go and speak to Kakarot and apologise. She just felt so bad and guilty about the way she had been treating him the past couple of days.

When Bulma looked at the time, she saw that it was half four in the morning. She shrugged as she pulled her hair away from her face and did her makeup, taking more care with her eyeliner and mascara than she had done the past few days. Also, Bulma made sure that she wasn't patchy in any places and that she hadn't put too much foundation on. When she had done her makeup, she released her hair from the clip and watched as it fell in what seemed like slow motion to her. Bulma wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her hair and after about twenty minutes of nothing but staring, she decided on just leaving it down and messy.

It was now well past six in the morning and she knew for a fact that Kakarot would be training. Bulma pulled on her white boots and white fingerless gloves and stared at the medicine on the side of her table. After a couple of minutes of staring, Bulma grabbed the box and pulled one of the small tablets out of the packet. She dumped the box back onto the side and walked into her kitchen where she crushed the pill in her hand and dropped the remains into the sink. After washing down any traces of the medicine, she left her rooms to go and find Kakarot.

Bulma wasn't surprised when she found him in the training rooms. In fact, she was grateful. At this time, no one else was really around apart from the odd guard who was on night watch. She frowned before finally opening the door. As she silently walked over to him, she didn't make eye contact. Bulma could sense that he had stopped his training and was looking at her but as she finally stopped walking and stood in front of him, she had no idea what to say. She simply stood there, not looking at him and not talking.

Maybe he didn't want or care for her apology. Maybe that was why he wasn't saying anything and just staring at her. She couldn't see his expression and she didn't want to. Bulma wasn't sure as to what she would see on his face, but she wasn't willing to risk it.

Finally, she took a deep breath and looked him in the eye. She saw that he was looking at her with confusion written all over his face. Bulma frowned as she tried to find the words to say but again, she couldn't think of anything. She simply stood there, trying to tell him that she was sorry. Bulma frowned once again, "Kakarot, I'm-"

"I know," He smiled softly.

"Do you?" She asked as she raised one eyebrow at him. What did he know? Did he find out about her sleeping with Raditz? Bulma's eyes widened a fraction and she looked to the ground to hide her guilty eyes. Would he hate her now?

"Yeah," He smiled more genuinely this time.

Just as Bulma was about to ask what exactly did he know, the doors to the training room swung open and Bardock came rushing in. Bulma turned around to look at him and didn't miss the silent exchange between him and Kakarot. Bulma inwardly frowned but kept her emotions and facial expressions guarded as Bardock made his way over to them.

"I have news on the Prince." Bardock told them. "In two days he will be sent to a planet named Narmeldo and it will take him seven months to get there."

Kakarot frowned. "And how long will it take us to get there?"

"About six months." Bardock said as he looked between Bulma and Kakarot.

It wouldn't be the longest amount of time that they had been away on a mission for, but it was still quite a long time, especially for Kakarot. He would miss Chi-Chi and Gohan. All together, they would be gone for an entire year. It annoyed him, but at least this time they had a much better chance of getting to Vegeta before he destroyed the planet Narmeldo and all of its inhabitants.

Bulma wasn't really bothered about how long she would be away from headquarters for. Honestly, she couldn't wait. She hated being at the headquarters ship for too long. The longer she was there, the more times she saw Kakarot with his family and she would be reminded again about the things she didn't have. The only thing that bothered her was how much harder it was going to be to pretend that she was taking her medication. Kakarot would surely notice her putting white powder down the sink every day.

"Also, it is not only Prince Vegeta and Nappa who will be going on the mission." Bulma's heart stopped at the look on Bardock's face.

She didn't want to know the answer, but she had to ask. "Who else is going?"

"Zarbon and Dodoria."

It wasn't only Bulma and Kakarot going on the mission, Raditz was also coming along. Bulma saw the look on Chi-Chi's face when she heard that Kakarot wouldn't be left alone with Bulma for a whole year and she couldn't stop herself from rolling her eyes at the look of relief on her face as they waited for their ship to be fully stocked up with over five years' supply of food and other necessities. If they really did pick up Nappa and Vegeta, they would need as much food as they could get.

