AN: HI EVERYONE!! I know it takes ages for me to post each chapter. It's just that I'm sometimes too lazy to. Alright, alright, I won't be lazy and post the chapter after this one as soon as I can, ok? At the moment, i'm writing this other fanfic. It's called "Dear Diary: Saijin and Vejitasei Chronicles", it's a completely different from your usual bulma and vegeta fanfic so please read?
Shout outs:
Sorceress Fujin: well, here ya go =)
Android18: yupyup, the email is on it's way ^^
Bulma: well, it wasn't my idea of having Vegeta eat cotton candy. Someone suggested it when I posted this fic two years ago. Her pen name is Titania Rose.
Special thanks to:
(When I first posted this fic two years ago, I let my readers decide where the dragonballs are hidden, so I gotta thank these people ^_^) Jen, V, adimra and Mika. Thanx guys!!!
Well... let's get started already...
Beyond Higher Things: Chapter Three
By mistY AnGeL (pink_angel91@hotmail.com)
The sun shone on Vegeta's face through the clear window. His eyes started twitching as he felt the light blinding him. He grunted and turned over. Suddenly, he got up, realising that today was the day he and Bulma were suppose to look for the dragonballs. Damn! I can't stand that woman. But I have no choice. I do not want to think about the consequences if Frieza got his repulsive fingers on those dragonballs!
~*~
Bulma's fluttered open and she heard birds chirping outside her window. She yawned and then sat up, stretching her arms. "Oh great, today me and Vegeta are supposed to find the dragonballs. What should I wear?" she mumbled to herself. She quickly climbed out of her bed and shuffled to her closet, opening the closet door and peering in.
After a few minutes, she finally picked out a pair of cargo pants and a light blue shirt, and then a pair of white joggers. "That should do. This is sort of like going hiking."
After she got changed out of her pjs, she walked to her dresser table and sat down. She took out a brush and started brushing her long blue hair. She then platted two ponytails, one on each side at the back of her head.
She then stood up and headed out of her room. She walked slowly down the marble stairs and headed towards the main door. She grabbed her capsule case on the way out. As soon as she got out, she tilted her head towards the sky and smelt the soothing fresh air.
"I'll just have to wait for Vegeta to get here," she said softly.
~*~
On Planet Vegeta...
King Vegeta laughed quietly to himself as he sat in his private quarters of his palace. A guard was on his knees, bowing before him. "I want you to send our selection of Saiyan females to Earth. Tell him to pick a mate," the king ordered.
"Yes, sire," the guard said, still bowing. The guard then stood up and quietly left the room.
King Vegeta then started laughing again. "Revenge is sweet. I want to see his face when they arrive." He then thought about Vegeta facing a fight against Frieza. He only received the news an hour ago.
"I'm sure he will humiliate himself in front of Frieza when these females arrive. Frieza a welcomed visitor, it's such a pity he isn't present. He would enjoy a good laugh once in a while."
He then calmed down and thought to himself. I am concerned about my son's position though. Frieza is quite an unpredictable character. God knows what reasons he has for paying earth a visit.
~*~
Vegeta landed in front of Capsule Corporation. He crossed his arms and starting scowling as soon as he saw the blue haired woman running towards him.
"You're late!"
He was face to face with Bulma, and she put her hands on her hips.
"Well, I'm here, aren't I?" Vegeta said in a mocking tone.
Bulma frowned at him and put her hand in her pocket, she then pulled out her dragonball radar. "Let me locate some of the dragonballs." She pressed a few buttons and Vegeta heard the quiet beeps of the radar. Bulma then pointed to direction to her left. "There are two that way." He started to hesitate but then quickly picked her up and flew to that direction.
"Hey! Can't we go in a car instead?" Bulma started to protest.
Vegeta grunted. "No. This way's faster."
With one arm around Vegeta's neck, and the other holding the radar, she looked at her dragonball radar again and pointed down. She started to feel hot air surrounding her and below her was a shade of sand.
"It should be here." He started to descend and landed, roughly dropping her down. Bulma screamed as she placed her hand in front of her, keeping her from falling face flat onto the sand.
