Thingz Can Change Six: He Does Care

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Author's Note: FINALLY! That took me longer than usual to get out, that's because I've had so much homework I couldn't spare five minutes to talk on the phone. Plus my parents think writing fanfics is a waste of time and that the Internet is evil or something. Shows how much they know. *sighs* I wonder if I'm adopted sometimes. N-E ways enough about my boring life, bak to the fic. Ok the dragonballs turned to stone, the time machine exploded yada yada, you probably KNOW they survived . . . or did they? This chapter is REAL long so brace yourself.

The explosion could've been heard miles away, and as the dust cleared, only pieces of what was left of the time machine remained. Debris and pieces of the time machine was scattered everywhere, and buried underneath all this junk was four beings, one which was hardly breathing.

" Bulma? Trunks?" Vegeta called out as he dug his way out from under the pieces of metal and other junk.

" Tousan? I'm over here tousan," Trunks replied, " Where's Goten, and kausan?"

" I'm over here Trunks," Goten said as he got out from under, what looked like the remains of the door.

The three of them seemed unharmed, except for a few scratches here and there, but they were after all sayains, and it'd take more than that to hurt them. But Bulma on the other hand was human, and a lot weaker.

" Trunks, where's your mother I can't sense her Ki, it's too weak," Vegeta said, he was on the verge of panic, but he hid it well. He wasn't gonna let his pride slip on him, but he knew deep inside, buried so deep that he, himself didn't realize it at the moment; that if anything, anything at all was wrong with Bulma, he'd never forgive himself.

" I dunno tousan I can't sense her Ki either, looks like she's hurt bad if we can't sense her Ki. We'll have to find her with our eyes then," Trunks replied with a hint of fear in his voice. He loved his mother dearly and he hoped with all his heart that'd she be all right.

" Vegeta, Trunks! I found Bulma-san," Goten called out. Bulma was lying face down in the ground, her legs were jammed by big chunks of the time machine. Her arms were scratched and bruised, there was blood all over them, and they seem bent out of shape, they looked broken. Her shirt was torn and her hair was burnt at the tips, and there was dirt and leaves mixed within her now bedraggled hair.

The look on Vegeta's face was a look of complete horror, as he raced over to Bulma, removed the chunk of metal that jammed her feet, and rolled her over onto her back in his arms. He studied her face and her body, there was a huge bleeding gash above her left eyebrow and blood trickled down the side of her face. Her eyes were closed and a pained look was on her face. She was breathing, but just barely.

Her pulse was very weak and Vegeta was afraid she might not make it. Her left arm was broken and so were both her legs. She was a total wreck. Vegeta turned to look at where the time machine was when it exploded, between there and where he was sitting, Bulma was thrown about 50 metres through the air, and her legs were crushed by the piece of the time machine that landed on them.

Vegeta was extremely angry, he screamed and powered up. His hair seemed to flicker gold, and grow a little longer as his eyes gleamed turquoise, just for a second, and then they went back to normal. He had gone SSJ2 but he didn't care, nothing mattered to him now, besides his dying mate. He picked Bulma up and blasted off in the direction of Mirai Bulma, leaving a very stunned Goten and crying Trunks behind.

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Mirai Trunks jumped out of his seat as he sensed the amazing surge of Ki near where Bulma and Vegeta was supposed to be. He knew something was wrong. He concluded that some one must be attacking them because Vegeta wasn't this powerful even in SSJ. He burst out the
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A million thoughts and emotions were surging through Vegeta at that moment. He was scared, for once in his life he was scared. He was scared that Bulma might die and it would be all his fault. He felt guilty, he had done so much wrong in his life, and never felt guilty once, but now as he held Bulma in his arms he felt guilty, because he shouldn't have let the woman persuade him into letting her come here. It was all his fault and kami let her be all right or else he'd never forgive himself.
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Mirai Trunks was totally confused. The powerful Ki had disappeared without a trace just as it had appeared, and all that was left, that he could sense was Vegeta's Ki at full blast coming towards him. Before he could figure out any of this though, a figure flew past him at a amazing speed. It was Vegeta! He knew it was, from his figure to the gravity-defying hair, but some one was with him, some one dying. He could've swore he felt a small, very tiny Ki, and as small as it was, it was still shrinking. He was puzzled for a moment, then it all came together.

The explosion he thought he heard, the huge eruption of Ki, Vegeta powering up, a shrinking Ki, it all made sense now.

" TRUNKS!" he heard some one yelled his name, and turned around still suspended in mid-air. It was his Chibi-Self.

" Did u see my tousan and kausan Trunks-san?" Chibi Trunks asked. Mirai Trunks could tell that his Chibi-self had been crying and knew at once that something was truly wrong and he had guessed it.

" Yes I have, they went that way," he pointed in the direction Vegeta had gone, " Their heading to the Capsule Corps I just know it."

" We need to follow them, my kausan is dying," cried Chibi Trunks. Mirai Trunks could see Chibi Trunks trying to hold back the tears in vain as they slipped down his face.

" I know Chibi Trunks, I know. Don't worry your kausan will be fine. My mother will make sure your mother will be okay," replied Mirai Trunks.

" Yeah you're right, after all your mother and mine is the same person- almost," Chibi Trunks said as he dried his tear stained face.

" Come on lets head back to the Capsule Corps and see if your mom is o-, I mean to see how your mom's doing," stammered Mirai Trunks.

