A/N: Hey readers, so I posted chapters 37 and 38 together. I did this because chapter 37 was basically just checking in with Bulma and was super short. So the chapter I post after these two will be chapter 39. As always I hope you enjoy and feel free to review or PM. Just to keep you all informed this story ends soon. Chapter 40 will be the last chapter. Thank you for reading!

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters.

Chapter 37:

Trunks was now a few months old and Vegeta was doing so well. Sometimes when Bulma would cuddle Trunks Vegeta would say things like "Woman, you're going to make him weak! He will be a fierce warrior when I'm through with him!" but she saw Vegeta sneak into Trunks rooms every night to rub his face and check on him. Life was so well.

Bulma's mom was helping with Trunks constantly so Bulma could get some work done. She had almost caught all the way up, but really needed to talk to Goku. She was having trouble losing the baby weight and had an idea. She and Vegeta had talked about moving back to planet Vegeta and she agreed it would be best. Trunks was a prince and he needed to grow up in his kingdom. Vegeta promised her that they would come back to earth a lot.

She was nervous to go back when she was so weak. All the training she did on planet Vegeta felt wasted. She wanted to be strong for her soon to be kingdom. King Vegeta was anxious to see his grandson so Bulma couldn't stall much longer. She did have a plan though. She called Goku and asked "Hey Goku! What would you say to maybe training me?" he laughed his usual laugh "I would love to!" she smiled and continued "Well, I have to leave earth soon… so I was wondering if there was any way we could… use that time chamber up on kami's look out…" She heard him mumbling to himself thinking and finally answered "Sure Bulma, no problem. This will be great!" They decided she would meet Goku at kami's in tomorrow morning.

She was nervous… what would she tell Vegeta? She wanted to surprise him. She sighed and left her lab, going inside to start pumping breast milk for tomorrow since she would be gone all day. She asked her mom about looking after Trunks and of course she was fine with it. Bulma finally finished up pumping the bottles for tomorrow when Vegeta walked into the kitchen. He smirked at her "Why have you pumped so much?" she frowned "Well, I will be so busy tomorrow… I won't be home all day!" she tried to sound stressed and it worked.

"Really? I guess I could take a day off from training and watch Trunks… I know Gohan has been wanting to see Trunks again." Bulma smiled "That's a great idea! My mom said she can help out too though!" Vegeta nodded and Bulma's mom served dinner while talking to Trunks who was in the crib they had in the kitchen. They ate dinner and after putting Trunks to bed they finally went to sleep.

Bulma woke up extremely early the next morning at 4:00am, because Vegeta got up at about 5:00am to start training. Bulma packed some clothes along with her very own armor she made in her lab that looked like Vegeta's armor. She went to grab her phone and remembered she wouldn't need it. She looked at a sleeping Vegeta and kissed his check and off she went, only stopping to kiss Trunks as well. She showed up to Kami's look out and talked to Kami for about an hour until Goku showed up. "Alright, you ready Bulma?" she looked up at her friend and nodded "I'm ready! Let's do it!" and they walked into the chamber together.

Chapter 38:

Vegeta rolled over still slightly asleep, reaching for Bulma, but he couldn't feel her. He sat up and saw that she was gone. He looked at the alarm clock and it was only 5:00am and she was already gone. Hmm… Her work never starts this early. He shut off the baby monitor and walked into Trunks room looking down at a wide eyed Trunks.

He picked him up "Good morning fellow saiyan." He took Trunks to the kitchen and fed him after changing his diaper. Bulma's mom was cooking breakfast and it smelled good, so he decided to wait for the food in the living room. He turned the TV on wondering what he should do today. Trunks was pulling on his finger and giggling. He thought about going to see Gohan and Goku. He was thinking about how hard he would have to train to make up for today when a voice called out "Breakfast is ready!" he carried Trunks into the kitchen and set him in his crib.

Breakfast was weird without Bulma. He finished breakfast quickly and grabbed Trunks preparing to leave and head to Goku's house. He packed a few bottles, some capsules, and diapers in his gym bag, because he refused to carry a girly looking diaper bag, and headed out. As he flew, he noticed he couldn't feel Bulma at all. Usually, she would get stressed or mad at something and he would feel her emotions, but today he hadn't felt anything. He could still feel their bond though, so he knew she was okay.

Trunks laughed as Vegeta picked up speed and he smirked, Trunks loved flying, so Vegeta did a spin and Trunks laughed harder. He couldn't wait to see how strong Trunks would become. He finally arrived at Goku's and knocked on the door. Chichi answered lighting up when she saw Trunks "Oh hi Mr. handsome Trunks!" she took him from Vegeta. After talking to Trunks for a minute she asked "So are you here for Gohan? Goku left early this morning. He said something about being gone all day and took off. He also said something about not wanting to be late to meet with Bulma…" Vegeta looked up "Meet Bulma? She said she had to work all day. Gohan had asked to hang out with Trunks and I so I just thought why not bring him over."

