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Chapter Nineteen
Bulma woke up to kisses on her forehead and a hand petting her hair. "Morning beautiful." Jeice said and she looked up at him. It was then she remembered what today was.
"What time is it?" She asked almost jumping out of bed, now very awake.
"Don't worry. Zarbon just called in telling me to wake you up. You have plenty of time."
Bulma calmed down and got out of bed. As she stretched, she could see how Jeice looked at her and it made her think. The young saiyan started to doubt their relationship. The prince hadn't lied and she could smell the faint scent of other women on him. Did Jeice even care about her? Would he leave her if she kept waiting? Jeice didn't seem like he would do that. "I need to get changed and then we can go eat." Bulma said walking towards her dresser.
Jeice nodded and got off the bed but before leaving, he went up behind Bulma and embraced her. "I'll be waiting." He said and kissed her neck.
Bulma smiled and, after he left, changed into her black spandex shorts and tank top. Her armor was already packed with other changes of spandex and other essentials. She put on her black boots with golden tips and walked out. Jeice kicked off the wall next to her door and they walked to the lunch room. The only ones there were the guys and the servers as it was really early in the morning. "Hey, Bulma." Burter said waving. This brought the other's attention to her and she nodded at them.
"Are you ready for the mission?" Zarbon asked, almost finished with his breakfast.
"All I need to do is eat and then have the quick briefing." Bulma said and quickly ate her food. The fighters around the table watched in awe of how fast the food in front of the blue saiyan disappeared.
"Um... Bulma? Shouldn't you take your time? You did just wake up not too long ago. I don't want you to have an upset stomach while out on a mission." Jeice said and put an arm around her.
"I don't have time to enjoy. I need nutrients and to leave." She didn't want to stay on this ship. The smell of another woman on her man was more prominent than normal which meant that in the time it took her to change, another woman was rubbing against him. It infuriated her that just outside of her room, he had the nerve to do that. She didn't show anything though. Some part of her mind still denied that he wouldn't do anything like that. With her last bite of food, she stood up. "Zarbon, you ready?" She smiled looking at him.
Zarbon smirked and stood. "Say goodbye to your man. We will be leaving once we get out of the meeting."
Bulma looked at Jeice and he took her hand. "Hurry back. I'll miss you." He kissed her cheek.
"Train hard. Harder than you've ever trained." She looked at the rest of them. "All of you. You need to get stronger for when I get back. I want a challenge when we next have a little tournament." The blue saiyan winked at them before leaving with Zarbon.
"That was a good idea, leaving them with those words. Maybe we should also recommend that Frieza send them on training missions also."
Bulma looked up at the blue man. "Zarbon... Do you think that Jeice-"
She was interrupted as Frieza opened the door to the meeting room. He smirked at the two. "Morning. It's nice to see my two best dressed for war." Both Zarbon and Bulma were taken back seeing their leader standing before them. He was a little shorter than Bulma but that didn't make him any less intimidating. Frieza was almost never seen out of his floating chair. They both quickly got on one knee.
"Lord Frieza, I didn't realize that you'd be meeting us out here." Bulma said quickly.
"You may stand. Follow me." Zarbon was the first to get up, followed by the blue saiyan. "I wanted to see you two off. This is the first mission that my left hand lady has gone on in many years. There are steps that need to be taken in this mission and I would like to be informed once each has been accomplished." He held up his fingers as he counted. "One, purge the planet. They are all rioting in the streets and creating an army. They will be an example to other planets who decide they no longer want to be a part of my empire. I want all life forms dead. Two, clean up. I don't think that you want to be training around a bunch of dead bodies. Three, building one of many training grounds. Remember they aren't rooms, just large areas that are semi contained. It doesn't have to be too intricate but the reason I want you two to be there is to make sure that they are built to withstand powerful attacks. Four, train. Bulma, I believe that with as many times as you have been in the regeneration tanks lately, you have grown greatly in strength. However, you need to gain control of this new power."
As Frieza was talking, Bulma's ears perked when he said new power. "Does he know?" Bulma thought to herself. She remembered the dark power that coursed through her as she fought Zarbon.
"Zarbon will be there to monitor and report on your progress as well as your sparing partner." They arrive next to the ship, snapping Bulma from her thoughts. "And I will make this perfectly clear, although I don't think that either of you would intentionally kill each other. You will be harshly punished if the other one dies. Do I make myself clear?"
