AN: I am soooo sorry that this took so long to write. It's just that since it was a lemon and I can't write lemons, I had to get this over to a friend so she could write the lemon for me. And since she's been so busy lately, she couldn't complete it so I tried to finish it (well, it sucks, i only wrote about 3 lines to finish it). I'm so sorry. This chapter will be a bit of a disappointment.
Special thanks to: Kat, without the help of this friend, there probably wouldn't be a lemon in the first place. Haha, I guess she's officially my fellow lemon-writer. Oh, and thanks to my other friend, Rina (penname Mandraco), for offering to write the aftermaths (although we never ended up having one), but thanks for the offer of help. It was greatly appreciated. the bits with the **between these asterisk** is where Kat wrote her part (you can sorta tell because the writing style changes). Well, I edited it a bit.
Enough about all that... let's get on with the fanfic
Chapter Nine: Reunited
Dear Diary,
So many things… I can't explain all at once. Where should I begin? Ok, I had yet another encounter with Lady Riyuka…
Goku kneeled down beside his father's bed. His face was washed with concern. He turned around to see Eighteen beside him. He also noticed that Vegeta was across the room with his arms crossed. Iresu was taking a nap on another bed across the room.
"This doesn't look good," Eighteen whispered, noticing the pale colour of Bardok's face. "I think the protein your father lacks has caused his body to weaken," she paused for a minute, "Goku, your father seems to be extremely sickk."
Goku's face started to fall. "What do you mean? But father has always been a healthy man. There's got to be some way of helping him regain his health!"
Eighteen shook her head. "I'm not really sure if he will recover quickly."
Vegeta glared at both Eighteen and Goku. He was rather irritated that Goku had made a short stop to his father's cottage. He didn't want to admit it, but he really wanted to find the blue haired woman who he found so hard to stay away from his mind these days. Personally, he didn't really care about the health of Bardok. He saw Eighteen stand up and walk towards him. "Prince Vegeta, I think it is wise that we go to the nearest city to purchase some medicine for Goku's- I mean, Kakarot's father."
Vegeta faced directly at her and started to smirk. "Oh, and what if I refuse?"
Eighteen started to frown. "Please, this is no time for argument."
Vegeta grunted. "Alright, Eighteen, let's go. I thought we were meant to be looking for that annoying baka woman."
A grin started to form on Eighteen's face. "Oh... It seems that my prince has quite a thing for Bulma." She quickly shut her mouth when she saw Vegeta growling at her.
"No, you're wrong. Let's go," Vegeta said through gritted teeth. Both him and Eighteen then walked out of the cottage. Before Eighteen exited through the door, she turned around. "Take good care of your father. We'll be back soon," she said and then walked outside.
Goku sighed and looked at his father. "I hope you get better soon," he whispered softly.
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"Come on Bulma, we're nearly there!!" ChiChi screamed as she started running along a long pathway. Krillen, Rei and Bulma ran behind her. ChiChi stopped and peered out on the top of a hill, looking at the beautiful view of Tikyu City. Her three friends caught up with her and joined her watching over the city.
"We're finally here..... Tikyu City!! I hope we can find Goku and the rest!!" Bulma said excitedly. She started smiling and then laughing. "Come on guys, let's go down!!" she yelled and screamed in joy as she ran down the pathway of the hill, towards the entrance to the city.
After a few minutes after the four entered the city, Bulma's face started to frown as she felt at something wasn't quite right.
"What's wrong, Bulma?" Krillen asked.
Bulma started to shake her head. "I don't quite know… I feel strange." She knew exactly what was wrong. She could feel her energy started to drop as she continued walking. What is wrong with me? A few days ago I just had a sudden burst of energy and strength that I've never felt before. And now I feel like I don't even have enough energy to lift my leg. Does this have anything to do with Piccolo…? He never did end up releasing my power, at least I think he only got half way…
"Oh kami! Bulma, look!!" ChiChi yelled out, interrupting Bulma's thoughts and pointing to something not far. Bulma looked to the direction her finger was pointing and gasped. All around the market area was posters with drawings of two people who looked like… ChiChi and Krillen!!