She smiled "Well, I guess since you brought me this chunky monkey Gohan can go train with you, because let's face it… that's what you both want to do." She smiled down at Trunks some more "Huh little man! Isn't that all they do!" Trunks laughed and Vegeta rolled his eyes. As long as he gave Chichi Trunks to play with she didn't care what Gohan or Goku did.

He walked down the hall to Gohan's room and walked in seeing him practicing fighting rather than studying "Mr. Vegeta! What's up?!" Vegeta smirked at him "I came to train with you, but if you're too busy studying…" Gohan rolled his eyes "I hate studying! What did my mom say?" Vegeta answered "Well she's busy playing with Trunks and said we could train. Since your father isn't here it looks like it'll be just you and me." Gohan's fist punched the air and he yelled "YES!" Vegeta knew Gohan was fond of him, but wasn't sure why.

He knew Gohan had potential and liked training with him. Goku was too easy on him. They went outside and started to stretch, when a ki blast shot at Vegeta. He easily hit it away into the air and saw Raditz smirking at him. "Haha, Raditz I see you're in desperate need of training!" Raditz laughed "Maybe! What are you guys up to?" Gohan ran over and hugged Raditz "hi uncle Raditz! We're training while my mom cares for Trunks!" Raditz nodded and asked "Care if I join?" Gohan nodded his head excitedly "That would be awesome!"

Vegeta smirked and said "Gohan I'm sure you could teach Raditz a few things! Show him how it's done!" the two started sparring and talking about technique while Vegeta was a little worried about Bulma. Why didn't she tell me she was meeting up with Goku? Did Chichi hear him correctly? He wouldn't have cared if Bulma wanted to hang out with Goku, but why lie? Did she lie? He felt angry. He tried to push into her head. What?! Nothing is happening… but he still felt the bond.

This is weird… was she pushing him out on purpose? It's almost like she was in a bad reception area or a dead zone… That blasted woman! He would call her when he got home if she wasn't back by then. She had bought him a phone although he never used it… he mostly gave it to Trunks to play with. Another ki blast shot at Vegeta pulling him from his thoughts and he just barely dodged it "Mr. Vegeta, I think you're getting a little rusty! Maybe I should show you how it's done!" Gohan joked.

Vegeta laughed out loud at that and replied "Oh yeah? Let's see what you got kid!" and floated up to fight. Four hours later Chichi called out "Lunch is ready!" The three of them stopped fighting and bolted to the kitchen. Vegeta was staving! Raditz and Gohan teamed up on him, which was actually giving him a slight challenge, but nothing he couldn't handle. Trunks was napping on the couch surrounded by pillows. Vegeta wondered if Bulma would answer him yet… Woman? No answer. Ugh! Why was she ignoring him? Maybe she was just really busy.

He shook his anger away and ate the lunch Chichi made. After lunch Chichi made Gohan go back to studying and Raditz plopped down on the couch and fell asleep. Vegeta told Chichi thanks and took Trunks outside to leave. What should he do? He couldn't really train more with Trunks. He wasn't hungry so he couldn't take Trunks out to eat. He was bored… he has never been bored in his life.

He landed back at the Brief's house and decided to call his father. He went to Bulma's lab and used the control panel and shortly after king Vegeta popped up "Son! Grandson! Ah it's so nice to see you!" Trunks laughed and reached for the screen, he loved his grandpa already. Vegeta called his father usually at least twice a week and let Trunks babble at him. "Where is Bulma?" Vegeta told him of her having a busy day and about him having Trunks all day.

They talked about when they were moving to planet Vegeta. Vegeta could tell his father was anxious to get him and his son home. It was weird having the prince be away for so long. After about an hour of talking to his father, they said goodbye. He looked down at Trunks "What do you want to do?" Trunks looked confused and then pulled at Vegeta's chin. Vegeta had wanted to check out the gym that Raditz goes to. He didn't know why Raditz went there… Those weights couldn't possibly pose a challenge to a saiyan. Hmmm… Yeah we will check out that gym.

Vegeta changed into black sweats and a royal blue tee shirt that showed his shape nicely. He wanted to have the use of his arms so he grabbed the baby carrier that consisted of over the shoulder straps and hooked Trunks to his chest. He knew he had to have looked pathetic, but it would be nice to have the use of his arms. He grabbed his phone in case Trunks go fussy and decided to call Bulma.

