A/N: Time skip

"Oh," Goku paused, "and Bulma hey I hope you have a healthy baby". With that said he was gone. She had no idea what Goku was talking about she wasn't pregnant and didn't plan to be until she got into a long term healthy relationship.

Everyone looked confused but she just brushed it off as Goku being Goku. "Yamcha can you take me home now?" she said, walking towards him. He wanted to ask her what Goku had meant by have a healthy baby but it wasn't his place to ask. So, they said goodbye to Krillen and left without a second thought.

On the way, back to capsule corp Bulma started thinking more and more about what Goku had said. He knew something she didn't know and she was going to find out what.

As soon as she walked in the door Vegeta didn't even give her a chance to get comfortable going on and on about what he needed her to do to the gravity machine. He would be much cuter if he hadn't been so damned annoying. She just walked away as though she had not heard him and he followed. "Woman when the Prince of all Saiyan's speaks to you listen as though your life depends on it which it does." She rolled her eyes.

She stalked into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee. Bulma was the most infuriating woman he had ever met and it took him all the strength in the galaxy to not blast her into oblivion. Maybe one to the few ever to show him lack respect and he did not like it one bit.

"I do not have the time to help you right now Vegeta I need to figure out what I can do to help fight the andriods." This Woman had to be insane there was nothing and he meant absolutely nothing she could help with once the andriods were here. She was too weak. She could probably help now by fixing the gravity machine occasionally but other than that she had better stay out of his way.

Bulma was distracted which wasn't a good thing for him. He had to figure out something or he would be coming in last to whatever Bulma had planned for herself. "Woman I better come as top priority all you do is sit around becoming fatter everyday", he began. No doubt he was going to say something even worse but face grew red with anger and she cut him off screaming, "I AM NOT FAT, she stopped smiling "you know what I know you are just trying to get me all riled up I'll make time for the both of us I know that you want to reach your full potential you'll be super saying in no time I just know it."

"You're patronizing me," he grunted.

"What? No, I'm not. I can't be nice to the prince of 2 sayains," she said sarcastically. That did it. If she was trying to piss him off she succeeded. She knew what she was doing.

This woman was had to be reminded of her place.

If this was any other Woman he would have blasted her into next week. He could still blast her and wish her back with the Dragon Balls to teach her a lesson. No. They only had 3 years to get ready for the andriods. He needed all the time he could get and couldn't waste any time looking for the Dragon Balls.

He had to punish her a different way.

Finally, "Maybe I should remind you of your place," he said backing her into the nearest wall. Bulma wasn't the least bit scared. She knew that Vegeta wouldn't hurt her but the way he was backing her into the wall made her feel trapped. So, she tried to push him back. Of course, it didn't work with him being way stronger than him. How could it have worked?

It certainly gave her an idea though, she was going to ask Goku to train her. She could join the fight. They needed all the help they could get and it would certainly get her away from the demanding prince and his empty threats. "Cut the crap Vegeta we both know you are incapable of hurting me so just go back to your training and leave me alone, she said obviously irritated. Vegeta slowly backed away from her knowing she was right but in turn shot a Ki blast through the whole living room and kitchen managing to miss Bulma. Face red with anger, Bulma started screaming her head off he almost though his ear drums would burst open. Her Ki spiked so high that Vegeta almost regretted what he did. Almost but not quite.

"I've never seen you this mad Bulma, Goku said, standing where the living room used to be. As soon as she seen Goku she was no longer angry it was almost as if his presence calmed her down.

"Why are you here Kakarott", Vegeta angrily, grabbing Bulma, "this does not concern you."

Bulma snatched away from Vegeta which he was not expecting but he quickly regained the upper hand and held her tighter. Goku didn't like how Vegeta was treating Bulma and his smile quickly turned into a frown.

"Vegeta could you not treat Bulma like that she's my best friend and I don't like her being in distress, he said trying to stay as calm as possible. "I don't want to fight you but if you don't let her go I will have to".

Those were fighting words so Vegeta quickly let her go and punched Goku. He was not expecting it and flew into the nearest tree. This what getting out of hand and she had to do something before the wrecked the whole house and possibly the whole city.