"It must be a wanted poster. They are probably looking for the slaves who escaped the auction," Rei exclaimed.
Before she could say anymore, Bulma heard people around her starting to yell and point at them. She started to close her eyes. Kuso… This isn't happening…
"It's them!! Someone call the authority!!" a voice shouted out from not far. Soon, people were crowding around Bulma, Krillen, ChiChi, and Rei. Not long later, Bulma saw an older woman come towards them, stepping out of the crowd. Bulma gulped. "Lady… Riyuka?"
The woman standing in front of her started to laugh. "You really thought that you could get away with what you're done. Let me tell you something. I am the authority and I say that you will get punished. Guards!!" she screamed out.
A dozen large men started to step out. "Yes, what would you like us to do for you, Lady Riyuka?"
Riyuka smirked and motioned her hand towards her four prisoners. "They have done something very bad. And therefore, they will be punished. Take them and burn them at the stakes!"
Bulma gasped out loud and she tried her best to try to fight, but it was no use. She could feel her energy draining and she could barely keep her eyes open. She turned to her friends. "Kuso… what do we do now?" she whispered softly, before blacking out and dropping to the ground.
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"What is all that commotion about ahead of us?" Eighteen asked, feeling rather annoyed. Vegeta didn't answer her. Eighteen asked to cross her arms in front of her chest. "Come on, Prince, I think we should check this one out." She then turned left and saw a whole herd of people in front of us. Her eyes wandered towards what everyone was crowding around. Her eyes widened from what she saw. She turned towards Vegeta. "We've got to do something!"
Vegeta only crossed his arms in front of his chest and grunted. "Yes, l see."
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"Bulma… Bulma!!" ChiChi screamed out panicking. She wanted to shake her friend to consciousness except her arms were tied behind her back.
"Oh Bummer… the trouble that we get ourselves into…" Krillen muttered to himself.
"Trust me, we will get out of this one alive, unless there's no more great ideas to think up," Rei said.
"In that case, you better start thinking one now!" Krillen screamed.
Bulma's eyes fluttered opened and she started to moan when she realised that her arms were tied tightly against something. Her vision was blurry at first but then started to clear. Her head was spinning. Am I dreaming? What is happening? She turned her head and looked around. She gasped when she was tied to a very thick and large pole. Her, Krillen, Rei, and ChiChi were each tied up, their backs against the pole. Their feet were dangling midair. Bulma looked down and saw stacks of hay and also from her high view, she saw a crowd of people surrounding them.
"Finally, you're awake! We just got ourselves in the biggest mess. Bulma, use your strength," ChiChi yelled.
"I can't! I don't know why, but I completely lost my energy before, it's starting to come back slowly right now, but I don't have enough to break free from this rope," Bulma replied quickly, her mind was frenetic.
She looked down and saw Riyuka holding a stick which was in flames.
"You will pay for what you've done!" Riyuka yelled and then started to set the flames alight. Bulma's eyes opened wide as she saw the hay burning hastily. Her mind started to go wild and her vision changed.
**Sudden Flashback**
All she could see were buildings in flames and crowds of people trying to escape. She saw roofs of people's homes slowly cave in. She whimpered as she saw dozens of ninjas dressed in black, their faces completely covered except their eyes. They drew out their long swords and slashed every helpless people that were in their way.
**End of Flashback**
Bulma shook her head as the present came back to her. Where did that come from? Bulma frantically scanned the crowd with her begging eyes. Maybe someone would save her. She could feel the smoke rising towards her and she started to cough. She could also feel the warmth beneath her feet. She looked down and saw the flames started to burn even more rapidly.
"Now it's time to try out that brilliant plan you came up with!" Krillen screamed.
"No, I don't have a plan!!" Rei screamed back.
Bulma lifted her feet slightly, so her legs wouldn't touch the flame. She started to close her eyes. Is this how my life is going to end? I can't let that happen… Not until I find out the truth about my past… Oh kami, help me…
She suddenly felt a pair of arms on both sides of her waist. She could feel that someone was trying to untie her. She also heard the crowd gasping. She opened her eyes and was stunned at who she saw. "Vegeta? What are you doing here?"