They were leaving straight away so that there wouldn't be any chance of missing Vegeta. Bulma could see that Kakarot couldn't wait until they finally found the Saiyan Prince and she couldn't help but feel slightly hurt. Did he not like travelling with her or going on missions with her? Bulma shook the thoughts from her head. She didn't care. The sooner all of this was over, the better.

Bulma's mother was hugging her tightly as though she would never see her daughter again and was also making sure that Bulma had all the medication along with other things that she may need.

"Are you sure you'll have enough for a whole year, sweetie?" Mrs Briefs asked as she raised an eyebrow and nodded once.

Bulma raised one eyebrow at her mother. She was standing in front of Kakarot and Raditz as though they were flanking her and honestly had no idea what her mother was talking about. Her mother bounced over to her and whispered "tampons" in her ear. Bulma's eyes widened and she quickly nodded. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Kakarot tense slightly with nervousness. It made her roll her eyes. The first time she had ever started her period, she had been about to start her training session with him.

FLASHBACK

Bulma had only just dropped into her fighting stance when she noticed that Kakarot was looking at her strangely. She frowned as she stood up straight again. She didn't like the way he was looking at her. Self-consciously, Bulma pulled at her gloves and looked away from his staring.

"Are you okay?" She heard him ask and was surprised to see him standing close to her, leaving no more than a few inches between them. Her eyes widened at the sudden closeness and Bulma immediately took a wary step back.

"Yes of course I am, why?" Her discomfort was obvious.

Kakarot circled her, as though he was assessing her body. Bulma glared at him and folded her arms over her chest. "I can smell blood on you."

Bulma's arms dropped and her eyes widened. "What?" She all but yelled as she looked herself over for any signs of blood. It wasn't until she looked down at her legs did she feel the pain. It felt like her insides were all clamping together.

As though he could sense or feel her pain, Kakarot picked her up bridal style and quickly ran into his father's and Dr Briefs's lab/medical bay. As he barged into the room with a worried look in his eyes, both of their fathers immediately jumped up, looking just as worried as Kakarot did.

"What happened?" Dr Briefs asked as he went to grab his daughter out of Kakarot's arms.

During the exchange, Kakarot felt something warm on his hand. He frowned as he looked down at his hand and saw the blood. He snatched Bulma from Dr Briefs's arms and placed her down onto a table. Kakarot looked over at his father but was surprised to see that he wasn't worried. In fact, he looked like he was trying not to laugh or smirk. Kakarot frowned. What was so funny about Bulma bleeding? She could be bleeding to death! She could die right here and right now, right in front of their eyes! Why was his father smirking and looking as though he was about to laugh?

Bulma hadn't said a word as she tried to find out where she was bleeding from. Then realisation dawned on her.

She had just started her period.

Her eyes widened and she immediately blushed with embarrassment when she saw some blood on Kakarot's hand. She had no idea when he touched her there but she felt slightly disgusted that he had her period on his hand. She frowned and slapped her hand against her forehead, gaining the attention of everyone in the room. Bulma looked at Kakarot with a slight blush on her cheeks, "Kakarot, go and wash your hands."

"What? Why?"

"Because you have my blood on them," She said it as though it was obvious.

Kakarot was confused but did as she said. When he saw that she wasn't concerned about bleeding to death, he relaxed slightly.

"Dad, can you call mom down here?" She asked quietly. Bulma refused to move from her place on the table for she knew it would have her blood on it. She couldn't help but ask the Gods' why they would put her in such an embarrassing situation.

"Bulma what's going on?" Kakarot asked worriedly as he went to pick her up again, "Why are you bleeding?"

"Kakarot!" Bulma screeched as he picked her up.

It was too late; he had already seen the blood and Bulma's face flushed with her embarrassment, especially when he looked at her with frantic eyes.

"Bulma, you're bleeding!" He said as he turned her around to check her for signs of blood once again.

Bulma slapped his hands away when he went to look at her legs for any signs of the blood he could see on the table. "Kakarot, will you stop? I'm fine!"

"But you're bleeding!" He said desperately. If it hadn't of been for her embarrassing situation, she would have smiled at the care and worry that she could see in his eyes.

"It's normal," Bulma said comfortingly and then sighed when her mother finally came running into the room with a small box and a spare change of clothes.

"How can bleeding be normal?" He asked innocently as he stood up straight and cocked his head to the side.