Goku had the upper hand of course. Even with all Vegetas intense training he still wasn't as strong as him. Bulma could not keep up with their movements at all until Vegeta came crashing down into where the living room used to be. He got back up almost immediately with a vengeance she almost thought he could win but he wasn't even super sayain yet so she pushed that thought away.

"GOKU," she screamed. He stopped and looked at her and Vegeta used the distraction to Final Flash Goku. She cringed. That had to hurt but with Goku being Goku and all he got up like nothing even happened and walked over to Bulma. He had that goofy smile on his face like always she loved it. It was all smiles with Goku and that's what she liked about being around him.

She started walking up the stairs and called for him to follow her which he did. "So, I was thinking," she began starting to get nervous about asking, "maybe you can train me I mean I want to help fight the andriods too." He got so excited going on and on about how she was finally going to be strong and how she could be a big help with her knowledge and fighting skills. Vegeta had been listening the whole time and couldn't believe that this weak little woman wanted to fight. Goku had known he was listening in on them the whole time but didn't care.

Training Bulma wouldn't be that hard seeing as her power level was higher than Yamachas when she had gotten mad at Vegeta earlier. It wasn't the first time that he had blew up part of the house and she didn't know why it made her so mad this time. Maybe it was the fact that she couldn't do anything about it. After all, Vegeta did say that he wouldn't do it again because he needed a place to eat and had gotten tired of delivery food and take out the last time he destroyed the house.

"Kakarott you couldn't be seriously considering training this weakling," Vegeta said making himself known to her. He couldn't let her be gone away for a long period of time. Her father was perfectly capable of fixing the gravity machine but it just wasn't as good as she always fixed it. He briefly considered apologizing to her so she would stay but he swiftly pushed that idea away. There was no way in hell he would ever apologize to someone who was beneath him.

"Vegeta I am just as capable of being a fighter just like any of you", she sighed slightly offended, he was underestimating her. She would show him.

"You know what I don't even care go ahead and leave you'll be back within two or three days," he said, mockingly. Vegeta was sure that she couldn't handle it. But if she left who would fix the gravity machine. He wouldn't worry. She'd be back. She was after all the best person equipped to help him reach his potential. Rolling her eyes, she just started packing her bags and talking to Goku about how much fun it was going to be. She asked him was he sure Chi-Chi would be fine with her staying there for a while so she could train with him, Gohan and Piccolo. He kept reassuring her that it would be fine they had more than enough room.

Vegeta just walked out of the room uninterested in what they were talking about. He destroyed the kitchen again so Bulma had to make sure she called to make arrangements for it to be fixed. He could survive on his own without her right?

She held Gokus hand so that he could use his instant transmission and with that they were inside his kitchen where Chi-Chi was washing dishes. "Hey Chi look, who I brought back with me." She turned around and smiled at Bulma and then she noticed her bags, "How long are you staying"? she asked.

"She's going to train for the andriods with us so maybe the entire 3 years", Goku said, before Bulma could answer the question. Chi-Chi told him to take Bulmas bags into the guest room and sat her down while she made tea.

She and Chi-Chi talked mostly about Gohans studies and how annoying Vegeta was. When Goku came back down he motioned for Bulma to follow him outside she told her she would be back later and got up to follow him outside.

"Where is Gohan?" she asked him while stretching. "Oh, he's out with Piccolo training deep in the mountains, they spend a lot of time together these days, he paused, I kind of feel left out, he said frowning.

She assumed that the four of them would be training together she wasn't extremely comfortable being alone with Goku, remembering how she felt when he got married. Those feelings were long gone. It was just a temporary infatuation. A phase.

"So before you left you told me to have a healthy baby, Bulma said,

Uhh I have no idea what you are talking about," he replied not looking at her so she wouldn't know he was lying.

That's strange because I could have sworn that you said "Bulma have a healthy baby" and then flew off.

"Well maybe you were hearing things because I am pretty sure you are not pregnant and if you were I would know."

