Egyptian Curses And Fate - Chapter 10

Disclaimer: Dragonball Z was created by Akira Toriyama. Akira Toriyama made all Characters in this story. (c) Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation. Used without permission, please don't sue me; all you'll get is... nothing! :P

*.....* = thoughts
"....." = speaking

Sorry about the delay in updates, but blame ff.net! They were down! x.x



The gang, including Selfia, traveled down the dirt road. They had been out of the forest for an hour or so and were on their way to the next and last dragonball. Vegeta was, once again, laying in the backseat unconcious. Hannah was sprawled out on top of him asleep. And on top of her, was her trusty pet, Velvet. Juuhachigou and Juuanna were asleep with their heads resting against each other. Only Bulma, whom was driving, Selfia, and Yamucha were awake. Even that was surprising. They all deserved a good sleep, but it would be a day or so before they received one.

Needless to say, it was one crowded car. Three in the front, four in the back. Five, if you count Velvet.

"Hey, Bulma?", Yamucha yawned out. "How much farther?"

She shrugged. "Vegetable-head said it was a little ways north. So, I'm sure we're not really close yet. She looked over her shoulder and smiled as Hannah slowly awakened. Vegeta opened his eyes, as well.

"Good to see you're okay, Vegeta.", Bulma said. He grumbled and shifted Hannah to a more comfortable position on his lap. Afterall, there was no room for her to sit on the actual seat.

Bulma cried out and closed her eyes as she felt a pain in her chest. She opened her eyes to reveal the golden palace again.

*Oh, no. Not again!*, she thought to herself.

She turned expectantly as the man, whom she'd called Vegeta in the previous memory, came running up to her again. Much in the same manner as before.

"They're in the palace! Go and hide!", he told her urgently. She was about to respond when suddenly she felt an extreme pain through her abdomen. Vegeta cried out, "NO!" She slowly looked down and noticed their was an arrow through her body. Her hands clutched at it as she slowly slid to the floor. Her eyes watered and she looked up at Vegeta. His eyes were just as watery as hers, if not more. He knelt down next to her and cradled her body into his form.

"Buruma.. no..", he whispered into her hair. She looked behind them at the man who had shot her with the arrow. Cool, grey eyes glared down upon the two lovers.



"BULMA!!"

Yamucha's screaming voice snapped her out of it. She screamed as well and slammed on the brakes, but not soon enough. The car ran straight into a tree. She whipped forward, along with Selfia and Yamucha. She moaned as her head hit the steering wheel. She gazed up dizzily.

"Oh, Kami.. are you guys alright?" Yamucha and Selfia nodded slowly, checking themselves for any injuries. Bulma looked in the backseat. Vegeta was shielding Hannah protectively. Velvet had fallen to the floor, but seemed to be okay. Juuhachi looked a little shocked, but didn't say anything. Juuanna was still snoring, sound asleep.

"I... I'm so sorry...", Bulma sputtered. She rubbed her temples, trying not to remember the most recent vision. She knew those eyes.

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The car was even more crummy looking, but it still ran surprisingly. Yamucha had taken over driving so that Bulma could rest. She, however, had other things in mind. She need to know more.

"Vegeta, if you were never married, who took over your throne when you died?", she asked.

"Well, I obviously wasn't there to see," he said sarcastically, "But it should have been my nephew, Ramses; my sister's son."

"How come your sister and her husband didn't take over?"

He shook his head, "Because my sister, the only true royalty of the two, was not a man. So, naturally, she couldn't take the throne. Her husband was not Egyptian, so he could not either. But their son had Egyptian in him and he was born of royalty."

She nodded. She hesitated, but couldn't help her curiosity. "C-could you.. tell me more about.. Buruma?"

His head shot up from its downward position. "No.", he snarled.

"Oh, pleaseeee!", she begged. She really wanted to know more about her past life. At least, she thought that was what it was. Why else would she have so many visions and look the same as she does now? She now knew that Vegeta's hair was ebony and stood on end. Too bad that in all of her visions, she couldn't see his face. It was always clouded.

"She was very beautiful. I don't remember what she looked like, but I remember that every man desired her."

Bulma's brow rose. *So he doesn't know that I'm her.* "How did you guys come to be?"

He sighed. "She was a Lady of Vladis. Cousin of the royal family. Every nobleman and numerous princes from other countries tried to wed her, but she refused all. I was the last one and she hated me at first; it was a mutual feeling though.", he smirked, locked up in his own memories.

"But then, we slowly began to fall in love and I was going to make her my bride." Bulma sighed. *How romantic.*

"Then that bastard, King Denan of the Mahbs, decided that she should belong to him." He growled and reset the scowl on his facial features. "She didn't love him and he hated her for it. He waged war on Egypt. We won the war, but he killed Buruma. Enough of the stupid questions, woman.", he ordered. Bulma nodded, knowing how painful it was for him to speak of it.

The car sputtered and Yamucha pressed his foot farther onto the gas pedal. "What the..." Then he glanced at the dials. "Kuso! We're out of gas, you guys."

"Man! Now we have to walk again.", Bulma whined. She jumped out of the car and walked to join up with Selfia.

"Hey, babe!", she laughed.

"Hello, Bulma-san.", Selfia replied and bowed her head. Bulma rolled her eyes and laughed.

"Please! Don't be so formal; we're cool now!"

She nodded, "Gomen. It's just habit after being with Mr. Bakh for so long."

