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Chapter 21: Clue

Bulma snuggled close to the warm body that was next to her. She relished in the feeling of his incredibly toned and smoothed body. She opened her eyes and examined his muscular chest. He really was a work of art. His body would be perfection if it weren't for the scars...but after Bulma thought about it for a moment, she realized she loved his scars. They added character to his body and somehow just fit with his personality. She kissed his left pectoral and smiled, loving the feel of his sleep warm skin against her lips. Her left hand traced his muscles lightly and disappeared under the bed sheet to continues their path across his wonderfully shaped abs. She couldn't really help herself when it came to touching him.

"I don't even know why I attempt to sleep with your constant movement."

Bulma raised an eyebrow at Vegeta's mocking smirk. His eyes were still closed, but he was clearly awake.

Bulma's wondering hand traveled to his tail, earning her a groan of approval. "Well, you didn't mind my constant movement last night, and you sure don't mind it now."

Vegeta's hand shot up and caught Bulma's. She giggled, loving their little war in dominance. Vegeta always acted like he hated it when she had the upper hand, but she knew he secretly enjoyed it. After all, since when did Vegeta not love a challenge...

Vegeta let go of her hand and shrugged his shoulders as he placed his hands behind his head. She was getting a little too cocky for him. He felt like he needed to take her down a notch. "You could use some work. But you are definitely improving."

Bulma scoffed and set up. Then she smirked as she lifted up some torn fabric. "And you're telling me that I need more work in order for you to rip more of my sheets?"

Vegeta scowled at that. He had forgotten that in a moment of a pleasure he had completely tore apart her bed cloths. 'Blast her for making me lose control like that.'

"Perhaps I didn't like them. This bedroom is hardly fit for my royal standards."

Bulma leaned back down and kissed along his jaw line. "Well we could have went to your room, but you decided to throw me over your shoulders and-"

"I was there remember. You don't have to explain it to me." Vegeta said a little annoyed as he got out the bed and began putting on his clothes. Even though he enjoyed himself immensely last night, there were a few times that Bulma had the upper hand, and he both hated and appreciated it at the same time. It only being her second night with him, he had completely underestimated her. He was so caught up in his passion that he didn't realize she would be studying and analyzing him like some kind of experiment. That thought was almost disturbing, but the idea of the bedroom being a passionate battlefield was definitely exciting. So once again, Bulma was putting him through loops, and to be honest, he wouldn't want it any other way. That's the thing he liked about Bulma, the woman didn't know how to be boring.

"Am I going to see you tonight?" Bulma asked in a way like she already knew the answer. She found him fascinating. The things he made her feel were incredible and she was really enjoying finding out ways to catch him off guard and hold a primal power over him. It made her feel like she could do anything. It was incredible to bring the most powerful man in the universe to his knees.

Vegeta smirked and leaned down to kiss her. "Of course." He meant to only kiss her for a little bit but she grabbed the front of his armor that he had just put on and began pulling him into the bed again. He groaned, as he quickly felt the effects of her heated kiss. "Bulma, I must leave."

"Just 10 more minutes." She murmured as she kissed him again and began unlatching his armor.

Vegeta didn't leave until an hour later...

Later Outside Bulma's Apartment...

Kakarot had knocked on Bulma's door for the third time. She was late this morning. Which was out of character for her...well, not to be late, but to be this late, it was.

"Give me five minutes!" He heard Bulma yell from inside.

Kakarot groaned and leaned against the wall. Once ten minutes passed he started to get impatient. He went to her door and knocked again. "Bulma come on! We're missing breakfast!" Kakarot couldn't help it. He was really hungry. Usually, he would drop Bulma off at the lab and head down to the mess hall for a quick bite; which he could always do really quickly because there hardly wasn't a line this early. But now, he was going to have to wait even longer. He didn't know how much longer he could last...

Just then Bulma opened the door. She looked a bit flustered. "What took you so long?" Kakarot said annoyed. He wanted a good explanation for not getting food at this very moment.

Bulma adjusted her clothes a bit and started walking. "I was still experimenting with my body wash, and so it took a little longer."

Kakarot sniffed the air and realized that she did have a couple fruity scents, but they were no where near as bad as they were before. But the only problem was that she was making him even more hungry. His stomach gave a loud growl and he patted it, trying to comfort in a way to tell let it know that it would be fed soon. "Well it's better than yesterday, but can you do that stuff at night?"