"Hey, watch it!" she yelled and before she could say anymore, she gasped and looked at her surroundings.
They stood in front of a pyramid. The magnificent sand made rocks were lined up neatly, building up the triangular shaped structure.
"Wow! We must be in Egypt! Cool!"
She looked at her dragonball radar. "The dragonball should be right inside."
She put her hand inside her pocket and pulled out a mini flashlight. She then walked in what looked vaguely like an entrance. Vegeta followed.
Inside, it was all dark and musty. She could smell a horrible stench and found it hard to breath. The air seemed rather thick.
She shone the flashlight around and saw two skulls. She covered her mouth so she wouldn't scream. She shut her eyes tightly, to relax her mind, and opened them again, avoiding the direction where the two skulls lay.
"Pyramids have lots of traps and dead ends. We could be taking a long time," Bulma said.
Vegeta reached in his pocket (Let's just say those Saiyan weird looking spandex suits have pockets =P) and pulled out a scouter. He placed it on and then turned on his scouter. "My scouter is much better. I will set it to detect a shiny small round object which will match the description of the dragonball. Surely, it will lead us to the dragonball with accurate directions."
They went from room to room. Most had hieroglyphics on the wall. It looked very old because most of the words were chipped away.
Suddenly a hand grabbed Bulma's leg. She stopped herself from screaming, knowing that the entire pyramid might cave in. "V- Vegeta," she managed to squeak. Her voice was so soft; it was impossible for a normal human to hear.
Luckily, since Saiyans had good ears, Vegeta spun around and saw the hand on Bulma's leg. It looked like it had just popped up through the dirt underneath their feet. He walked towards her and kicked it away.
All of a sudden, the ground started to shake and the floor started to crumble.
Then hundreds of creatures started to come out of the ground. Bulma turned and saw hundreds of rotten, decaying mummies. She nearly fainted. Oh kami… what is happening… Why are there walking mummies??? This got to be just a nightmare. Please let it be just a dream.
Vegeta looked around him and started to scowl. He then extended his hands, forming a tiny ki ball. He thrust his hands forward and the ki ball hit one of mummies. The mummy was blown to pieces but soon the pieces started to form together. The mummies were impossible to destroy. What.. Vegeta thought. He knew what the next best thing to do was.
"Run!" he yelled, grabbing the terrorized Bulma's arm.
Vegeta and Bulma ran out of the room into a long passageway. Vegeta's scouter started beeping. "The dragonball is this way," he said while still panting. He led Bulma to a room full of skulls. The two of them looked around the room. "The dragonball is in here somewhere."
"I'm not touching those things!" Bulma screeched.
He scowled and looked around the room himself. He saw a shiny object and picked it up. It was a dragonball.
"I found it," he said, picking up the ball. He looked up and realised that Bulma was standing next to him, paralyzed in fear. Her eyes were locked in one position. He followed the direction where her perspective was focused. Bulma was staring at the doorway. He saw the mummies lingering towards them. He then had an idea. He blasted the mummies and pieces scattered everywhere. He then grabbed her since she was too scared to even move.
He bolted out before the mummies could be pieced back.
He ran all the way outside and flew up.
"We're safe, you pathetic female," he growled.
Bulma had her eyes closed the whole time. She slowly opened them. "That was close." She saw the dragonball in his had. "Hey! You found the dragonball!"
Vegeta scowled and turned on his scouter. "There's one over there."
He pointed right and flew in that direction.
Bulma felt the temperature change as she was flown across the sky. The vegetation below her gradually started changing. Now she could see rocky landscape and temperature started to rise again. She sniffed the air and realised that it smelt as if something was burning.
Vegeta started to descent and once again dropped her a millisecond before he reached the ground. Knowing that groveling in his face was useless, and ineffective, she stood up quickly and realised she was standing in front of a volcano.
"The dragonball is in there," Vegeta said harshly, but calmly.
"How are we gonna get a dragonball inside a volcano that looks like it's about to erupt soon?"
Vegeta shrugged and started scowling again. "We just go inside and find it."
"Are you nuts? We're going to burn to crisps. Or at least I will."
