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CHAPTER 14:

Today has been long already! Bulma would work in the lab building new equipment and communication devices for king Vegeta, who caught on very quickly, he was incredibly smart. After explaining all the inventions and working with him on how to operate each one, she prepared to meet up with Vegeta to train some more. The king grabbed her arm "Bulma, may I have a moment?" she faced him agreeing immediately "I just wanted to tell you, I'm very thankful for your work, but mostly for the way you look after my son. I hope someday, you'll bring a new prince and or princess into our world." She felt her heart swell. She cared deeply for the king. Spending so much time with him in the lab had made them very close.

She hugged him "It would be the greatest honor! Thank you so much!" He hugged her back blushing a bit at the show of emotions. She waved bye, kissed her dad "See you tomorrow, daddy", and ran off to meet Vegeta to train. She missed Vegeta. They had only been separated for a few hours, but it felt like longer. She thought about their training and how intense it has gotten. Bulma liked how her body was changing. She loved how she could wrestle with Vegeta now and almost hold her own. Sometimes their fighting would end in rough sex, which was her favorite training! She remembered how shocked he was when she told him to hit her back.

*flash back*

"Hit you?!" he gasped. "Vegeta, I want to build my pain endurance!" she explained. He looked uncomfortable. Surely hitting her, his mate, made him feel weird. "Woman, you bring up a good point, but I'm not sure if it's a good idea." He looked perplexed. She felt bad, could she really ask her mate to cause her physical harm? "Perhaps I could command a woman to also train you and build up your pain endurance…" Bulma thought about that "No Vegeta I want you to train me." She loved training with him and she wasn't about to give that up. He looked deep in her eyes and finally answered "okay, but we need to be careful I could really damage you, woman." She smirked, "That's what the rehabilitation tank is for, my prince" she gave him a sarcastic bow. "You think you're so cute don't you, woman." She swung at him and they started their training. Vegeta being extremely careful not to hit her too hard.

*end flash back*

Sometimes after their training Bulma was extremely sore, but she wouldn't admit it. She felt herself getting stronger and she knew Vegeta did too. He would hit her just a little harder every time. She liked pushing herself and seeing how much pain she could take, but she knew it was only because she wasn't in real danger.

She felt an energy about herself now and she wasn't sure if it was her training or because of her blood transfusion with Vegeta. She remembered how worried he was when she had an accident in the lab…

*Flash back*

She was working on a hover craft that she was making for the king, he was interested in giving them to his civilians who couldn't fly. Many of the saiyan men had brought home human wives. She was laying under the hover car that was held up by a lift. The electricity flicked for some reason and the arms on her lift dropped. She saw the metal hunk falling towards her fast, she knew she didn't have time to move. She yelped out as she heard the crash. She couldn't move, all she could do was blink her eyes twice while she felt the sensation of warm liquid surrounding her shoulders.

She remembered trying to find her legs, because she couldn't feel them. After that her world went dark. She had woken up to a haggard looking Vegeta. He had black circles under his eyes and his face was etched with worry. He was slowly pulling her out of a rehabilitation tank holding her tightly. He had bandages on his arm and she saw empty blood bags hung over her tank. She realized the empty blood bags were all connected to her IV. Vegeta had yet again saved her.

*end flash back*

Maybe it's a mixture of both? Maybe I can set up an experiment. It would certainly be interesting. She hoped that someday she could actually shoot energy out of her hands like Vegeta and Goku. She smiled as she thought about Vegeta and Goku sparring together. Vegeta didn't admit it to her, but she knew he liked Goku. Her life felt great. She was almost to the spiral stair case when a civilian called her name "lady Bulma! A little boy has requested to see you he's right outside those doors." The woman pointed to the doors and smiled bowing at Bulma. "Oh, thank you!" Bulma said.

She couldn't believe someone was looking for her specifically, but the people in this kingdom saw her and Vegeta together so they started showing her the same respect they showed him. She jogged to the doors glancing at her watch, if I'm late Vegeta will most definitely be annoyed. She was finally outside and saw a cute brown haired boy standing by some trees, she quickly stepped over to him and squatted down "Hi buddy! What's up?"

He looked up and all of the sudden a blue figure appeared where the little boy had been. Bulma jumped back with her hands in front of her, fighting instincts kicking in. "Hello miss Bulma, pleasure to meet you." He was huge with blue skin and green hair pulled into a braid. He looked at the boy "scram you brat!" he barked. The boy took off without a second glance. Bulma studied this weird blue creature… he looked familiar. "Do I know you?" she asked. He grinned and replied "Oh sweet Bulma, no you don't but you will."

His smile widened and that's when the memory hit her. ZARBON. From Vegeta's memories, yes it was him. He tortured Vegeta and she knew this was bad. Her stomach filled with hate and dread. She started to yell as her body shook with fear. Zarbon grabbed her and flew a few yards over to a small spaceship, holding her tightly as she flailed crazily trying to get loose.

He pulled her into his lap, this spaceship was tiny with one seat. He clicked a button and the door closed she jumped up banging her shoulder against the door screaming for someone to help her. "Pretty blue haired Bulma, there's nothing you can do. Let's rest." He pressed a button on his arm rest and gas filled the air. It smelled weird at first then her body relaxed falling into a crumpled pile at Zarbon's feet. She thought she heard Vegeta in her head screaming for her, but the gas won and she was out.