Blue Roses

Bouzi Neo

Chapter Twelve: Insolence

"You seem in a surprisingly good mood today, Mother." Trunks raised a brow from the table.

"You're here, surprisingly enough, Son." Bulma retorted.

Trunks shrugged, "I couldn't find Gohan this morning."

Bulma raised a brow, "Oh? Where is he, then? Training?"

"Uh, I don't know?"

"You two have been training for a few days already," Trunks tried to protest but she shook it off, "And you can't read ki yet? I know Gohan's a better teacher than that."

"How do you know-"

Bulma shrugged, "I can't read it if that's what you mean. I don't have the power level, but I have the 'woman's intuition', I think I called it." She chuckled a bit, "Anyway, all of these fighters, from Yamucha to Gokou were always talking about how they can't sense this power level, or they can sense this one and it's so unbearably huge." She laughed, "They looked silly, even in the most tense moments. Gokou and the others always tried to get me to leave those bad situations. Eventually I would, but I watched some of the fights. On Namek, some here, most of them were either with Gokou as a child when we were little kids or after… he passed away. I wanted to see the androids. I thought I could help destroy them if I could even get any parts of them…" She looked sad for a moment, but continued, "So do you know where he is or not, Kiddo?"

Trunks was about to vomit. If she said "Gokou" one more time… He sighed, "Uh… He's at… I think near that big amusement park about an hour away."

Bulma stared, "I'll go to see what's going on. He wouldn't train in an area where so many people would be likely to get hurt." She sighed and turned the radio on, "Is there any way of knowing how long he was gone?"

"No."

"And so it is reported that if you are in the West City Amusement Park, W-CAP, or any of the smaller areas around it you should evacuate now. Artificial Humans have been spotted and we have no further information as to where they are for safety reasons."

Trunks stared blankly. He should have been there to help, he needed to go… Now!

Bulma pat her son's shoulder, "Don't feel guilty. If he wanted you to follow, he would've given you some sort of sign."

"And you don't think this is a sign? Mom, I've got to go."

"Trunks, you, I, I'm your mother. You're not going. Trunks? TRUNKS!"

But he was already out the door by the time she turned around.


Bulma raced to the car. Whatever route her son took, he was going fast and he wasn't going a way she would know how to get to him any time soon. Damn him. Damn him for being so stubborn and helpful.

What would she do if she lost him!

Her little boy. She pressed harder on the gas. Even so… She'd make it there in a half hour.

Oh, God.

Wait, there was no God. This God, he took away Vegeta. He took away Gokou. He took away hope for their future. Perhaps she could save another future, but what of her beloved?

She wanted to be selfish again. She wanted to be wanted, the way Vegeta and Yamucha were always fighting over her. In their own way, well it was more Vegeta took her and Yamucha went insane with jealousy. That was his problem, but she never wanted him to die. He was still a good person. He wasn't the most faithful person alive, but he died to save people.

And what of Gokou? Oh, Gokou… everyone missed him. If he were there… He would have thought of something, done something. Her Vegeta and Gokou together… they could have been unstoppable.

They would have won.

Gohan wouldn't be a bitter young man. Oh, how she felt bad for Gohan as well. And Chichi, always worried, always deprived of her family. Now Bulma knew what she felt.

She took those years of freedom for granted. Now they were the artificial humans' playthings. Not for long, she used to think.

One day, she would find out how to make them stop working. She used to want to be of some sort of help during all those fights, and now, they were fighting machines! MACHINES!

She was a genius. She was a scientist. On her father's deathbed, she promised him she would find Gero's lab and steal the plans to find out how to kill those monsters.

She was a failure and an insult to her father's name. No, the androids, the artificial humans, they destroyed the lab. She could find no plans to find out what any weaknesses were and work on them.

Bulma sighed. Seconds were too slow. She had to get there faster!

Faster!

She had to make it… she didn't make it there on time to save Yamucha or Vegeta, and she didn't invent the damned heart disease medicine fast enough to save poor Gokou, but she would save these two. Stop Trunks, her baby boy, from doing something stupid…

And Gohan…

She would find him, too. But what could she do? He was stubborn as a Saiya-Jin.