"I'm quite sure that I can handle this temperature," Vegeta said, smirking.
"But I can't."
"Then you can stay outside and wait."
Bulma was about to protest but she decided that he was right.
"Fine. You go ahead."
Vegeta then flew up within seconds, was out of sight.
"Great. I guess I'm alone for awhile." She looked around.
"There's nothing to do here. I guess I'll sit here."
She found herself standing in front of a tree and positioned herself under it.
~*~
"What's wrong Yamcha?"
Yamcha looked up and saw Goku. "Nothing."
"Aww... come on."
"It's just that I'm worried about Bulma. I don't trust Vegeta being with Bulma."
Goku laughed. "I don't think Vegeta will hurt Bulma. Just look at them. Ha! They make a cute couple. Hahaha!"
Goku stopped laughing when he saw the look on Yamcha's face.
"Come on, Yamcha. Lighten up. We need to train hard. We have less than a week and I think it's possible though I usually doubt my thoughts."
"You're right, Goku." Yamcha stood up and went back training.
~*~
Bulma stood up. "Where is he? I've waited long enough!"
She suddenly felt the ground shake beneath her feet. "What the-"
She then saw the volcano shaking. "Oh my god! I think the volcano is about to erupt and Vegeta's still in there!"
She then saw lava pouring out of the volcano. The ground was shaking really hard. Bulma screamed. "Oh no! He didn't make it! I'm on my own!"
She then saw molten lava flowing towards her direction. Fast.
"Oh, kuso!" She started running speedyly.
She looked back and saw that the lava was nearly touching her feet!
She screamed.
Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed her from behind and flew her to safety in the sky. She knew who the person was without turning around, she could feel his presence.
"Vegeta! I thought you died when the volcano erupted!"
Vegeta grunted. "I'm not a weakling like you. Lava will not harm me."
Holding her around the waist with one arm, he then held out a dragonball.
"Hey! You found another dragonball!"
Vegeta turned on his scouter.
It started beeping and he went to another direction.
The sun was starting to set since it was already late afternoon.
~*~
He flew down and landed. Bulma looked around.
"Hey! We're in some weird place. I think it's a park. And there's a maze!"
She pointed towards a small short but large construction. Unlike most mazes, this one was indoors.
"According to my scouter, the dragonball should be in there."
She walked towards the maze and opened the door.
"It's dark in here. Looks like nobody has been here for quite a while."
She took out her flashlight and moved it around. She then walked in.
"I used to love mazes when I was little."
Vegeta scowled. "What are these things suppose to do?"
Bulma kept on walking. "Well, you have to go find yourself in the other end. It's very easy to get lost because there are a lot of dead ends. But you eventually can get to the end. How horrible it must be to get lost. Well, there usually are people guiding."
Bulma turned left. "Don't you ever have fun on your planet?"
There was no answer. "Vegeta?" She turned her head. "Vegeta? Kuso! I lost him!"
~*~
Vegeta turned right. "Where is that woman? I guess I'll have to find the dragonball myself!" He turned on his scouter. The scouter indicated numbers and arrows. Vegeta turned and went to a dead end.
"Wonderful!" he muttered sarcastically.
He then saw a gleaming object in the corner. It was a dragonball! He picked it up.
"That wasn't too hard. Now to find that woman!"
He turned on his scouter. I'll just have to adjust this so it can pick up any power level.
The scouter started beeping.
"Ha! That woman has a power level of 20!"
He snickered and walked off.
~*~
After realising she had been walking in circles, Bulma finally gave up.
She sighed. Suddenly her dragonball radar started beeping.
She looked at it. "Hey! I'm getting close to the dragonball. No Wait! The dragonball is coming close to me!"
She then walked to the direction of the dragonball. She turned left and smacked right into Vegeta.
"Eeeek! Oh, it's you! And you found another dragonball!"
Vegeta scowled.
"Next time, concentrate on where you're going and maybe you won't get lost."
He blasted a hole on the roof. He picked her up and flew her outside. He turned on his scouter.
"The next dragonball is not far from here."
He then flew straight ahead.