Right after the first two rings he heard a vibration… he looked over to see that Bulma left her phone there. She would never leave her phone behind. Hmm… That's so weird. Trunks looked at him and Vegeta shrugged his shoulders at Trunks saying "I don't know, Trunks. Maybe your mom is losing her mind." And with that he headed to the gym. Trunks seemed to like being strapped to Vegeta's chest. He hadn't acted up once on the way there.

He reached the gym and gaped. It was huge. It looked like they had nice machinery, but he knew none of the weights would be heavy enough for him. But then why would Raditz come here so often? He walked inside seeing a front desk and a woman asking "Hi sir can I help you?" he smiled and said "Actually I was hoping to look around for a moment. I'm considering a membership." She smiled big and said "Go right on ahead!" he walked through double doors and into a big dome shaped room that had three tracks around the top of the room and a ton of work out areas with different machines. They even had something called tanning… hmm… he wondered what that was.

He was walking slowly around with his hand on the back of Trunks neck in a caress, when he saw a teenager struggling at a bench press. He dropped the weight on himself and couldn't move. Vegeta walked over to him quickly and lifted the bar with one hand, setting it back on the rack, while the other hand stayed on Trunks. "Why don't you have a spotter you imbecile?" Vegeta snapped. The teen looked shocked and smiled big "Oh my gosh! You're so strong! How did you lift that with one hand?!"

Vegeta smirked "I'm stronger than you average idiots!" the guy laughed "Well, you should consider entering the strong man contest here. This one guy came in and won all of the challenges!" he explained. Vegeta snickered "I have better things to do than show you weaklings how pathetic you are." He continued walking and looking around. He saw a wall that said "Strong Man Wall of Fame" and was interested to see this human.

He walked up to the pictures and was shocked to see Raditz! Vegeta laughed. So this is what that idiot does here! Vegeta couldn't believe Raditz came here acting like a human to get praise. Hmm… "Excuse me!" Vegeta shouted to a worker who was cleaning a workout machine. "Yes sir?" he nodded at the wall of fame and asked "How do I get my picture up there?" the worker smiled "Well you'll have to out lift the current champion Raditz, sir" Vegeta smirked "That'll be easy. Where do I sign up?"

The worker led him to reception where he had to fill out paper work and was then led to the middle of the room when a blonde woman asked "Sir would you like us to watch your baby for you while you compete?" he thought about this… "No, I've got it covered." His baby is a prince, he can't trust a stranger with him. He was glad he brought the capsules for Trunks.

He threw it down and a play pen appeared. He unstrapped Trunks and set him in the play pen handing him his phone. "Let's do this." He said. A group of people surrounded him as he breezed through the lifts. He beat all of the records Raditz set and finally got to pose for the wall of fame. He stood with his arms crossed and smirked. "Okay! We've got your picture. Meet us at the wall of fame, sir." Vegeta grabbed Trunks and strapped him back onto him, packing up the play pen and putting the capsule into his pocket.

He walked over to the wall when an announcer's voice filled the room "Ladies and Gentlemen! Please turn your attention to the strong man wall of fame! We need to give congratulations to our new champion, Vegeta!" applause broke out and Vegeta smirked while Trunks laughed and kicked his feet excitedly. A woman walked up and handed him a medal. He took it and held it up and everyone cheered louder.

He could get used to this. He gave the medal to Trunks who was instantly interested in it. After many goodbyes and training tips he left. Ha! He wondered what Raditz would think of that! He looked down at Trunks who had bent the medal "You're just too strong for this weakling planet huh, Trunks." He said, smirking. It was around 5:00pm and still no Bulma. Not one thought. He grabbed a bottle and fed Trunks as he walked around town. What should he do? He was hungry.

He went into a fast food place and finally decided to go home. When he arrived he was surprised that Bulma still wasn't home. He asked Mrs. Brief if Bulma had stopped by and she said no. This was so weird. He took Trunks outside and put him in his swing while he decided to practice some moves. He went through a few drills when Trunks started to cry.

He needed his diaper changed again, so he took him inside and changed his diaper. He realized it was nearly 8:00pm so he put Trunks in his pajama onesie and carried him down stairs. When will that blasted woman be back? He clicked on the TV and sat on the couch. He started watching a movie while feeding Trunks another bottle. Once Trunks finished the bottle Vegeta burped him and laid back onto the couch, kicking his shoes off and resting his feet on the coffee table.

He reached over and grabbed a blanket that was beside him, covering himself and Trunks up. Trunks nestled into his chest and sighed falling asleep. Vegeta clicked through a few more channels and found that boxing was on. He glanced at the time and it was 10:00pm. Where was that blasted woman?! He looked down at a sleeping Trunks and sighed. He continued watching boxing until eventually he fell asleep.