Through The Eyes of A Saiyan
Written by Jennifer and Mandy
Chapter 21 - True Feelings Shown
Chi-Chi looked up from the stack of dishes she was drying, dropping the plate that she had in her hand, in surprise, sending it crashing by her feet. "Oh my. I can't believe it. They've finally returned! I can feel it. They're back..and Bulma. she's with them." Her eyes began to get teary out of pure joy as she looked out the window in front of her at the sky. "Welcome back, Bulma."
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Videl sat on one end of the couch in their living room, reading a book entitled War and Peace. She looked up from the page she was on and glanced towards the stairs. "The girls sure are quiet up there. I wonder what they're up to." She asked herself aloud and sighed. Hm. At least they are quiet. She looked back down to her book and continued reading.
Pan sat on her knees, facing Bra, in the middle of her large bedroom. "Ok Bra. This is going to be the house." She said as she pulled over an enormous three-story dollhouse. "Isn't it great?" she asked with a proud grin. "Mommy and Daddy got it for me last week. Look! See? It has three floors and an attic! Oh, and there's all this stuff too!" she exclaimed happily, pointing out different accessories that came with the dollhouse.
Bra sat Indian-style across from her friend. "Wow Pan! You got the coolest dollhouse ever!" she said in amazement.
"Yeah, I know." She agreed with a proud grin on her face. "So, that's the house, and these are the people" she said as she crawled over to the toy chest and brought back a family of dolls for the two of them. "Now I'm gonna tell you which people you'll be and which people I'll be."
As Pan continued talking, Bra leaned over and took the 'mommy' doll out of the pile and held it close.
"No, Bra!" Pan shouted, reaching over and taking the doll back. "That one isn't yours! You're gonna be the 'daddy'."
"But." Bra began with tears starting to fill her eyes. "But. But I wanna be the 'mommy'!!"
"No! You're the 'daddy'!"
"Mommy!!!"
"NO!!"
"No.I mean, MY Mommy! She's back!" she exclaimed, sitting up straighter. "I can feel it! She's here!!" She got up hurriedly and ran out of the room.
"Hey wait!" Pan called, getting up and running after her.
Bra ran down the stairs to the living room. "Miss Videl!! Miss Videl!!"
Videl jumped in surprise at hearing the young girl screaming for her. She put her book down and got up as Bra ran up to her and hugged her waist.
"She's here!! She's back, Miss Videl! Mommy's back!"
Videl's eyes widened in surprise as she put her hands on the child's shoulders and looked down at her. "Are you sure, Bra?" she asked.
"Yes! I can feel it! You have to believe me! She's back; I just know it!" she said, looking up into Videl's eyes with tears of joy streaming down her cheeks.
Videl knelt down to be at eye level with Bra and smiled. "Would you like to go see her, dear?"
Pan walked over from where she had been standing and stopped beside Bra, looking at her mother.
Bra clenched her fists in anticipation. "Really? We could?!"
"Of course we can, sweetie. Go upstairs and get ready to go, ok? Both of you. We'll leave as soon as you're ready.", she answered, looking at the two girls.
"Yea!!" Bra shouted and ran upstairs again with Pan following close behind. She bolted back into Pan's room, jumping into the air in happiness. "Mom's back! I can't believe it! Yipee!" She plopped down on the floor and frustratedly tried to put her left shoe on her tiny foot.
Pan sat down on the other side of the room and began to put her shoes on as well.
"Ahh!!"
Pan jerked her head over to look at Bra. "What is it?!"
"Where's my other shoe?!" she asked frantically as she ran around the room, looking under the bed and clothes that were strewn around the room, trying to find her missing shoe. "Help me find it, Pan! We can't leave until I find my other shoe!"
"Ok, I'll look over here." Pan said as she got up and walked to one side of the room to look as Bra continued to search hurriedly. "Hey! I found it!" Pan called after a few minutes. She pulled it out of the toy chest against her wall. "It must have gotten in there when we put the toys up earlier." She said and handed Bra her shoe.
"Thanks!" Bra grabbed the shoe out of Pan's hand and put it on quickly, then ran out of the room again. "Come on Pan! Let's go!"
Pan ran after her friend back to the living room as well.
Videl looked at them as they came running down. "Ready?"