It was dark already and clouds had started to from. Bulma could feel a chilling breeze blowing through her hair. The nights tended to get colder.
"Looks like there's going to be a storm," Bulma said.
~*~
Yamcha felt water droplets on his face. He looked up. "Damn! It's going to rain."
Everyone else noticed too. Goku's face shot up. "Since it's raining and too dark to train, why don't we all go to capsule corp and check up on Dr. Brief's gravity machine he said he was working on."
"But dad, it's better if we train outside," Gohan protested.
Goku scratched his head. "Well, I'll just go there myself. I've been eager to train in the gravity machine."
Goku waved goodbye and flew off.
Yamcha sighed. "I wonder how Bulma's doing..."
~*~
Vegeta started land and Bulma let go of him and jumped off, not wanting him to throw her off again. Bulma looked around. "I wonder where we are," she said slowly.
Suddenly, her face turned pale, seeing large, flat pieces of rocks around her. "Oh my god! Vegeta, we're at the cemetery!"
"So What?"
"Hello? Earth to Vegeta! It's a dark and gloomy night and we're at the cemetery! Probably going through graves!"
"Listen, woman! So what if we're at the cemetery? Dead people can't hurt us!"
"But Vegeta! There are dead bodies buried here!"
"And what is your point?"
"It's scary!"
"What do you want us to do? Wait till tomorrow morning to look for the dragonballs?"
Bulma eyes started to brighten up. "Hey! That's not a bad idea!"
"Woman! I don't want to be wasting any of my time!"
"But even if we do find the dragonball, we would still have to sleep here since its night."
"And where are we exactly going to sleep?"
Bulma smiled. "Don't you remember I create the latest technology?"
She pulled out her capsule case and took out a capsule.
"I was working on this yesterday morning when I ran into you!"
Vegeta scowled. "What does this do?"
"The device that I built digs a hole and then shoots out a capsule to make a capsule house!"
She pressed the capsule and threw it onto the floor. Poof! There was a puff of smoke and when the smoke cleared, a rectangular, metal small machine lay on the ground. She walked towards it then turned on the machine and it started to move. It went underground.
"We'll have to wait."
A few minutes late, the machine came up and stopped.
"Well, it's ready!"
She walked down the hole and opened the door. Vegeta followed. Bulma turned on the light.
"Pretty good, isn't it?"
Vegeta smirked. "Could have been better."
Bulma walked into the kitchen, followed by Vegeta.
"What did you expect, a palace?"
She walked towards a fridge, and opened it, peering inside. She took out some food and placed it on the table. All of the sudden, there was a huge CRASH of lightning and the lights went out. Bulma screamed and threw her arms around Vegeta.
Since it was pitch black, Vegeta didn't expect it and fell backwards along with Bulma. There was a loud thud on the floor and a few clangs as things fell down.
Suddenly the lights flickered and went back on.
Bulma looked around and realised she landed right on top of Vegeta.
"Ooops. Sorry." She blushed and got back up.
Vegeta also got up, scowling at her.
Bulma looked at the light, which started to flicker. "I better fix up the lights so they won't go out again."
She left the kitchen and looked through the emergency supply cupboard.
She came back with two large light bulbs and replaced the original.
"There, that should do. Now we'll eat."
She sat down on the dining table and picked up a slice of cake. Then she looked up at Vegeta.
"What? Aren't you going to eat, or are you going to stand there all day."
Vegeta scowled and sat down. He stared at his plate. "That's all the food there is?"
Bulma sighed. "I was afraid that you had a big appetite like Goku." She took out a capsule from her pocket. "I designed this as an emergency capsule because I always run out of food. You're lucky."
She threw the capsule onto the floor and there was a cloud of smoke. Suddenly a immense box stood there and it was filled with food.
"I can fill up the fridge with this."
She walked over to the box and pulled some food out.
She handed a few things to Vegeta.
"I hope this will please your stomach."
He looked at the strange flat round object and took a bite.
He found it quite delicious. "What is it?"
"It's pizza. It's a wonderful thing that food can stay warm in capsules!"
~*~
Goku knocked on the door. Mrs. Briefs answered it. "Hi Mrs. Briefs! It's me, Goku!"
