Disclaimer: see prologue

The Namek Saga - Part One

Vegeta's growling and snarling finally brought Bulma around. She groggily raised her head, her blue hair falling around her face in a curtain of silky strands. Her eyes met Vegeta's across the room and she shivered. 'There's so much pent up anger in him,' she thought.

"Good. You're awake," a reptilian-sounding voice rasped from the doorway.

"Freeza!" Vegeta snarled. He struggled against the ki dampening chains binding him, his tail lashing.

Bulma's eyes widened as Freeza floated over to hover in front of her. She shrank back as the long fingers reached for her.

"Such beauty," Freeza said, his fingernails scraping the skin on the underside of Bulma's chin delicately.

Vegeta watched as Bulma whimpered and tried to move away from Freeza.

"You could be well taken care of if you cooperated with me Little Beauty," Freeza said, tracing the curve of Bulma's collar bone.

Bulma's eyes glittered dangerously and her feet lashed out, striking Freeza's hoverchair. "Don't ever touch me like that. I'm not that kind of girl," she hissed, baring her teeth in a silent snarl.

Freeza's chair jerked back and his tail struck Bulma across the cheek.

Vegeta fell backwards as Bulma was slammed into him from the force of Freeza's blow to her face.

"Stupid girl! I should kill you for that!" Freeza shouted.

"Then why don't you?" Bulma asked slowly, sitting up groggily.

"I don't want to destroy a beauty like you. I'm going to make you my toy," Freeza said before he left the room.

Vegeta could only stare at Bulma. 'A blow like that should have taken her head off!' he thought in amazement. "Who and what are you?" he demanded hoarsely.

"My name is Bulma Briefs. I was human, but I think I'm a Saiya-jin now," Bulma replied slowly, spitting out blood. She looked down at herself. "What kind of outfit is this?" she scoffed.

"Freeza likes his toys to be dressed according to their roles. I think you can guess what your role'll be," Vegeta said with a smirk.

Bulma paled then returned the smirk. "Looks like I'm not going to be the only one with this role," she purred, looking at Vegeta's new uniform.

Vegeta snarled when he looked down at himself. "What the Hell? I always thought that lizard was gay," he said.

Bulma sighed. "Where's Goku when you need him?" she asked aloud.

Vegeta's head shot up. "Kakarrot? You know Kakarrot?" he demanded.

"Yup. Known him since he was a kid. He was really cute back then," Bulma replied.

Vegeta growled and muttered something under his breath. "You can't be a Ssaiya-jin, Woman. No Saiya-jin has ever looked like you and no Saiya-jin ever will," he said in a louder tone of voice.

"How do you explain the tail then? Or the fact that I'm still alive after Freeza's little 'love tap'?" Bulma demanded. She waved her tail in Vegeta's face.

Vegeta tried to grab Bulma's tail with his hands, but since they were chained together, he used his own tail to grab it. His eyes widened when he felt a jolt of something pass between them. "You ARE a Saiya-jin! But how?!" he asked.

"Maybe someone wished for me to be a Saiya-jin with the Dragon Balls," Bulma suggested.

"It's possible. But who would be stupid enough to... Shimatta!" Vegeta suddenly cried. He hadn't used the Dragon Balls, but he had made a wish to be with a Saiya-jin mate.

"It was you, wasn't it?" Bulma asked. "You wished for me to be a Saiya-jin."

Vegeta growled in frustration. He hadn't asked for her specifically.

Bulma noticed that he was trying to break free from the chains and had an idea of how to unlock them. She began to mentally survey the chains for any weak links.

Vegeta was unnerved by the intense blue stare and was surprised when her hands suddenly shot forward and grabbed his chains.

Bulma grabbed Vegeta's chains, flexed her wrists and the chains broke apart. "Now that you're free, can you help me figure a way out of being a toy? I'm not the most docile of people and the Saiya-jin in me now won't stand for it," she told the Saiya-jin prince.

Vegeta got to his feet and used his tail to pull Bulma to hers. "You are surprisingly strong for a Saiya-jin female," he said.

Bulma snarled as the door was flung open and one of Freeza's men stalked in. Her tail lashed angrily behind her. A low growl rumbled faintly in the back of her throat.

Vegeta tightened his hold on Bulma and pulled her back out of reach from Freeza's man. "Leave her alone Zarbon," he snarled. He wasn't sure if he would take Bulma as his mate, but until he decided, no one else could have her.

"Now, now Vegeta. Lord Freeza only wants the two of you to come and play with him," the green haired alien said.

Bulma's eyes widened when she recognized Zarbon. 'I can't believe I ever sided with him over Vegeta,' she thought in disgust.

"Get them and bring them to Lord Freeza's room," Zarbon ordered to the men cowering behind him. "Well! Go on!" he yelled.

Vegeta powered up and attacked, his fists, feet and ki flying.

Bulma's low growl became a full-throated roar as she gathered up her newfound power.She lunged at the startled Zarbon and quickly put him in La-la Land."Let's get out of here!" she yelled to Vegeta, knocking out the men in front of her.

Vegeta followed Bulma out the door. He grabbed her hand and dove through a window, pulling her with him.

Bulma cried out as shards of glass rained down on them.

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Gohan and Krillin were looking for Bulma.They'd come back to the cave, expecting to find her,and instead found no one.

"I can feel Vegeta's power over there. Should we avoid him?" Gohan asked.

"No. He might have Bulma. We should follow him," Krillin said with a frown.