He wouldn't stop fighting.

She sighed as the entrance to the W-CAP came up. Jumping out of the car, reckless as to what was going on, Bulma ran through, to save her little boy.


"So what do you want to do now?"

"I don't know… hey, look, what's that?"

"What's what?"

"That woman… Eh, I'll go kill her."

Juunana stared for a minute before he jumped before his sister, "Stop… I've seen her before. Don't kill her until I find out where the hell I've seen her before."

"Lots of women in this stupid city look like her."

"No, she's cuter than the other ones."

"You just have a hair-fetish."

Juunana stared at her, "What is she looking for?"

"Maybe that pathetic fighter? Maybe she's his girlfriend, how should I know?" Juuhachi rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips.

Juunana's eyes flared under that comment, no, something so beautiful could not belong to that piece of shit. He wouldn't have it.

Juuhachi, amused by this, shrugged, "Why don't you go talk to her? Suddenly shy before a human?"

"Fine, I will."


"So, is this what you do in your spare time or are you looking for something, Woman?"

Bulma stopped, "Don't call me that."

Vegeta… Vegeta… Oh, she was his woman…. Almost like his little nickname for her… Vegeta…

"Don't you know who I am?"

Bulma slowly turned around and stared straight into the ice eyes of Juunana. "I know who you are."

"Aren't you afraid?" He smirked. He wanted her to be afraid, she was so delicate and strong at the same time. Seeing her afraid… seeing her like that… His eyes flashed with a different fire this time… Sadism.

The things he could do to this one.

"No. If you're going to kill me…"

"No one said I was going to kill you. Yet."

Bulma turned. He faced her. His eyes, the way he looked at her. She shivered. He smirked and moved closer.

"Where do you come from? I've seen you before." Juunana became annoyed, as she didn't answer, "I asked you a question! Answer me, damn it! Now!"

"Juu, let's go. I'm bored."

"I want to pay you a little visit." He ignored his sister.

"What, like a date?" Bulma spit out beside herself, "You sick fuck-"

"There's no need for profanity, now. You wouldn't want me to lose my temper and not tell you where your little fighter is." Juunana grinned.

"I wouldn't believe you even if you did tell me."

Juunana shrugged and slid his gloved finger in the tight area between Bulma's shirt. Outraged, she moved to slap him on impulse, but he was gone.

"Check behind the Ferris wheel. You're feisty. I like that. I hope to see you next time, but I'd come a bit sooner. We might leave him dead."

She cocked her head to the side. She wasn't stupid; it was probably a trick… but what if… She ran towards the giant wheel and behind him, there was Gohan, unconscious, with Trunks on his knees by him.

"MOM! Oh, God. He's…. he's… I don't think there's a bone in his body he hasn't broken."

"Help me get him up, Trunks, you're going to be alright, Gohan, come on..."

Juunana watched from atop of the wheel as she touched him so tenderly. Jealousy seethed. This woman… he'd seen her before. He'd find out where… but next time… if she were so insolent… he would kill her little boyfriend. Then kill her.


Sorreh, sorreh, sorreh. The long awaited chapter!

So what will happen? Will Juu find Bulma and have his way with her or will Gohan manage to win fair lady's heart and protect her? Will Bulma create the time machine in time to save the next future?

Next Time: While Juunana can think of little but Bulma, Gohan can no longer keep such deep emotions to himself. As soon as he slips and Bulma realizes, she looks at him with a sad smile. "Oh, Gohan... I'm too old for you."

Reviewer's Corner:

Vegeta Goddess: I'm being ordered to do something. Meep. Hehe. I'll hold you to that, yanno. I shall update!

Shy-Lil-Dreamer: I shall! I get a one-shot from VG if I do!

Gethmane8: It's almost like a circus where everything will eventually pull together. It just seems intricate and separate now.

Celeb Ryu: Evil cliffies make for better next chapters.