"Crystal." Bulma says smiling at Zarbon. "This will be fun."
"Agreed. Now, let's get going. The faster we leave, the faster we can start training." Zarbon smirks, making Frieza chuckle.
"I expect a full report when you get back." Frieza says taking a few steps back and the other two walk onto the ship. He waves a hand and both doors of the air lock open. The ship almost gets forced out by the suction of space but Frieza stands strong as the ship leaves.
Vegeta sat in the captain's seat. For the past few days on this ship, he had cursed everything. Nappa and Raditz had tried to convince him not to go back for Bulma right now. It pained the prince to no end that he couldn't save her. He checked, double checked, and even triple checked the supplies in the ship including fuel and food. The bastards had left the ship with only enough supplies to get back to planet Vegeta. The prince looked out the window and watched as the red planet came closer. His plan was to resupply the ship and go after Bulma. He would train on his way to get her and once arriving on the bastard's ship, he would blow them to smithereens.
"Prince Vegeta?" Nappa said as he sat down.
"What?" Vegeta asked irritably. He had no patience for anything.
"I was just wondering... Do you really think that she wants to come with us? Back to the planet? Don't you think it's strange that this Frieza came and knew that she was in the ship?"
Vegeta glared back at him. "Who knows what is inside of that bastard's head? Bulma wanted to come with us. She was even forced out of her seat, ripped out of the seat."
Raditz came in and sat down and they started to land. Once landed, Vegeta quickly walked out. The queen and king stood there waiting for their son to come out with the blue saiyan but were surprised when it was just their son who walked out at a borderline run. Their son had his usual scowl on his face. "Get the ship ready for another take off. Fill it up." He told the few workers who were around.
"Not even a hello?" King Vegeta asked looking at his son.
"Do you see Bulma? No. They still have her. I'm going to go back and get her when the ship is ready."
The king shook his head. "Vegeta, come to the conference room with me. I need to inform you of a few things."
"Don't tell me what to do!" Vegeta's power surged as he glared at his father. "If it wasn't for you, there wouldn't be this problem!"
"Vegeta!" His mother yelled. "Don't you talk to your father that way." Vegeta took a few breaths and looked at his mother. He never tried to show anger at his mother. She wasn't the one who he was mad at. Truthfully, he was most mad at himself. "Now, you will listen to what he has to tell you." She turned and walked into the castle walls.
Vegeta glared at his father who was waiting for him to make the first move. Raditz and Nappa both stood at the door of the ship not knowing what to do. All of the other saiyans around them were frozen, watching to see how their prince would act. Vegeta folded his arms and put his chin up as he walked around his father. This made everyone start to move and get back to work when the King followed his wife and son. Raditz and Nappa also followed, not knowing if they were needed or not.
Once Queen Kayle walked into the meeting room, she sat in her chair at the end of the table. The king and Prince also sat in their designated eats at the front of the table, opposite of the Queen. Raditz and Nappa walked in and the queen cleared her throat. "If the two of you will take a seat, we can begin."
Although the King was in charge, everyone knew not to mess with the Queen. She was often sweet but when she got into her moods, she even rivaled the prince with her temper. King Vegeta cleared his throat. "Son, I have some good news that will hopefully bring you out of your rage." Vegeta glared at his father. "Next month Bulma will be arriving." This seemed to do the opposite effect on the prince as he glared even more. "Frieza has contacted me and we agreed that she will come here and stay for a month. To my understanding, she is Frieza's ambassador to do bushiness. This will give you a month to come up with a plan on how to get her to stay once she's here."
Prince Vegeta slammed his fist onto the table. "If I were to have it my way, I would be headed back to get her now. She almost escaped with us. She wants to come home!"
Queen Kayle stood up. "Think rationally! If she really wants what you say she wants, then when she gets here, she will stay on her own!" Sitting back down, she glared at her son.
Vegeta sat and huffed. He knew his mother was right but he didn't want to wait. "What are we to do until she gets here? Let her suffer?"
King Vegeta looked at his son. "We don't have a choice. We got what we could. You can either sit there and do nothing or come up with a plan on how we are going to help her stay here."
AN: I might have mentioned it in the past but I will be changing the rating from Teen to Mature because of gore in the upcoming chapters. The rating won't switch until the next chapter is posted. I apologize for the time it took to write and post this chapter but I hit a wall with how to connect the previous chapter and the next chapter. Good news though, I did it and the next chapter shouldn't be too long before the next posting.
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