"Oh Goku! Come in! It's been a while since you came!"
Goku walked in. "I was wondering if Bulma's dad had finished the gravity machine."
"Oh! He has!"
Dr. Briefs suddenly appeared. "Hello Goku! I have finished building the gravity machine you wanted."
Goku gave him a cheesy grin. "Thank you. I really need it for training. We have another problem besides the Saiyans."
"Really? Well, you better start training hard. I'll show you how to work the gravity room"
He walked out of the room and Goku followed.
~*~
After Bulma and Vegeta finished eating their dinner, Bulma stood up and yawned.
"I think we should sleep now. You can have the sofa and I'll take the bed."
"Why should I take the sofa while you get the bed?"
"Fine! Take the bed! I'm too tired to argue."
She suddenly remembered something. "Kuso! I just remembered that the sofa can't be slept on. It's too small to even fit a short idiot like you!"
Vegeta scowled. "Then sleep on the floor."
Bulma crossed her arms.
"No I'm not! We'll just have to share the bed!"
Vegeta walked towards the bed and lied down, raising his arms behind his head, so that his head was resting on his arms. "Whatever. I just want to sleep and get up early tomorrow."
Bulma threw off her shoes and climbed into bed. (Yes, they are sleeping in their clothes without changing.)
Bulma was tired and fell asleep quickly. Vegeta couldn't sleep but eventually dozed off.
Bulma had a dream, which was actually a nightmare. She was skipping along the grass, the wind blowing through her hair. Everything seemed so peaceful.
But then all of a sudden, things became dark. The next thing she realised, on the floor were dead people, Goku, Gohan, Krillen, Yamcha, and all her other friends.
She heard laughing from behind and saw Vegeta. He saw her and formed a ki ball.
She whimpered. "No..."
Bulma then woke up and realised it was morning.
She felt something draped over her stomach then realised Vegeta had put his arms around her waist. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Vegeta suddenly sat up. "What?! What happened?"
Bulma blushed. She didn't want to tell him the main reason.
"Umm… Nothing. I just had a bad dream.
Vegeta scowled and got out of the bed quickly. "I don't want to waste my time so we better look for the rest of the dragonballs."
Bulma got up and walked towards a table. She opened the drawer and pulled out a comb. She then quickly started to brush her hair. "You're right. Frieza is coming in less then one week."
They walked out of the capsule house and Bulma looked at her dragonball radar.
She walked towards all the graves and was felt rather scared even though it was daytime. "I never thought that so much people had died."
Vegeta smirked. "I killed far more people then you have imagined."
"It's wrong. You shouldn't do that."
"I do what I please."
Bulma sighed and walked towards a grave.
"It looks like the dragonball is around here."
She looked around and saw a gleaming object under a tree nearby.
"Bingo! Found it!"
She walked towards it and picked it up.
"Only three more dragonballs left and two of them are with Goku. That means we only have to find one more!"
Vegeta turned on his scouter and picked her up."I know where it is now."
He then started to rise high into the sky.
~*~
In the gravity room, Goku had trained all night at 50g, which was a big effort for him. He decided to take a break. "I have to train very hard if I want to be as strong as Vegeta, or actually a lot more stronger!"
He turned the machine off then walked out of the gravity room for a snack.
~*~
Vegeta landed and put Bulma down. They looked around and realised it was cold, very cold.
"We must be in Antarctica or something. I better stay in my air car. It has a heater."
She took out a capsule and threw it. Poof! Puffs of smoke started to form. When the smoke cleared, a pink car stood in front of her.
"I am too cold to stay outside."
Vegeta grunted. "Pathetic weakling. Then you can stay in there while I find the dragonball."
Vegeta flew off.
Bulma walked towards the car and opened the door. She then climbed inside the car and sat down.
"I hope he comes back soon. I don't like being left alone."
~*~
After eating about half of the Brief's food supply, Goku went back to the gravity room to train. He hit some buttons and turned the gravity machine to 100g.
"I'll just see what it's like."
He could barely stand up but afterwards, he managed to start doing push ups.