Bulma once again, smacked herself on the forehead. She watched gratefully as her mother shooed everyone out of the room so she could speak to her daughter about the 'wonders of womanhood'.

END OF FLASHBACK

Bulma rolled her eyes once again at the memory. Kakarot had bugged her for days saying that he could still smell her blood and that he was worried. Eventually, she had gotten more than annoyed with his constant hassling and told him about how on Earth, females bled once a month and that it was completely normal. When he kept going on and on asking how bleeding was normal, she told him to go and ask her mother or to go and ask his father.

Kakarot didn't mention smelling blood on her again.

She wasn't embarrassed anymore about having her period. She knew that it was a completely natural thing. In fact, she was actually pretty happy when she got her period because not too long afterwards, her body started to slowly fill out and now, she had the perfect figure with curves in all the right places. The only thing that bugged her was that the Saiyans as well as anyone else who had a good sense of smell could smell her.

Bulma smiled and hugged her parents one last time before stepping onto the ship. She sat down and strapped herself in and waited for Kakarot and Raditz to both strap themselves in too. When they were done, she closed the doors and took off without saying a word.

After the course had been set, Bulma went to go and unpack her stuff. She honestly had no idea what she was going to do for the next year so she had packed anything and everything. She knew that Kakarot would make her train a lot during their travels but she had still packed other things. When she had done unpacking, she left her room to go and make a start on dinner.

Bulma knew that travelling for six months was going to be boring, but this really did take the piss. It had only been five months and she was already bored out of her mind. She had trained for most of that time and drew some designs. She hadn't gotten around to actually making her new projects, since she needed some parts, so it was a good job they would be landing on a planet that was practically one large shopping mall in less than an hour.

They needed more fuel for the ship since it was going to be a very long journey so Bulma decided to go out and buy some of the parts she needed. Even though he hated shopping, Kakarot had agreed to go with her as well as Raditz. Kakarot didn't want her to go out on her own in such a busy place where there could be someone waiting to attack her. It was no secret that Bulma was a very beautiful girl and you never know just who you might bump into.

When they landed and had left the ship, Bulma noticed how some of the natives ran and hid whilst others moved out of the way of them and looked genuinely scared of their presence. Bulma looked up and behind her to Raditz, only to see him smirk at her. She chuckled as she shook her head, earning the attention of Kakarot, but she simply indicated to Raditz with her head. The two Saiyans were flanking her as she walked through the streets that were filled with different stalls and shops. Bulma looked carefully at each stall before she walked over to them, she didn't want to unnecessarily scare the person who owned the stall or shop. It didn't surprise her that they found both Raditz and Kakarot intimidating. They were both very tall and very muscular men and it also didn't help that they were both Saiyans.

As soon as they had found the parts she would need and refilled their ship with fuel, they left the planet.

Whilst they had been travelling, Kakarot had been training Bulma for five to six hours a day for six days a week. Bulma had never felt so sore in her entire life. It was like her muscles were aching and burning yet he just kept pushing her further and harder. It didn't help that she wasn't taking her medication either. Some days she would feel as though she had no energy whatsoever and to keep up her act, she would have to push herself.

Bulma fell face down onto the sofa and groaned as the pain in her muscles seemed to increase. When she heard both Raditz and Kakarot chuckling, she groaned again. She didn't even dare to move one inch – it hurt too much.

"Kakarot," Bulma groaned and then forced herself to turn over so that she was lying on her back. She got a painful sensation that she usually felt whenever she was sat in the same position for too long and it made her arch her back slightly and frown. Bulma had never felt so uncomfortable in her entire life. "I'm going to have to take a week or two off of training."

Kakarot stopped chuckling at her words and also frowned. "You can't Bulma, not if both Zarbon and Dodoria are going to be on the planet."

"I'm not going to be any good in a fight if I'm in this much pain, Kakarot." Bulma snapped. She could barely even move!

Bulma slowly lifted her arm above her head to grab a long sofa cushion before she placed it where her back curved. It didn't help much but it did ease some of the tension since she didn't have to force her back to stay that way. Bulma closed her eyes as she willed the pain to go away and when she opened them, she saw both Raditz and Kakarot staring at her with worry in their eyes. "What are you both staring at?" She snapped again but this time, she didn't sound as intimidating since she could barely even move.