Bulma could practically smell the lie on him. It was there something he knew but didn't want her to know and she was going to find out what it was. He was getting nervous if she knew that he and Vegeta would get together she would probably try to prevent it from happening. She wouldn't erase a whole person from existence though so maybe not. He looked at her and put a serious face on so that she would know that this was a serious matter. "Bulma," he began taking both of her hands into his own, "I really wish I could tell you but I can't you will find out one day just not right now." He was looking into her eyes and she could tell he was serious about what he knew and how he couldn't tell her.

Whatever it was had to do with her and a baby but she didn't even have a boyfriend to get pregnant. She decided to drop the subject no matter how much she wanted to know besides, he said she would find out eventually.

"okay," she said.

"okay," he said, breathing a sigh of relief. "For a minute, I thought you would beat the answer out of me."

She laughed, "Well I could have gotten the answer without violence but from the look you had on your face I probably shouldn't know until it's the right time.

"Now that we have that out of the way I am going to teach you how to control your Ki first," he said happily, "you're very strong you just have it hidden deep inside you."

First, he taught her how to control her Ki and then he started to teach her how to fly. Surprisingly it didn't take her that long to learn how to fly although she wasn't as fast as him she was still fast. By the time they were done for the day she was practically falling asleep.

"I think that's enough for today, Goku said. She had done exceptionally well for someone who wasn't a fighter. He kind of wished he could spend this kind of time with Chi-Chi but pushed away the idea because he wasn't supposed to have those kinds of thoughts when he had a wife. She collapsed onto the ground she was hoping Goku would take it easy on her but he just kept pushing her harder and harder. She didn't mind though she would have been offended if he had gone easy on her but the fact that he didn't made her happy. She loved spending time with Goku it reminded her of all the adventures they used to go on as kids. Bulma wondered what it would have been like if he married her instead of Chi-Chi. They would have been an exceptional couple.

Pushing each other to the limit. She wouldn't have scolded him for training or being a fighter like Chi-Chi. She stopped. She thought she had pushed all those feelings aside but being here with him made the feelings come back full force if not harder. She looked at Goku he was blushing and rubbing the back of his head nervously. Was he having the same thoughts as her? If he was why didn't he act on him.

He was married. She couldn't stay here with him. Vegeta was right she would be going back home within days but not for the reason he thought. Maybe he could train her instead. She laughed at the thought. Pfft. Vegeta? Train her? There was no way he would do it. He hated her. The only thing she was good for was fixing his precious gravity machine. She had no choice she had to at least ask.

It would be better than doing something she might regret. After all, Goku was a married man and she could not act on her feeling for him. It made her mad to think that she buried those feeling for him long ago only to have them come back to haunt her.

"Uh... Goku, she started, "I really appreciate you doing this for me but I think it would be best for me to go back home. She tried to think of a lie. "To be completely honest with you I am worried about Vegeta I mean he might kill himself while I'm gone." Goku knew she was lying but he thought it was because she didn't want to be away from Vegeta for that long. He was planning to tell her to go home after a little while. He didn't want to risk Trunks not being born. Even though he didn't like the idea of Vegeta and Bulma together he wanted to keep his promise.

He shook his head in understanding. Bulma reached her hand out for him to help her up and he grabbed it tripping and falling over her. He got up still on top of her and looked at her. They just stared at each other for unsure of what to say. She was completely red. He suddenly felt something he never felt before not even with his wife. He got up and helped her up.

It was as if she knew what he was thinking, "Did you feel that too?" she asked him. She instantly regretted asking him. What was she thinking of course he didn't he was a married man.

"Bulma I think. well I think that I want to kiss you, he said embarrassed. At his words, her heart started beating rapidly. She was sure that she was hearing things. Goku could not have just told her that he wanted to kiss her. She immediately panicked. "I need to go, she said, flying off.

Goku knew that what he was feeling was wrong but he had to say something because he was pretty sure that she felt something too. This was a totally new feeling to him and he wanted nothing more than to act on it. Sadly, he couldn't he would never betray his wife.

It was a long way back to capsule corp and when she got there the living room was already half way repaired. She went upstairs to her room where Vegeta was waiting for her with a smirk on his face.