Bulma rolled her eyes. She wasn't in the mood to hear Kakarot complain. Her and Vegeta were having a very nice time that is until her alarm clock went off. They both realized that they were in there for way too long. Vegeta had hurriedly gotten dressed and told her that she needed to get rid of her sheets.

She didn't need to ask why, even she could smell Vegeta all in them. All she would have to do is open her front door and Kakarot would have been able to smell him from the hallway. So on top of her normal routine to get ready, she had to double wash herself, but find a way to not over power her scent, destroy her sheets, but not before washing them, air out her room, without letting Vegeta scent spread, and find a way to cover the present hickeys that were on her neck!

Vegeta had thought it was pretty funny.

It took forever for Bulma to find a scarf to cover her neck. But she finally found a yellow one that contrasted good with her white sun dress. She had just hoped that no one would notice and ask too many questions. "Kakarot I can not promise you when my creative genius will start flowing and pushing out ideas. Perhaps you should eat before you come here."

"I do." He all but whined.

Bulma ignored him and went straight to the lab. Kakarot didn't even walk her to the door. He just saw her go near it and then headed for the mess hall. 'Nothing comes between Kakarot and his food.' Bulma sighed as she walked in.

"Good Morning Darling." Dr. Brief said smiling brightly.

"Morning Papa." Bulma said as she came and kissed him on the cheek. Then she turned to Bardock. "And how are you this morning Bardock?"

He shrugged then without looking up at her responded with, "Crappy. You're late, so I had to start on your project, and you still stink."

Bulma placed her hands on her hips. "Kakarot said I smelled better."

"Better doesn't mean good. You have like 3 things on."

"Well excuse me if you Saiyans are just so used to your one scent. On Earth, Women would wear multiple mixed scents. Right Dad?"

Dr. Brief nodded his head. "Yes that is true, but to be honest I kind of got used to not smelling perfumes and the like."

At that Bardock finally looked up at Bulma and smirked. "See."

Bulma rolled her eyes. "That proves nothing. You just watch me make a scent that every woman on the planet will be dying to wear."

Bardock went back to examining the wires and circuitry that was in front of him. "Yes just like they are wearing your clothes."

Bulma glared at him as she started to put on some gloves to do some welding. "Well I'll have you know that Ruta is coming over today to try on some of my clothes."

"Well I doubt she'll want to walk around them."

Bulma grinned at that. "Well I already thought of that actually."

The Doctor and Bardock both looked at her at that. "What do you mean?" The Doctor asked.

Bulma cleared her throat. She got this great idea while Vegeta was rushing to put on his clothes this morning. What if he could just press a button on a watch or bracelet, and his clothes would instantly appear! It was one of her most brilliant ideas yet.

"Well Gentlemen I'm going to create a device that can instantly change your state of dress." She said, expecting for them to be overly impressed with her statement.

Bardock shook his head. "Don't waste your time."

Bulma's grin fell. "Why would you say that?" She asked defensively.

The Doctor cleared his throat. "Well Honey, Saiyans wear the same thing practically all the time. Why would they need to change their clothes?"

Bulma opened and then closed her mouth. She didn't know how to respond to that.

The Doctor felt kind of bad for his daughter. She seemed so excited about her invention. He walked up to her and patted her on her back. "There, there dear. If we were on Earth it would be marvelous."

Bardock thought about that for a second. "Well, we could market it toward other planets and make a profit from it."

Bulma didn't even think of that. All she thought about was Vegeta or herself needing to quickly change. Perhaps she would need to think of a way to instantly change her scent without having to take long showers and put on a bunch of perfumes. "I'll make a prototype and test it on Ruta today."

Later...

During her lunch break, Bulma and Kakarot went back to her apartment and Bulma was very pleased to see Ruta and Raditz waiting outside her door for her. "It's so good to see you again Ruta. But Raditz what are you doing here?"

Raditz blushed a little bit. He wanted to see Ruta in some of Bulma's clothing, but he didn't want to seem like a perv.

Kakarot was excited to see him. "Hey Raditz! Lets go have an eating contest. I'm starving!"

Raditz wanted to tell him 'no' but he couldn't deny that he was kind of hungry plus he didn't want to give away the real reason for him being there. "That's why I'm here brother."

Ruta crossed her arms and looked at him suspiciously. "Hhm. I thought for sure it was because you wanted to see me in some of Bulma's provocative clothing."