"You're not going to be fighting at all." Kakarot said as he took a seat in one of the chairs.

"What?" Bulma yelled. "You can't control me Kakarot. If I want to fight, then I will fight."

"They're too strong for you Bulma." Raditz said as he leaned against the wall and folded his arms over his chest. "Hell, they're too strong for me."

She was about to say something but Kakarot interrupted her by nodding seriously, "Raditz is right."

"Then why the hell are you making me train so hard?" Bulma spat as she ignored the pain and sat up so that her glare was more affective. "Why the hell have you pushed me so hard that I can barely even move?" She screeched.

Kakarot winced at her loud voice. "In case you are mistaken for being a part of Frieza's army by the natives."

"Are you kidding me?" Her loud voice clawed at the Saiyans' eardrums but she ignored their winces of pain. "I don't even wear the same armour as Frieza's army! I'm sorry Kakarot, I really am, but I at least want to be able to see the fight if there is one. I am not staying on the ship, what would have been the point in me coming if I missed out on all the action and stayed here?"

Bulma knew for a fact that there was definitely going to be a fight. She wasn't sure who it would be between, but she knew that there would be one. There was no point in trying to be optimistic about it. They were going to a planet which was inhabited by strong warriors to try and recruit the unpredictable Saiyan Prince whilst two of Frieza's strongest lackeys were also on the planet. A fight seemed kind of inevitable, especially when Raditz and Kakarot were supposed to be dead. Well, Vegeta knew that Raditz wasn't dead.

"Someone has to stay and keep an eye on the ship." Kakarot told her. "It would be best if Raditz goes to Vegeta and I'm a lot stronger than you so I should be able to hold my own against Zarbon or Dodoria until Raditz manages to get Vegeta on our side."

She frowned. Bulma knew it made perfect sense but she just didn't want to be left behind. "Why can't we capsulize the ship?" She already knew the answer to that, but it didn't stop her from asking.

"You know why." Kakarot sighed as he stood up. "It would take too long to release it from its capsule if we have to leave as quickly as possible."

Bulma hated losing but right now, her mind just wasn't up to an argument. The pain of her body seemed to make her mind spin faster. Kakarot was more or less saying that if she didn't stay with the ship, she would die. Bulma knew that he wouldn't actually say those words, but she could tell he was thinking it. What was the point in her even coming on this mission? She wouldn't even be leaving the ship or fighting! Bulma sighed as she forced herself to stand. She hissed when her muscles ached with the movement and then swatted Kakarot's hand away when he tried to help her.

"Fine," She said through clenched teeth, "I'll stay on the damn ship, but I'm not training again until I can at least move without it hurting so much."

Kakarot frowned but didn't say anything as he watched the girl limp out of the living area with her back as straight and stiff as she could get it. No matter how many times Kakarot had told her that it was dangerous to just stop training at a time like this, she never listened. When they heard her go into the bathroom, they knew it would be a couple of hours before she got out of the bath. That was if she could even get out of the bath.

A/N - Okay so now I know that quite a lot of you will hate me, but I just had to.

Anyways, they're close to finally finding Vegeta and it's about time too! Again, this chapter was originally supposed to be in two or three different chapters, so technically by the end of this chapter, we should be going onto chapter 16 or 17. Yeah, I kind of guessed that you all wouldn't want to wait that long for Vegeta.

There's more drama to come, especially in the next chapter.

Preview of the next chapter:

Bulma relaxed slightly against Kakarot but was still sobbing violently. She watched as the infamous last Saiyan squadron stood in front of them, all with their own cocky stance.

They definitely lived up to their reputation; they were ridiculously intimidating when they were together and they were surrounded by a deadly aura. The one of the right was obviously the tallest one and from what she could see through her blurred vision, he was completely bald and very terrifying. Bulma shrank back against Kakarot. On the left, was Raditz and she couldn't help but feel a little bit safer when she saw him. However, when she looked at the Saiyan in the middle who had large, flame like hair, Bulma's fear grew slightly. He may have been the smallest, but he was most definitely the most intimidating and his aura screamed death. Just the way he held himself made her feel intimidated and Bulma knew immediately which Saiyan was which.

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