"Yeah, why were you and Worm with him anyway?"

Selfia frowned and shook her head. She rested her hand on Bulma's shoulder, "When we were little... h-he.. killed our parents," Bulma gasped, "We didn't know he had killed them until a few years ago when he told us. Anyway, after he killed them, he took us in and raised us. That was when we were around four. My parents knew Worm's."

Bulma made a sympathetic sound, "Why did he kill them?"

She shrugged, "We don't know. All we know is that our parents used to work for him. Don't know what they did."

"Well, don't you worry!" Bulma declared, pointing her finger up, "Bakh will get his!" Selfia smiled.

*****Three hours later*****

Yamucha and Juuanna grunted. Vegeta was unconcious AGAIN. Not a good thing, especially when the two men had to carry him around because they had no car. Also, the gang had no idea where the last dragonball was. They knew they were close for how long they had been looking, but Vegeta wasn't awake to tell them just how close.

HISSSSS!

Hannah screamed and dropped her cat. She rubbed the arm Velvet had just scratched. "What's wrong with you, Velvet?" She just hissed and crouched down low. She began crawling towards an unknown destination. "Velvet, wait!" Hannah ran after her.

Juuanna and Yamucha set Vegeta down and went after Hannah.

Velvet stopped walking and pawed at something out of vision. Hannah squatted down to investigate. "GUYS, GUYS! VELVET FOUND IT!" She swiped up the seventh and last dragonball and held it high into the air. She looked down when she heard loud growling. She tilted her head in confusion, "Velvet, what is WRONG with you?!"

"Velvet can feel it's evil power."

Everyone turned to look at Juuhachi. "Evil?", they all said in unison.

She simply nodded. "The last dragonball found is always the one with the most power from the witch. Or so says the legend." They all "ohh'd" in knowledge.

"Well, let's raise the dragon!", Bulma said excitedly.

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A deep, dark laugh rumbled from the man's mouth as he hid behind a bush. "We've got them now. Worm, stay out of vision. We will attack when the time is right and I will kill that bitch, Selfia, along with the others for betraying me."

Worm frowned and looked down.

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"Oh, Dragon! Uhh.. awaken!", Bulma shouted, throwing her hands up.

"Real clever there, Bulma.", Yamucha snickered. She glared back. Everyone present screamed as a bright light shot out from all seven balls, in a pile on the ground. Velvet jumped straight into her personal bag to hide from the green montrosity that had risen from the balls.

"I am Shenlon, the Eternal Dragon. Speak now, your two wishes so that they may be granted.", he rumbled across the land.

After Bulma had slowed her beating heart and regained her courage, she spoke.

"Shenlon, I wish that this mummy, Vegeta, be returned to his body and his life!"

Shenlon rumbled, "It shall be done." His eyes flashed a brighter shade of red and everyone turned to stare at Vegeta.

Slowly, he awoke from his unconcious state, still a mummy. He stood up and watched himself as the material began to unravel and skin began to form. Everyone stared in awe. When his transformation was complete, he smirked triumphantly and looked directly at Bulma. She stuttered. It was him, from her memories! Only now, she could see his face. She began at his dark hair. Stuck up like a raging fire, never to be tamed. Then down to his widow's peak. She skipped over his face and her eyes traveled down his body. Hard as stone and so very sculptured. Not too compact, just perfect. Slowly, she looked to his face. Beautiful, ebony eyes that looked as if they went on forever. He had a thin, golden crown, with a large sapphire in the middle placed in his hair. He wore no shirt, only a beautiful necklace with beads hanging out, showing even more that he was royalty. He wore a white, knee-length skirt of the ancient times (I don't know what they're called) with a golden belt. He also had gold sandles on to match.

He was absolutely gorgeous.

She noticed that she was breathing hard. She looked to the side to see Juuhachi and Juuanna on one knee with their heads down and their right hand over their hearts. Yamucha, Hannah, and Selfia looked just as speechless as she. She looked back to Vegeta to see him slowly walking up to her. Just before he reached her, she heard a gunshot. She didn't know who was hit until she felt blood ooze out of her burning abdomen, just like in her memory.

Vegeta yelled out, "No!" Only this time, his voice was not rough and extremely deep. It was smooth and with a beautiful Egyptian accent. She sobbed and slowly sank to the ground. This was all so familiar, a repeat of her past. Vegeta knelt down next to her and moved her arms to see how bad the wound was.

Yamucha and the others all came running up to her. Hannah was in tears and panicking. Selfia turned Bulma's baby cousin away to keep her from the gruesome sight. "Vegeta.. I.." Then the bright light accepted her.

Vegeta laid down her limp form and stood up, eyes cold and deadly. He looked into the woods to see a figure walking out. Those cool, grey eyes. "Denan."

Mr. Bakh smirked, "Good, Vegeta. I'm glad you remember me. I guess killing Buruma once just wasn't enough to satisfy my needs." Vegeta gasped and looked down to Bulma.

"Buruma.", he whispered.



NEXT CHAPTER OF EGYPTIAN CURSES AND FATE: Vegeta and Denan (Bakh) battle it out. What becomes of Bulma?



Ouch! I hate to just leave you there! But don't fret because I'll get another chappie up soon! Argh, can you believe ff.net was down for so long?! Also, do you guys like the twist I did with Mr. Bakh? I hope you do because I thought it was a good idea. :P Love ya'll, ja.