Raditz's face turned red. "I was-"

"Perhaps if we are mated. But I'm not so easily conquered Raditz." She said slyly as if she was challenging him on some level.

Raditz smirked and kissed her quickly on her lips. "We'll work on that later."

Bulma just smiled at the interaction. She was very happy for the both of them. She had felt bad for leading Raditz on, only to hurt him. So she was thrilled that he found himself a good girl.

"Alright, come on Raditz lets go." Kakarot said as he pulled on his brother and led him away.

Bulma and Ruta walked inside the apartment and they ate some of the food that Bulma had in her fridge. Neither ate that much because Ruta ate earlier and Bulma just wasn't that hungry. At odd times during their conversation, Ruta would catch Bulma staring off into the distance just smiling to herself as if she was having some great fantasy.

"So what's his name?"

Bulma snapped out of recalling her last session with Vegeta and looked back at Ruta. "I'm sorry. What was that?"

Ruta chuckled softly then spoke again. "I said what's his name? You have been day dreaming and I can tell it is about a man. I want to know who."

Bulma smiled and then got nervous when she realized that she had been caught and that she couldn't tell her who. She had to think of something so she said the first name that came to her, "Kakarot."

Ruta's jaw hit the floor. "Kakarot? But he is so much younger than you!"

Bulma felt like an idiot. 'Seriously Bulma? Why are so dumb when you're so smart! You could have said any of the suitors you have but you just had to go with Kakarot.'

"I...I didn't meant to say Kakarot."

"But you did."

"Well it's not him...It's someone else." Bulma tried raking her brain for any other name that would get her out of this, but for some reason she was just drawing a blank.

Ruta narrowed her eyes at her. "I don't believe you."

Bulma blinked at her. "You don't?"

"No, you are taking too much time trying to think of another name. You have feelings for Kakarot. It is only natural for a woman to have feelings for someone they are around continuously. You no doubt had feelings for Raditz as well."

Bulma starred at Ruta trying to figure out what to say. She could tell that Ruta believed she had it all figured out. "I...um...there was a kiss...between me and Raditz."

"I know. He told me."

Bulma was surprised. "He did?"

Ruta nodded. "Yes. Honesty runs deep in his family. Sure he can be a sarcastic jerk, but he won't lie to someone he cares about."

Bulma smiled. "Yea, he was always honest. His whole family is...well, I don't know how honest Turles is though."

Ruta laughed a little. "Yes, well Turles mostly cares about himself. At least that's what I picked up anyways." They both laughed a little then were quiet. "Raditz, also told me about everything with the Prince."

Bulma instantly got tense. "And?" She said kind of defensively.

Ruta held her hands up as a sign of peace. "I'm not going to judge you. I'm just glad you are smart enough to stay away form him now."

Bulma didn't want to say anything about that so she went back to the mess she had just made. "Look about Kakarot, I don't want to tell him, because I think it will just pass. So if we could keep this between the two of us, that will be great."

Ruta nodded in approval. "If they are just some feelings and nothing more, than I don't see why it should be exposed. But if it grows, I will tell Raditz."

Bulma felt so relieved. "So now that, that's settled, lets try on some clothes."

Ruta and Bulma had a good time. Bulma found out that Ruta really liked wearing bikinis. especially the ones with the push bra feature. Raditz is going to love her for that. Ruta was also very happy that Bulma had made the clothing device. She could walk around in her normal armor then be in a bikini with in seconds when she was in a more private setting.

"So you like it?" Bulma asked.

"Yea I do. I know some other girls that wouldn't mind it either." Ruta said as she analyzed her self in Bulma's mirror. She was wearing a deep red color bikini that had a halter top with a built in push up bra. She wasn't as big as Bulma in the boob department, but it wasn't anything a little sowing couldn't fix.

Bulma was surprised about Ruta had just said. "Wait a second, I thought the women hated my bikinis."

Ruta shook her head. "No, they hate it when you wear them in front of their men. I have even heard quite a few of them boast how they would wear it better than you."

Bulma was about to say something snippy but then she got an idea. Earlier, Bardock had mentioned making a profit off the planet with the device, but what if she could secretly make a profit on the planet with it? Sure she didn't need the money, but it would be nice to make a profit off of everyone that has been hating on her. And there was no telling what else these women were wanting to wear.

"Hey, Ruta?"