"Ready!" cried both girls simultaneously.
"Good, then let's go." Videl said with a smile. She gathered up the car keys and her purse and headed for the door with the two girls close beside her.
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Goku looked around the Lookout slowly. "So.where is she?"
Everyone stood there for a moment, wondering why they couldn't see Bulma anywhere.
Piccolo walked over to the edge of the Lookout with his arms crossed casually. She's here, all right. This should be interesting. He said in his mind and glanced over to Vegeta out of the corner of his eye.
Everyone turned to face the large building in the middle of the Lookout as footsteps were heard from inside it.
Bulma suddenly emerged from the darkened hallway, looking around in slight confusion.
"Bulma!" Goku called when he saw her.
"Mom!!" Trunks ran across the floor of the platform to her, with eyes glistening from small tears.
"Trunks.?" Bulma muttered quietly. "Trunks!!" She then ran up to her son and embraced him in a long hug.
Vegeta stood across the Lookout with his arms crossed, staring at Bulma, with his mouth slightly open.
Bulma pulled back a little and looked into Trunks' eyes. "Trunks. what exactly happened? I'm a little confused right now." She said while raising her hand to her forehead.
Trunks just smiled and put his arm around his mother. "It's a long story, Mom. I'll explain it all when we get back home. It's been so long since you've been here."
Suddenly an air car landed on the surface of the Lookout on the side. Everyone looked up and recognized it as Videl's. The door was thrown open as Bra leaped out and immediately saw her mother.
"Mommy!!" she cried, running to Bulma and jumping in her arms with new tears on her face from seeing Bulma alive again. She wrapped her arms around Bulma's neck and hugged her tightly. "I knew you were here! I could tell! I knew it! Mommy, I've missed you so much!" she sobbed into her mother's shoulder.
Bulma wrapped her arms around her daughter and hugged her. "Oh Bra! Bra honey, it's all right now. It's okay, baby." She said soothingly to her daughter as she swayed from side to side slowly to calm her down.
Videl and Pan got out of the air car as well and walked over to the group that stood, watching as Bulma was brought back to her family. They all had the same idea to stay back until the Briefs' reunion was over. They all knew that they had endured the most pain from losing Bulma.
Gohan looked down at his daughter and smiled, picking her up. "Hey, squirt." He greeted with a chuckle.
"Hi Daddy!" Pan replied cheerfully. "I missed you when you went away." She smiled and hugged him around his neck.
Videl smiled too, looking at her husband. "Welcome back, dear." She said and kissed gently him on the cheek.
Bulma leaned down to put Bra back on the ground and straightened up. She looked up at Goku as he walked toward her.
Goku smiled warmly. "Welcome back, Bulma. We've all really missed you." He said and gave her a hug.
Bulma hugged him back. "Oh Goku, thanks. You're so sweet." She then looked up and noticed Vegeta looking at her. She stepped away from Goku after another second and moved up in front of the group around her. She stood, motionless, with her arms hanging at her sides. She stared across at him, looking deep into his dark eyes. eyes that seemed to reach to the very depths of his soul, hiding so many secrets, so many regrets, and so many feelings. Their eye contact never shifted or faltered as he stared straight back into her bright, sapphire eyes. To Vegeta, those eyes of hers never seem to stop shining. Even in anger, you could tell by her eyes that it would be all right in the end. The wind gently blew through her hair, sending a few stray strands across her face as her breath caught in her throat.
Vegeta shifted his weight as he unfolded his arms and started walking over to her. Everyone looked on in silence as he crossed the distance between them and came to a stop right in front of her. He gently wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.
Bulma exhaled with a shudder as she put her arms around him and leaned against his shoulder. It was hard to believe he was making such a bold move in front of everyone, but his movements weren't jerky and hesitant. He moved with a sureness and a new warmth about him that seemed to put her at ease. She closed her eyes, blinking out the tears as they ran down her cheeks and onto his neck.
Vegeta tilted his head down, pressing his face lightly in the crook of her neck. As the wind blew once again, swirling around them, he inhaled the scent of her hair and closed his eyes for a moment. After a moment of just the utter enjoyment of being with her in this embrace, and wishing he never had to let her go, he opened his eyes again. He lifted his head to her ear and whispered, "I love you, too."