"Don't even start with me Vegeta I am not in the mood." He knew she would be back soon but hours later soon.

"What happened woman the training was too hard for you well maybe you should get some rest you must be tired?" There was no sarcasm in his voice so she almost thought he was genuine. Then he started laughing. She rolled her eyes of course he wasn't serious he didn't care about her.

She just ignored him walked into the bathroom and slammed the door as hard as she could. She ran some bath water so she could relax and get her mind off things.

Bulma didn't get any sleep that night. She just kept replaying Goku telling her that he wanted to kiss her over and over. It was not real.

Why. Why did he have to go and say that? She was just going to leave and not see him for the next 3 years hoping that it would be enough time for her to get over him. She was also annoyed. How could he make her feel so much?

The extent of her love for him held no bounds.

She had to move on and if moving on meant finally getting into a serious relationship then she would do exactly that. Ignoring her feelings for Goku would be the best course of action for her seeing as she could not have him. It was easier said than done but she would do it.

She had to.

So, she got up from her bed and decided that it was time for a change. She was going to start dating again. She had no other choice. Then a thought occurred to her. What if she pursued Vegeta. Sure, it would be a hard task but she could make any man bend to her will.

Ugh what was she thinking who would ever want to be with Vegeta. Sure, he was arrogant, selfish, annoying, and had a quick temper but he also had a mystery to him which intrigued her. Maybe she would give it a try. If it didn't work out she could always move on to better things.

It shouldn't be that hard, right? She went downstairs to the newly built kitchen. They had rebuilt it much faster than the last time Vegeta blew it up. He was in the kitchen sitting patiently at the table as if he was waiting for her.

What could he have been waiting for her for? He knew how to make the bots cook breakfast. "Good morning Vegeta, she said with a smile on her face. He didn't like it one bit she looked as though she was up to something. He would find out what it was. No, he wouldn't. He didn't care enough to find out what she was planning.

He was focused on the task at hand. Becoming Super Sayain. That's all that mattered to him nothing else. If she thought that she was going to catch him off guard with a ridiculous scheme she had another thing coming. He was nowhere near stupid and would see it a mile away.

"The gravity machine is broken again," he finally said not even looking her way. She just stared at him. For a minute, he thought she was going to start screaming at him like she always did when she finally said, "Okay I'll go fix it right now," and walked out of the kitchen. She was up to something or she finally realized that he was a Prince and needed to be treated as such. She wasn't up to anything she had learned her place and acknowledged his title. Good. It's about damn time.

Goku had taught her how to say cool, calm, and collected so when Vegeta told her that he broke the gravity machine yet again she briefly thought about getting mad but decided against it. Maybe being nice to Vegeta would help her even though she had a lot to say.

She went downstairs to grab her toolbox to go fix whatever it is that he broke in the machine this time. She looked out the window, the sky was black and cloudy so she had to put her rain coat on. Already she had forgotten about Goku and what he said to her just yesterday. It didn't take long for her to find the problem and then fix it. She then had an idea she would tell Vegeta that the problem couldn't be fixed today so she could spend a couple days hounding him with questions and getting to know him better. He didn't have anywhere else to go so he would have to endure her.

She did not want to be out in the rain so she thought it would be best if she stayed in the house. Bulma sat in the living room, curled up with hot chocolate, watching The Lovely Bones. Vegeta walked into the living room and sat on the opposite side of the couch thinking that she hadn't realized he was there. Goku also taught her how to sense Ki's and since his was extremely high she felt him coming as soon as he walked out of the gravity machine.

He wanted to see how long she would go without realizing he was in there. Sure enough if he was an enemy she would be dead by now.

"Are you just going to sit there without saying anything," she said, not even looking his way. "Hn," he grunted. So she did know he was there. She must have learned a lot in her one measly day of training with Goku. He smirked at the thought this weak woman might not be so weak after all. She certainly had spunk. Yes, she almost reminded him of a female Sayain. She offered him a challenge like no other had and that's what he liked about her but, he certainly would never admit it.

When the movie was over she turned off the tv and turned to Vegeta. "Here we go," he said vexed, the woman hadn't said anything to him yet and he could already tell it would irritate him. "What?"