"I think I can get used to this after awhile."
~*~
Bulma woke up and realised that she had fallen asleep in the car. She started to rub her eyes then started to yawn.
She then peered out the window and saw Vegeta coming. "Oh! It was about time he came back."
She walked outside and pressed a button on her car, so it transformed back to capsule form. She then realised how cold it was. "Please get me out of here! I am freezing cold!"
He grunted "Don't order me around, woman!" In one of his hands was the dragonball and he picked her up with the other and flew up.
She leaned closer towards him and felt warm against his body.
She realised that even though he seemed like a cold hearted person, he actually had little kindness inside him.
Awhile later, they landed back on Capsule Corporation. The sky was light blue and the sun was blazing up high in the horizon. No longer feeling cold anymore, Bulma looked around and saw Yamcha and the rest training.
"YAMCHA!" She yelled out.
Yamcha turned around and saw Bulma. He then started to smile and waved his arms around. "Hey Bulma!!" He saw her running towards him.
"I missed you so much!" she said while he embraced her.
"So did I," Yamcha whispered into her ear.
Bulma let go and walked towards Gohan.
"Where's Goku? He has the two dragonballs that I need."
"Dad's training. We all came to look for him this morning but he was too busy. He told me to give you these."
Gohan handed two dragonballs to Bulma.
"That's great! Now we have all seven of he dragonballs!" Before she could say anymore, she saw Krillin pulling onto her arm and pulled her away from everyone else.
"Are you sure that we can summon the dragon when Vegeta's here? Who knows, he might turn against us all of a sudden," Krillin whispered to her.
Bulma started to frown. "Well, I don't know. He doesn't seem to be such a bad guy after all. I mean, I'm still alive aren't I?" she then saw the look that Krillin gave her and took a deep breath, "alright, alright, we'll do something about it."
~*~
Everyone crowded around Bulma, yawning and looking tired.
"What did we come here for again?" Krillin mumbled and started to nod off. Bulma smacked him in the face. "Baka! Everyone stop being tired. Look, I'm sorry it's 4am in the morning and the sun hasn't even risen yet. But this is for safety reasons!"
Krillin started to stand up straight. "Sorry, Bulma, I'm just so tired after training til late last night. I'm only human after all. But did we really have to come all the way to the mountain tops?"
Bulma shrugged. "Well, if we did this outside my house, I'm sure Vegeta will realise something. What should we wish for?"
"Well, there's really nothing that I specifically want at the moment," Krillen said.
"Yeh, me either," Gohan mumbled, before dozing off in Goku's arms.
"Well, anyone got any suggestions? We gotta do this fast. We don't have time to think over what to wish for," Goku butt in.
"I'm with Goku," Piccolo said.
Bulma started to smile. "I know what we can wish for!!!"
~*~
"Arise Shen Long and grant us a wish!" Bulma called out.
The sky turned started to turn blacker than it already was, and a long golden outline started to appear. Soon, the figure of Shen Long appeared.
"What is your wish?"
"We want all of us to age like a Saiyan," Bulma said and smiling, seeing the looks on everyone's faces.
"Granted."
Shen Long disappeared and the sky went normal.
"Well, that's the end of that! Frieza can't make his wish!" Bulma said cheerfully.
"We better go back before sun rises and start training," Gohan said and yawned.
~*~
The sky was a shade of crimson orange and there were many figures floating through the sky. The figures then started to descend, landing in front of Capsule Corp.
"Finally, we made it and the sun just rose, it's time I start making breakfast and I am going to make a feast," Bulma said cheerfully while skipping to her house.
All of a sudden there was a crash and it was near the Capsule Corp building. Everyone stopped in their tracks and ran to it wondering what it was.
A/N: Ok, I'm not absolutely sure, but I think starting from next chapter, things get pretty serious, but not angst yet. Would you like to have a synopsis about the next chapter? Here ya go:
Well, two visitors come from the past (hehe, not one, but TWO). Vegeta gets pissed and challenges them. and then Frieza comes in, is this good enough for you? Please write a review and tell me what you think. (Don't flame unless you tell me a reason why my fic sux) Cya!