Written by Jennifer and Mandy
Chapter 21 - True Feelings Shown
Chi-Chi looked up from the stack of dishes she was drying, dropping the plate that she had in her hand, in surprise, sending it crashing by her feet. "Oh my. I can't believe it. They've finally returned! I can feel it. They're back..and Bulma. she's with them." Her eyes began to get teary out of pure joy as she looked out the window in front of her at the sky. "Welcome back, Bulma."
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Videl sat on one end of the couch in their living room, reading a book entitled War and Peace. She looked up from the page she was on and glanced towards the stairs. "The girls sure are quiet up there. I wonder what they're up to." She asked herself aloud and sighed. Hm. At least they are quiet. She looked back down to her book and continued reading.
Pan sat on her knees, facing Bra, in the middle of her large bedroom. "Ok Bra. This is going to be the house." She said as she pulled over an enormous three-story dollhouse. "Isn't it great?" she asked with a proud grin. "Mommy and Daddy got it for me last week. Look! See? It has three floors and an attic! Oh, and there's all this stuff too!" she exclaimed happily, pointing out different accessories that came with the dollhouse.
Bra sat Indian-style across from her friend. "Wow Pan! You got the coolest dollhouse ever!" she said in amazement.
"Yeah, I know." She agreed with a proud grin on her face. "So, that's the house, and these are the people" she said as she crawled over to the toy chest and brought back a family of dolls for the two of them. "Now I'm gonna tell you which people you'll be and which people I'll be."
As Pan continued talking, Bra leaned over and took the 'mommy' doll out of the pile and held it close.
"No, Bra!" Pan shouted, reaching over and taking the doll back. "That one isn't yours! You're gonna be the 'daddy'."
"But." Bra began with tears starting to fill her eyes. "But. But I wanna be the 'mommy'!!"
"No! You're the 'daddy'!"
"Mommy!!!"
"NO!!"
"No.I mean, MY Mommy! She's back!" she exclaimed, sitting up straighter. "I can feel it! She's here!!" She got up hurriedly and ran out of the room.
"Hey wait!" Pan called, getting up and running after her.
Bra ran down the stairs to the living room. "Miss Videl!! Miss Videl!!"
Videl jumped in surprise at hearing the young girl screaming for her. She put her book down and got up as Bra ran up to her and hugged her waist.
"She's here!! She's back, Miss Videl! Mommy's back!"
Videl's eyes widened in surprise as she put her hands on the child's shoulders and looked down at her. "Are you sure, Bra?" she asked.
"Yes! I can feel it! You have to believe me! She's back; I just know it!" she said, looking up into Videl's eyes with tears of joy streaming down her cheeks.
Videl knelt down to be at eye level with Bra and smiled. "Would you like to go see her, dear?"
Pan walked over from where she had been standing and stopped beside Bra, looking at her mother.
Bra clenched her fists in anticipation. "Really? We could?!"
"Of course we can, sweetie. Go upstairs and get ready to go, ok? Both of you. We'll leave as soon as you're ready.", she answered, looking at the two girls.
"Yea!!" Bra shouted and ran upstairs again with Pan following close behind. She bolted back into Pan's room, jumping into the air in happiness. "Mom's back! I can't believe it! Yipee!" She plopped down on the floor and frustratedly tried to put her left shoe on her tiny foot.
Pan sat down on the other side of the room and began to put her shoes on as well.
"Ahh!!"
Pan jerked her head over to look at Bra. "What is it?!"
"Where's my other shoe?!" she asked frantically as she ran around the room, looking under the bed and clothes that were strewn around the room, trying to find her missing shoe. "Help me find it, Pan! We can't leave until I find my other shoe!"
"Ok, I'll look over here." Pan said as she got up and walked to one side of the room to look as Bra continued to search hurriedly. "Hey! I found it!" Pan called after a few minutes. She pulled it out of the toy chest against her wall. "It must have gotten in there when we put the toys up earlier." She said and handed Bra her shoe.
"Thanks!" Bra grabbed the shoe out of Pan's hand and put it on quickly, then ran out of the room again. "Come on Pan! Let's go!"
Pan ran after her friend back to the living room as well.
Videl looked at them as they came running down. "Ready?"