He knew it was a bad idea to come in here and now he was trapped with whatever she wanted to ask him. Not that he was going to answer her anyway.

"Tell me about your planet."

"And why the fuck would I tell you about a planet that no longer exist," he asked obviously annoyed at the question.

"Well I mean before it was destroyed what was it like?" He knew that she would just keep asking until he told her.

"It was red that's all I remember," he lied. She pouted. Well at least it was something.

"Can I ask you something else Vegeta."

"That was a question right there," he said. She was really starting to get on his nerves asking unnecessary questions. Why the hell did she want to hold a conversation with him before. She usually didn't ask him anything. Why did she not just mind her own business?

"Come on Vegeta, she whined, "I just want us to get to know each other better we can be friends." In that moment, he looked so disgusted.

"I don't want to know you and I most certainly do not need any friends". Stop asking me questions." He regretted his decision to not go straight to bed. it was a bad idea thinking she might shut her mouth in his presence. She was much more tolerable with her mouth shut. Better when she wasn't around at all. She was too much of a distraction. If he didn't need her to fix the gravity machine he probably would have been blew he off the face of the planet.

"You know what screw you Vegeta," she said offended, "I was just trying to be nice but you're too much of an ass to show any bit of kindness."

"You think that you badgering me for information is being nice?"

"No"

"Then what do you call it?"

She groaned. "I don't know I just mean you seem lonely it's not like you have anybody else to spend time with I know I don't," she said sadly. He just stared to her. It's not like he didn't know what to say he did it's just that she was kind of right.

"I would never lower myself to be "friends" with a weakling woman like you."

"Why are you always like this?"

"I can be anyway I want."

"So fucking insufferable," she said through gritted teeth, throwing the remote at his head. Of course, he caught it. Bulma was noticeably angry which made him smirk.

There it was the anger he liked so much it was the only thing that made her tolerable. Her being angry was much better than her screaming. Then she got up and punched a hole in the nearest wall wishing it had been Vegetas face. He always made her so mad and he was the only one who had that type of effect on her. Vegeta was so full of himself and never wanted to admit that he was lonely at times too. It was only human. However, he was not human. Maybe aliens didn't get lonely. Calming down a little she sat back down.

"I hope it was worth it because you when the adrenaline wears off you'll soon be aware that your hand is broken."

"I'm going to bed," she said defeated. If this is how every interaction with Vegeta would go then she was in for a wild ride. Tomorrow she would try again. He had to crack sooner or later. Before he had the chance to say anything further she was already gone. No one ever offered to get to know him. To sit down and just talk.

Bulma awoke to a certain Saiyan kneeling over her smiling. She gasped, "Goku what are you doing here?"

How was he going to say this? It was so much easier in his head.

"Well I've been thinking and I wanted to apologize for what I said to you the other day it was completely wrong of me to put you in the kind of situation," he said seriously. Wow when did Goku become so mature. These were not his words.

"Who told you to say that?" she asked, raising an eyebrow. The truth was he told Piccolo what happened and begged him to give him advice on what to do.

"Piccolo but look it doesn't really matter because its true I really am sorry."

She had to think of something to say and fast. There was no way she could tell him she felt the same and even if he did they couldn't he was married. "Well I don't know what to say Goku you're married and it was really inappropriate of you to say that kind of thing to me."

"I know and that's why I wanted to apologize." He didn't know what came over him in that moment it was like he couldn't stop himself from saying it. "Look I don't know what happened one minute we were training that the next minute I fell over you and the next minute I was telling you I wanted to kiss you." She wondered if he told his wife what happened.

"Did you tell Chi-Chi?"

"Of course, not I may not know much about marriage but if I tell her that she might kill me Anyways, I should get going, he said getting up. Of course he didn't tell her. She'd probably never see him again if Chi-Chi knew what he had said. She was shocked about it herself.

Something was different about him but she couldn't figure out what.

"Wait," she said grabbing his hand. He turned to face her. "Will you come by every once in a while to help me train?"

Smiling down at her, "I will think about it." She let go of his hand and just like that he was gone.