Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

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"Bulma!" Chi exclaimed, bursting through the open window into her best friend's room.

It was Friday morning, the sun hadn't yet risen and Bulma had been sleeping, her bag already packed, ready for school. "Chi!? It's like 3am, what are you doing here? How did you get here?" Bulma whispered to her friend to make sure her parents wouldn't be woken up.

"I walked." Chi whispered back with a smile.

"But you live so far away! It must've taken hours! And why have you got a load of camping things? Hell, you've even got pots and pans !"

"I left super early, I even wrote out this note to give to your parents so we won't waste time doing that." Chi said, looking determined and tossing a note at Bulma. She then proceeded to empty the contents of Bulma's school bag onto the sapphire blue carpet.

"I... Hey! Wha- what are you doing?" Bulma was flabbergasted. "Chi?"

"We're leaving for a while."

"What?"

"We're leaving." Chi walked over to Bulma's massive closet and grabbed clothes like joggers, and jeans, but mainly old clothes.

"Where are we going then?" Bulma asked, giving in and grabbing a bigger bag and beginning to pack clothes that she wouldn't mind getting ripped.

"I'm not sure, Bulma. I just kinda want to get away from here."

"Chi? Did something happen?"

This isn't normal for Chi. She's never done this before.. Bulma thought.

"I'll tell you later, B." Chi said with a shrug. She stood up from packing one of the bags. "Ok. All done here. I'm gonna grab some extra food, like, cans of stuff.. ok?"

"Ok. Meet me out back when you're done." Bulma said, throwing Chi a bag for food and water. Chi grinned and flew slowly down the stairs so that Bulma's parents wouldn't hear footsteps. She had also taken the note with her and she placed it in the very centre of the dining table.

"This is gonna be so much fun!" Chi whispered to herself.

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"Ok, this is your room." Vegeta said, opening the door to the room next to his.

"Wow, really? It's so big.." Bethany said, clearly taken aback.

"You'll get used to it." Said a girls voice from behind her.

Bethany turned around to see a girl around her age. She was tall and had blonde, shoulder length hair and blue eyes. She was wearing dark green jeans, a white shirt with a black jacket and some brown boots. "Hi there, my name is Juu, although everyone calls me 18. I'm a maid for the main palace, which is this one. It's nice to meet you." She smiled kindly.

"I'm Bethany, but you can call me Beth."

"Well, I've been told that I'm going to be your personal maid."

Vegeta nodded at 18 and turned to Beth. "I suggest you get some rest. Even though you're going to live here we need to go back to your village and talk to your parents."

"My parents?"

"Oh, of course. Do you have anyone that looks after you?"

Bethany Shook her head before she gasped, looking worried. "M-my sister! I'm the oldest and I got one of the younger kids to babysit her while I was gone... I'm supposed to be back by now." She looked and sounded panicked.

"How old is she?"

"14 months.. she can't survive alone..."

Vegeta seemed to be contemplating what to do when Bethany gasped again. "Prince Vegeta, I can't sense her."

He sighed. "How far away is she?"

"About four hours walking pace."

"Ok." He said. "Go get dressed into something nicer."

"W-what?"

"We're going to pick up your sister."

"But I don't have any better clothes."

"Check in your room. 18 will help you find something." Vegeta then walked into his room.

Once the door to Vegeta's room closed Beth turned to 18. "Everyone that I knew that have met prince Vegeta said he's not very nice.. were they lying?"

"No, he's usually not.. maybe it's because you look a bit like his sister."

"He has a sister?"

"Oh shit!" 18 covered her mouth with her hand. "Don't tell anyone, no one is supposed to know. She's dead, she was born with a disease and she absolutely adored Vegeta. She was his younger sister and she looked up to him and he was really fond of her but she died a few months ago. She was only nine years old."

"Oh my gosh, really?"

"He hasn't been himself lately. He acts like he doesn't care but I can tell that he misses her."

"Oh my-"

"Please don't tell anyone ok? He'll probably kill us both."

"Right." Beth nodded.

"Here." 18 pulled a lovely little dress out of the closet. It was navy blue and came down to just above Bethany's knees and had a fashionable belt that made the bottom look a bit like a skirt. She also wore some black leggings underneath and some flat shoes.

"Wow, these are amazing." Beth smiled.

"You look great, now go meet up with Vegeta! He'll be out front."

"Ok. See you soon 18!" Bethany smiled, running down the hallway.

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"I think we should start to set up camp down there." Chi said, pointing to a clearing in a wood that was just outside of a small village.

"Great idea, Chi. I'm really tired as, you know, you kinda woke me up at like 3am!"

"Oh stop whining.. remember that I-" Chi stopped mid sentence. "Who.. who's that up ahead?"

"I don't know Chi, but we'd better hide. Let's sit in the trees until they pass." Bulma said, worried. Chi nodded and the two descended into the trees below.

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"Did you see those two people just now?" Vegeta asked the girl flying beside him.

"Uh-huh.. I thought I was seeing things so I didn't say anything." Beth replied.

Vegeta didn't say anything back and instead stopped flying suddenly, floating above the tree tops.

That ki... it's really faint, but it's familiar... where have I sensed this before? Wait no, there's two... and I know both of them?

Vegeta's thoughts were pushed out of his head when Bethany gasped. "I know that village! That's where my friend lives. My village is the next one!"

Vegeta shrugged off his thoughts and nodded before he began to fly again. Bethany hesitated for a second and looked down at the trees below. She saw a flash of blue hair but thought nothing of it.

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"That was way too close, Chi!"

"Yeah... that was Vegeta, wasn't it?"

"Yeah... I was wondering where I'd heard that voice before." Bulma giggled nervously.

"Oh, B." Chi sighed, laughing and shaking her head. "It wasn't that long ago that you spoke to him. How could you forget his voice?"

Bulma shrugged, laughing.

"B, you're not acting like yourself."

"What?"

"Well.. I can't remember the last time you had a crush on a guy this bad."

"What?! Who?"

"Well obviously the prince! Bulma, you've made it fairly easy to see."

"I.. I don't have a crush on Vegeta?"

"Bulma... you hesitated, and that sounded more like a question than a statement."

"I-"

"Don't worry, B. Your secret's safe with me." Chi smiled.

Bulma sighed and smiled from relief.

"Come on! Let's get to that clearing and set up camp." Chi said, practically dragging dragging Bulma in the direction of the clearing.

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Uhh.. short chapter, I know. (Sorry!) Boring too, right? (Even more sorry!) I'll try to update a lot quicker next time. Now I'm gonna go the doctors... this fever is getting really bad.. please RR!