"Yes?"

"How would you like to be one of the richest women on the planet?"

Ruta blinked at her surprised. "Sure...but how would that happen?"

"Well, what if you were to go to these women and sell them this device along with different earth clothing?"

Ruta assessed her words. "That could work, but I don't think these women would want to do you any favors."

"Yes, well, you could make it seem like, that you're the only one making money off of this."

Ruta sighed heavily. "Bulma I don't like the idea of lying to all these women."

"Well It wouldn't be lying. I could never use the money anyways. I get everything for free here."

"Then why do you want to do it?"

"Easy, to make all those women pay...literally."

"Well it could work. But what about the King?"

"Oh he'll totally be in for it once he realizes the money he will make on other planets. He loves having more power, and wealth is just another form of it. I'm suppose to show him this prototype after we're done here anyways."

Ruta nodded. "Alright Bulma, you have a deal. But I'm keeping this bikini."

Bulma just laughed at that.

Three Weeks Later...

Kakarot knew something was going on with Bulma but he couldn't figure out what it was. Every day he picked her up and dropped her off when she needed to be, but something...was off. He just couldn't figure out what it was. She seemed happy, but also nervous, as if she was doing something wrong. And every time he came close to asking her about it, she would snap at him.

At first he thought it was her suitors. But she never really talked about them. Honestly, she acted like she didn't care about the whole situation. She would barely talk to the guys when she was with them, and didn't even remember their names nor put an effort into doing so.

She was lucky that the King didn't care that much. He was so caught up in Bulma's new invention that was apparently increasing his royal treasury. But he also believed that Bulma having her suitors were positively affecting her which caused her to create the invention in the first place.

But Kakarot didn't believe that. If that was true, then she wouldn't seem so burdened when she had to spend time with the "drones" as she called them. She treated it like a punishment almost. Kakarot had even went to Raditz about it and all he said was, "She's probably just pretending that she doesn't care. Bulma is too vain to not appreciate a bunch of men chasing her."

That made sense in its on way. There were times that Bulma would act like one of her inventions weren't a big deal just to hear people boast about it even more, but Kakarot just didn't believe that was the case. Something else was getting to Bulma. As the days would go on, she would seem frustrated and annoyed and then happy. It was a continuous cycle of crazy. Something or someone was causing it. But Kakarot couldn't figure it out. He was with Bulma all the time.

Even now he was standing outside her apartment door. The day was over and he was waiting a little while for her to fall asleep so he can leave and go train somewhere. He never knew exactly when she did, but he always waited a few hours just in case. Lately he had been waiting even longer, just in case something was going on. That night he waited a little bit longer then he ever did, but when he didn't hear anything, or sensed anything, or picked up anything on his scouter, he finally gave up and left. 'I just don't get it.'

Meanwhile...

Bulma glared at Vegeta when he finally made an appearance. "It took you long enough."

Vegeta glared right back at her. "Don't start. It took forever for that Moron to leave." He said as he began to take off his boots. He was about to lose it waiting for Kakarot to finally leave. It frustrated him like no other, and he was ready to relieve some of that frustration with Bulma.

But Bulma wasn't in the mood to do that just yet. "Don't start talking about Kakarot. If you were ready to stop sneaking around, then we would have to wait on him now would we?" She snapped.

Vegeta rolled his eyes and took off his armor. "Bulma I am not in the mood to have this argument again." Vegeta knew that it was only going to be a matter of time until she was going to start talking about coming clean. He knew that they couldn't do this forever, but he just needed more time. He still had a lot of people he had to socialize with in case things got bad with him and his father.

Bulma was tired of hearing his excuses. "This whole thing is just ridiculous Vegeta. I love you, and I know you love me..." Vegeta raised an eyebrow at her that told her, 'I never said such a thing' but she continued anyways. "You've said enough for me to know Vegeta, but the truth is, if that's how it is between us, then we shouldn't have to hide it from everyone."

Vegeta ground his teeth. He really didn't want to have this conversation. Why couldn't he just come in here after a long day and get some? Seriously that's all he wanted. He was spending time with her. Wasn't that enough? The only way that they could be together right now, would be for him to mate her behind his father back. Which would cause a possible uprising in the Kingdom. It would be very disrespectful to his father and also would be like spitting on his Royal Saiyan heritage.