Trunks didn't seem to notice what Mirai Trunks had said, but he started flying towards his father's Ki signature and Mirai Trunks followed close behind.

" Hey guys, wait for me!" Goten, who was quiet this whole time, struggled to catch up with the Trunks.
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Vegeta instead of landing outside the Capsule Corps, and going through the front door like regular people do, had to make a grand entrance by busting through the window of Mirai Bulma's room.

" VEGETA?!?!?!" Mirai Bulma cried out in shock. She was standing in the middle of her room, undressed.

Vegeta, who was almost oblivious to the fact that she was naked in the middle of the room, said, " Woman, get your worthless ass over here and help my mate! She's dying . . ." Vegeta's voice started to waver from the wave of tears he was trying to hold back.

Mirai Bulma rushed over to Vegeta immediately and examined the bundle in Vegeta's arms. Vegeta stared down intently while she examined Bulma, which made her blush furiously. Vegeta saw her blush, but didn't look away from his mate (the dying one! lol) in fear that if he did, she might not be there when his gaze returned.

" She needs to be put into the regeneration tank now, or she won't live," Mirai Bulma said as she fumbled around in her closet for something to put on. She found a pair of blue shorts and quickly put on a matching top and turned around to face Vegeta, but he was gone.
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Vegeta was placing Bulma into a regeneration tank, when Mirai Bulma arrived at her lab. She stopped in the doorway when she saw Vegeta and just watched him set up the regeneration tank and place the oxygen mask on Bulma.

" What are you standing there for woman? Get over here and enter the settings for human injuries," Vegeta snarled at Mirai Bulma.

Mirai Bulma couldn't help, but jump. Vegeta was extremely mad and she saw and felt it.
She had felt the same way when he died, no, HER Vegeta died. She knew not to mess with him right now. She walked over and entered the settings appropriate for healing humans, and started the tank.

" Is she gonna be alright?" Vegeta asked in a low emotionless voice.

" I . . ." her voiced cracked, she tried again, " I don't know, at least not now. We'll know after a hour."

" A hour?!?! I can't wait that long, I need to know, and I need to know NOW," Vegeta screamed at Mirai Bulma. He grabbed her arm and pulled her close to him, and spat in her face, " You listen woman, if my mate doesn't make it, I'll personally destroy everyone in this timeline and return to my timeline and destroy everyone there too. SHE was the only reason I haven't already done it already."

" Vegeta let go of her!" Mirai Trunks screamed as he and the others arrived in the lab.

Vegeta looked at Mirai Trunks and let go of her. Tears were streaming down Mirai Bulma's face. " Kausan, did he hurt you? Why are you crying?" asked Mirai Trunks.

" No Trunks he didn't, I'm just crying because I never thought he cared. I never thought your father cared about me. Now I know he does. Vegeta does care for me," Mirai Bulma sobbed.

Chibi Trunks walked over to his father, " Tousan, is mommy gonna be okay?" said Chibi Trunks as he held back the tears, knowing Vegeta would think it was weak to cry.

Vegeta didn't answer he just stared at Bulma, floating in the big fish bowl. * How did I let this happen to her? Why was I so weak, to let her persuade me into coming here, to let her come here at all? I should've be stronger, I AM stronger than that. Kami she better be all right or else I'm gonna destroy every fucking thing in this god damn fucking universe. Kami! The brat needs her, we need her, I NEED her.*

* Please let Kausan be okay. Kami please help her be okay.*

* Come on Bulma-san you can do it. Do it for Vegeta hun. He cares for you, you know that, without you he's gonna snap and destroy us all. You have to wake up, for the good of this planet, for the good of this universe. Kami let her be okay or else we're all doomed.*

A hour later . . . .

" Her external injuries are all cured, and most of her internal injuries are too, except for that one blow she got on the head, that one was too severe to heal. She HAS to be taken out now though, if she isn't her body will absorb too much of the toxins in the chemical, and she will die. We'll have to have her hooked up on life support, and we'll have to monitor her heart rate, which is VERY low."

Vegeta proceeded to take her out of the regeneration chamber, and carried her to HER room, and placed her down gently on her bed. Mirai Bulma started to hook up all sorts of machines on her. She put a ivy in her arm, a heart monitor on her chest ( is dat wat their called?!?!?!), and a oxygen mask over her mouth so she can breath a lil easier. Chibi Trunks rushed to his mother's side and sat down on the bed beside her.

" When will she wake up woman? Is she in a stable condition now?"

" Well yes, she is in a stable condition, for the time being, if nothing happens, and as to the question of WHEN will she wake up . . . I just don't know Vegeta, she could wake up anytime. She could wake up in five minutes, or in five years. It all depends on her. That blow she suffered was really severe. What happened to her anyway?"

Vegeta didn't seem to have heard, and if he did, he did not seem to care. He just stood there with Bulma's hand clasped closely with his own, and stared at his mate. * Damn it woman, wake up! I'll never forgive you, if you die without letting me tell u that I . . . that I . . . that I love you! I love you woman! I love you Bulma. Please . . . please wake up . . . don't leave me . . . . I need you!*

Author's Note: Okay I'm gonna end it there cuz I haven't posted anything for a real long time and I don't want u guyz to 4get about me! :( N-ewayz pleaze review so I know I should write more or if my story is just a piece of crap and I should 4get it.