Vegeta started to smirk. "You should be addressing me as Prince Vegeta. Well, you sound like you don't want me here?"
Bulma shook her head. She then realised that he had untied the rope and she could feel her arms free, but then felt herself slide down the pole, heading straight towards the fire! She started to scream when she felt arms around her waist. Vegeta had caught her and her foot had slightly touched the flames. She could feel a burning pain on her foot. She wrapped her arms around his neck, afraid that he might drop her and then looked around. She saw that Eighteen was helping her friends each individually. Vegeta started to land on the floor, a few meters away from the flames and let Bulma go. He then saw an angry woman walking towards him.
"Who do you think you are??? Those people were meant to be punished!!" Riyuka angrily shouted. Vegeta narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at her. He then turned to Bulma. "Is that the baka who tried to burn you?" he demanded. Bulma nodded slowly. Vegeta then turned to face Riyuka. "You just made the biggest mistake of your life," he growled and placed his hand out in front of him. He smirked as he saw the frightened expression on Riyuka's face. He then started to form an energy ball. Bang! In a split second, Riyuka was disintegrated and never to be seen again.
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Goku looked up from his father's bedside as he saw several of people walk in. Eighteen walked towards him and pulled out a small package wrapped up in pieces of paper. "That's the medicine," she said softly. But Goku wasn't paying attention to her, he got up quickly and ran towards Bulma. "You're back!! It's great to have you back, you have to tell me what happ-" he stopped talking when he saw the black haired girl besides Bulma. As if in a trance, he started to shuffle towards her and bowed graciously in front of her. "Hi, my name is Goku, what's yours?"
ChiChi was taken aback at first, but then started to smile and bowed to him. "I'm ChiChi."
Goku looked at her in surprise. "You're ChiChi, Bulma's best friend? You're the girl that Bulma had been looking for since a long time ago. She never told me you were so beautiful."
ChiChi started to blush and looked to the floor. Goku heard a cough from behind him, and he turned around, looking at Eighteen. He took the package from her hand.
Across the room, Iresu started to wake up from all the talking and she slowly sat up, rubbing her eyes. When she saw Bulma, she started to smile brightly. "You're baack!!" She got out of her bed and started to run across the room and gave Bulma a hug. "I've missed you so much!!"
While that was occurring, Goku turned to Eighteen. "Thank you so much for the medicine. Now while I prepare it for father, you guys just got to tell me what happened…"
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Bulma woke up slowly and realised it was the middle of the night. She looked around the room and saw that everyone was sleeping soundly on the floor. She then noticed that Vegeta wasn't there. Hmm… strange, he's gone again. Does he always go off at night?
She started to get up and walked out the door, feeling the cool breeze against her face. She was surprised to find that her energy had completely returned and she felt as lively as ever. She was skipping along a large area of grass as she let the breeze blow through her hair. Her thoughts were very calm until she suddenly stopped in her tracks. I feel something… Someone's power…
She started to walk towards a few trees, reaching her arm and pushing a few hanging leaves to her side. She stepped forward and saw a full view of the clearing in front of her. She gasped at the beautiful sight. A small waterfall stood against a low cliff. The water was slowly flowing into a small lake. Her eyes wandered down and she saw Vegeta sitting on a rock, meditating.
She started to fly down the steep pathway, and walked on the low grass. It feels so wonderful to have this extraordinary power of mine again. She walked towards Vegeta and reached her arm, ready to place a hand on Vegeta's shoulder when suddenly Vegeta's eyes shot open. At the speed of light, he pulled her arm and pinned her on the grass. He started to scowl when he realised who he just attacked. "Don't ever do that, you might get yourself hurt," he growled. Bulma could feel his hot breath against her face. They stood very close, nose to nose, she could feel his warmth adjoining her. Bulma suddenly had a blissful feeling inside her. Could I be… falling for him?
She suddenly had an urge to come closer to him, but was too scared to move.
Vegeta finally pulled away from her turned her back towards her. "So what are you doing here, woman? You should be asleep like the rest of the bakas."