"Ready!" cried both girls simultaneously.
"Good, then let's go." Videl said with a smile. She gathered up the car keys and her purse and headed for the door with the two girls close beside her.
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Goku looked around the Lookout slowly. "So.where is she?"
Everyone stood there for a moment, wondering why they couldn't see Bulma anywhere.
Piccolo walked over to the edge of the Lookout with his arms crossed casually. She's here, all right. This should be interesting. He said in his mind and glanced over to Vegeta out of the corner of his eye.
Everyone turned to face the large building in the middle of the Lookout as footsteps were heard from inside it.
Bulma suddenly emerged from the darkened hallway, looking around in slight confusion.
"Bulma!" Goku called when he saw her.
"Mom!!" Trunks ran across the floor of the platform to her, with eyes glistening from small tears.
"Trunks.?" Bulma muttered quietly. "Trunks!!" She then ran up to her son and embraced him in a long hug.
Vegeta stood across the Lookout with his arms crossed, staring at Bulma, with his mouth slightly open.
Bulma pulled back a little and looked into Trunks' eyes. "Trunks. what exactly happened? I'm a little confused right now." She said while raising her hand to her forehead.
Trunks just smiled and put his arm around his mother. "It's a long story, Mom. I'll explain it all when we get back home. It's been so long since you've been here."
Suddenly an air car landed on the surface of the Lookout on the side. Everyone looked up and recognized it as Videl's. The door was thrown open as Bra leaped out and immediately saw her mother.
"Mommy!!" she cried, running to Bulma and jumping in her arms with new tears on her face from seeing Bulma alive again. She wrapped her arms around Bulma's neck and hugged her tightly. "I knew you were here! I could tell! I knew it! Mommy, I've missed you so much!" she sobbed into her mother's shoulder.
Bulma wrapped her arms around her daughter and hugged her. "Oh Bra! Bra honey, it's all right now. It's okay, baby." She said soothingly to her daughter as she swayed from side to side slowly to calm her down.
Videl and Pan got out of the air car as well and walked over to the group that stood, watching as Bulma was brought back to her family. They all had the same idea to stay back until the Briefs' reunion was over. They all knew that they had endured the most pain from losing Bulma.
Gohan looked down at his daughter and smiled, picking her up. "Hey, squirt." He greeted with a chuckle.
"Hi Daddy!" Pan replied cheerfully. "I missed you when you went away." She smiled and hugged him around his neck.
Videl smiled too, looking at her husband. "Welcome back, dear." She said and kissed gently him on the cheek.
Bulma leaned down to put Bra back on the ground and straightened up. She looked up at Goku as he walked toward her.
Goku smiled warmly. "Welcome back, Bulma. We've all really missed you." He said and gave her a hug.
Bulma hugged him back. "Oh Goku, thanks. You're so sweet." She then looked up and noticed Vegeta looking at her. She stepped away from Goku after another second and moved up in front of the group around her. She stood, motionless, with her arms hanging at her sides. She stared across at him, looking deep into his dark eyes. eyes that seemed to reach to the very depths of his soul, hiding so many secrets, so many regrets, and so many feelings. Their eye contact never shifted or faltered as he stared straight back into her bright, sapphire eyes. To Vegeta, those eyes of hers never seem to stop shining. Even in anger, you could tell by her eyes that it would be all right in the end. The wind gently blew through her hair, sending a few stray strands across her face as her breath caught in her throat.
Vegeta shifted his weight as he unfolded his arms and started walking over to her. Everyone looked on in silence as he crossed the distance between them and came to a stop right in front of her. He gently wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.
Bulma exhaled with a shudder as she put her arms around him and leaned against his shoulder. It was hard to believe he was making such a bold move in front of everyone, but his movements weren't jerky and hesitant. He moved with a sureness and a new warmth about him that seemed to put her at ease. She closed her eyes, blinking out the tears as they ran down her cheeks and onto his neck.
Vegeta tilted his head down, pressing his face lightly in the crook of her neck. As the wind blew once again, swirling around them, he inhaled the scent of her hair and closed his eyes for a moment. After a moment of just the utter enjoyment of being with her in this embrace, and wishing he never had to let her go, he opened his eyes again. He lifted his head to her ear and whispered, "I love you, too."
