The World Comes Crashing Down



Disclaimer:: I do not own any of the Dragon ball/z/gt characters so don't go and try to sue me. It wouldn't do you much good anyway, I have no money.

Vegeta walked outside of the large Capsule Corporation building. He stretched his arms and looked around at the yard. Bra and Goten were walking around the tables of food and the places set up for their guests, trying to make sure everything was perfect. Bra was straightening up some of the silverware on the huge picnic table that was set outside. Goten walked up behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist and brushed his lips against her neck. She giggled and turned around and punched him on the arm playfully. She started running around and Goten chased after her. Vegeta watched them and smirked, Bra reminded him so much of Bulma. He was glad that she married that boy of Kakkarott, he was a very honorable man and he treated her right, no matter how much Vegeta had objected to it at first. But things were different now, ever since Bulma had passed away. Vegeta had a very hard time dealing with her death. One night Bra got tired of the way he was acting and decided to have a long talk with him. He hated that she made him talk about his emotions with her, and he hated it even more when she tried to talk about things to make him feel better. Then she cooked him a big dinner and made him go to bed after he was done eating. Though he never admitted it to anyone, he had cried himself to sleep that night. The next morning he woke up with a new perspective on things. He felt like he was a completely different person. He definitely felt better than he had in months. After that he started getting along with everyone, to their surprise. Some of them got worried and thought he had some sort of disease, but after a while they all got used to it. Vegeta even became very good friends with Goku (though he still refused to call him by his earth name) and once he realized that he didn't even remember why he was so mad at 18, he became friendly with her as well.

Vegeta shook his head to stop himself from spacing out. He glanced at the sun sinking into the horizon, the others would be there any minute. Bra came running up to her father. She was laughing and her cheeks were rosy. "Hey daddy, how long have you been standing there? You were so quiet I didn't even notice you."

"Oh, not that long." Vegeta took a sip of his coffee right before Bra yanked it out of his hands, "Now daddy, you've already had three cups today, this can't be healthy for you."

"Well I'm tired, I've been training more than usual today."

"You should really cut down on that too. I mean I know you're a saiyan and you don't age the same, yadah yadah yadah. But you aren't as young as you used to be."

"Yeah what's your point, it's not like I train nearly as much as I used to, I mean I rarely get in more than an hour each day."

"Daddy you know I'm just worried about you." She leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. Van ran up to Vegeta and jumped up into his arms, "Hewo gwampa Geta!"

"Hey kid, how's it going?"

"Good."

Pan and Trunks landed and were greeted by Goten. "Here kid." He set Van down on the ground, "Go say hi to Uncle Trunks."

"Ok gwampa." The little boy scuttled over to the others. Bra smiled, "You're great with him you know."

Vegeta rolled his eyes and sighed, "Yeah, yeah I know." Bra smiled and walked over to the others. Just then 18 landed and set down Marron, Goku and Gohan flew in from the other direction and landed as well. Vegeta noticed them before the others had and he walked over to them. "Hey Vegeta, how's it hanging." Goku said with a bright smile as he approached them. Marron gave the three of them a hug and 18 acknowledged them with a nod.

"Hey Marron!" Bra shouted as she ran over dragging Pan along with her, "I just got the cutest dress yesterday you guys should come and see it!"

Marron blinked, "Well ok, but why didn't you just wear it?"

"Because it's way too fancy."

"Oh ok."

The three of them walked into the house. Goku shook his head and sighed, "Women." 18 glanced at him, "And what exactly is that supposed to mean?"

"Uh...Hey! Trunks! What's up?" He said as he walked in the opposite direction, followed by Gohan. 18 smirked then glanced at Vegeta. "Uhh..." Vegeta cleared his throat, "Drink?"

"Yeah sure." The two of them walked over to a table with glasses of champagne on it. He picked two up and handed one to her and they both sat down. To Vegeta's surprise 18 put her mouth to the glass and chugged it all down in one swift movement. "...Tough day?"

"Sort of...Just something Marron brought up earlier..." Vegeta put his glass down and looked at her with a concerned expression, "Want to talk about it?"

"Oh...well...it's kind of personal..." She looked up at him and blushed, "I'm sorry you don't want to hear about any of this, just don't pay any attention to me...I'll be fine." She forced a smile. Vegeta could tell that she was really upset about something. "18 you can tell me anything...ok?" 18 gave off a slight laugh and glanced down at the table sadly. "Yeah...sure." Vegeta looked a bit hurt, "I'm serious." There was a long moment of silence between them. He put his hand on the table and very slowly reached out for hers. As his hand gently touched the back of hers, she looked up at him. He glanced at her, still unsure of whether he should have done that or not. Her eyes began to water and she quickly put her free hand up to her face trying to hide the tears rolling down her cheeks. Vegeta got up from his seat and walked around to the opposite side of the table, and sat down next to her. They were facing each, sitting sideways in the chairs. Vegeta carefully took both of her hands into his, seeing her this way made him very upset. He wanted to make her feel better, he wanted to protect her from anything that would upset her. He didn't exactly know why he suddenly felt this way, but he did. "18?...What's wrong?" Goku walked up to them, "18?" Vegeta looked at Goku and shook his head. He gave a last glance at 18 then walked away unsurely. 18 started crying harder, unable to control herself anymore. He pulled her closer to him and laid her head on his shoulder. After a couple of minutes she calmed down enough to talk. "Why are you being so nice to me?" 18's muffled voice came suddenly. She leaned back and looked at him. Vegeta smiled slightly and put his hand up to her face, gently wiping away a tear.

"INCOMING!!!!!" Goten yelled out right before a fast flying baseball hit Vegeta in the head. Him and 18 blinked and looked over at everyone else. Suddenly all eyes were on them and Marron gave a big smile. Vegeta quickly let go of 18's hands and looked in the opposite direction. 18 wiped the remaining tears from her face and picked up the ball. She tossed it to Goten then got up out of her seat and walked over to Marron. She pinched Marron's arm slightly to stop her from grinning, but suddenly Marron wasn't the only one. Bra was standing right next to her, "18 I had no idea! I'm so glad, dad needs someone now that mom's gone." 18 looked at her with wide eyes, "But I never...I mean we, aren't. You've got it all wrong." Bra just smirked, "Sure."

"But." She glanced out of the corner of her eye at Vegeta. His back was still facing them all. She was amazed at how quickly things had changed between them, though she wasn't sure she had wanted it to.

Vegeta suddenly jumped up and walked toward the group. He gave Goku a look and he nodded, "Yeah I feel it too." 18 and Gohan suddenly looked troubled. "What is it?!" Gohan asked with the slightest hint of fear in his voice. Trunks pulled Pan close to him as Goten grabbed Van and took hold of Bra. He handed Van to Bra, "I think you two should get out of here....now." Trunks looked at his wife, "You too Panny, take Videl and get inside." The two of them went into the building reluctantly. 18 gave Marron a look. Marron turned to go into the building. But just before reached the door, there was a bright flash and then dead silence as Marron felt herself hit the ground. The world around her grew black and she passed out.

~To be continued~

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