Bulma placed her hands on her hips and frowned. "Why do you always insult everyone? Don't you ever care about anyone besides yourself?"
Vegeta started to snarl at her. "I have every right to insult people. Especially ugly and weak women like you."
Bulma started to gasp. "You bastard!! How dare you call me ugly and weak!!" Her face started to turn red with anger and her hands were clutched into fists. She felt her ki starting to rise and then attacked Vegeta. "Don't ever call me that!! I'll show you who's weak!!"
Vegeta looked surprised as he dodged her. She stopped moving, her back towards him, and then slowly turned around. Vegeta saw that the moon was reflected on her blue hair. Before he could notice anything else, she charged at him again. He stepped aside and then grabbed her arm, pinning her to the floor. She drew in a breath as she felt his warm body against hers, her eyes changed from anger to terror. He's gonna kill me for sure.
"Don't ever underestimate the power of a Saiyan prince," Vegeta growled.
Bulma could feel the grip of his hands tighten on her shoulders. All of a sudden, with a burst of energy, she pushed him with all of her strength and he landed on the floor. This time, she was on top of him.
Both of them were panting, and without warning, Vegeta placed his arms around her waist, pulling her towards him. He pulled her face close to his, and kissed her. Bulma's eyes widened with surprised and then realised she was enjoying herself. The palm of her hands were placed against his chest as she closed her eyes and kissed him back.
**Seeing that Bulma wanted more, Vegeta wickedly laughed to himself and allowed his hands to be put into play. Vegeta removed his gloves, then slowly and soothingly traced his hands down each of Bulma's womanly curves but realised that her nightgown created a barrier between them. In much annoyance, he removed it furiously and he carelessly threw it onto the floor while he did the same to his own clothing. But as he proceeded to touch her, he noticed the rosy pink scars all over Bulma's front and back.
"Where did you get all those scars from?" Vegeta attempted to sound as caring as he could but failed miserably to express his feelings. Bulma was able to see through his tough surface and accepted the comment as a sign of her importance to him.
Vegeta slowly ran his fingers over each visible scar as if though to feel and share her pain. He closed his eyes and squinted with each thought of Bulma being slashed by a thick whip. It was as though a mutual bond has formed between them and everything being felt was felt by both of them. As each painful memory returned to Bulma's mind, it also intruded into Vegeta's.
"Argh, I want to strangle that woman," Vegeta fumed.
"It doesn't matter now. You've already killed her anyway." Bulma assured him yet at the same time she felt bothered by this past.
Vegeta felt Bulma's slight tremble and cuddled her tightly as if to tell her that everything would be okay now that she has him.
The pink marks were scattered around most of Bulma's bare body yet all Vegeta could see was the beauty of her nakedness that was hidden beneath. Although Bulma was embarrassed about how ugly it made her, Vegeta thought it added more to Bulma's character. It's just proof of what a strong young woman she is. Everything about Bulma intrigued him. Perhaps he was wrong and that there is a human worthy enough to mate. He wanted now, more than ever to be inside her.
He resumed trying to satisfy his growing craving for her after that little talk. From his previous handiwork, all that remained on Bulma's body was her underwear (A/N: Bulma sleeps without her bra, I mean, this is meant to be set in 18th century Japan); Vegeta found even that thin piece of cloth was unbearably irritating and wasting no time at all, he slid his hands into her pants and slid them down her slender legs.
Slowly, as gentle as he could, he entered her, creating a sensation of pleasure over her pain. She slowly moaned as he leaned further on top of her. She reached out her arm, and gently placed her hands on the back of his head. She slowly pulled him closer to her and kissed him.**
The moonlight stood high in the black night sky, reflecting against the exposed skin of the young lovers. They both knew it was a night neither of them would forget.
AN: Once again, sorry!! But this chapter is longer than any other chapter (I think). I'll make it up to you by giving you a clue about what's going to happen next chapter:
Bulma finds out the truth about the past. And it's not quite what you would expect. What exactly is the truth? (Hint: it's got something to do with her real father) Find out next chapter!!