No, the best way to do this was to gain as much approval as possible then ask his father. Whether he said yes or no, at least he would have some people on his side instead of no one. And he has explained at least half of this to Bulma, so her behavior at the moment is unacceptable.

"Look Woman, I have already explained to you that I need some more time."

"And what if I don't want to wait that long?" Bulma said as she crossed her arms and looked away from him.

Vegeta was shocked. "What is that supposed to mean?"

Bulma shrugged her shoulders like she didn't care about his response. She really didn't mean anything. She just wanted to get under his skin. "Nothing, you just might be taking too long. That's all."

Vegeta was about to yell at her, but then stopped and narrowed his eyes at her suspiciously. "Woman, are you trying to play one of your mind games with me?"

Bulma smirked at that. "Maybe."

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "I swear, you are becoming bipolar."

Bulma actually laughed at that. Vegeta could not figure out her odd emotions.

"Well you are making me crazy." She said as she began kissing him.

Vegeta was about to comment on her constant changing emotions. But her kisses were getting too intense to ignore and he forgot what he was about to say.

The Next Day...

Raditz was about to spend to leave to spend some time with Ruta when his mother knocked on his door. He was very surprised to see her because she never came over to his place.

"What's wrong?"

Colleen crossed her arms. "It's your brother. I am concerned about him and I want you to talk with him...Now."

Raditz rolled his eyes. He wanted to spend some time with his girl, not have a conversation with his brother. "Why do I need to talk with him?"

"Because you know about Bulma's behavior better than anyone."

Raditz was confused. "Wait what's going on?"

Colleen sighed heavily. "Kakarot has been coming home later and later each night. He says he goes off training but his behavior is different. He acts like he's annoyed or frustrated or something. I tried to address the issue, and he assures me that nothing is wrong, but-"

"You think Bulma has done something to him?"

Colleen gave him a worried look. "No, I'm worried that Bulma is doing something to him."

Raditz laughed and shook his head. "No. No way! Bulma and Kakarot? That's just-"

"Possible. She has had feelings for every Saiyan that has been around her."

Raditz stopped his laughing. The thought of his brother and Bulma was just...so wrong. "I...I'll look into it. But I just can't see that happening mother. As far as I know, Kakarot is still a virgin."

Colleen just rolled her eyes. There were plenty of things that a woman could do to a man without taking away his innocents. "Fine. But do not be lazy about this." She said as she walked away.

Raditz watched her go and was still kind of shocked of the whole thing. 'Kakarot and Bulma?...That's just weird. I won't believe it until I see it.'

Raditz sighed and then tapped his scouter to call Ruta.

'Hey, Aren't we supposed to be having breakfast together?'

Raditz groaned at that. He really did want to be with her right now, then having to chase his mother's theories. "Something has come up. My mother is sending me on some weird assignment."

Ruta chuckled. 'Ok, what kind of weird of assignment?'

Raditz laughed himself. The idea was just silly. "She thinks that something is going on between Bulma and Kakarot."

There was complete silence.

Raditz continued on. "I know, I was shocked too. The idea is just-"

'Raditz. There's something you should know...'

Meanwhile...

Kakarot had left his home before breakfast. It was odd for him, but he had came up with the best idea. He had always been waiting around at night for something to happen with Bulma, but what if something was going on in the morning? He felt like an idiot. 'Why didn't I think of that before?'

He didn't know what to expect, but the idea of his suspicions being completely necessary and catching Bulma doing whatever it is she was doing seemed pretty darn exciting.

Kakarot touched down on Bulma's balcony and was a little surprised that her doors were not only unlocked but also opened. 'That's strange.' He walked inside and heard Bulma giggling from her bedroom. 'She's already up. That proves it!'

Without a second thought he barged into Bulma's room. "Aha! I caught-"

Kakarot's face became extremely pale and filled with horror as he saw a naked Bulma on top of a naked Vegeta!

Bulma screamed and Vegeta started yelling. Kakarot was still for a moment in absolute shock and then closed the door. 'I didn't expect that!'

Author's Note:

Haha. So, I know I said they were gonna square off in this chapter, but I decided to stretch out the story a little more. I called this chapter Clue, because I was thinking of the game, and people were suspecting people of things in this chapter and I thought it was fitting. So next chapter, Bulma gets confronted by Ruta and Colleen, Vegeta gets confronted by Kakarot, and Kakarot gets confronted by Raditz...so the next chapter will be called...Confrontations...I can't wait! Please review!