Everything was blurry and achy. That was all he knew as his eyes fluttered
open to the harsh fluorescent lights above. The outline of a face slowly
began to form in front of him, HER face.
"Bulma-chan." He whispered with a hoarse voice.
She smiled warmly gently caressing his right cheek, "Hey there sleepy head."
"I'm hungry.." he whimpered slightly shifting into the movements of her hand.
Bulma let out a soft chuckle, "Typical…I'll get you some food." She got up to leave but he prevented her by taking a hold of her hand pleadingly, "Don't leave me Bulma."
She looked at him with a confused expression, not at the request more than the tone. It wasn't really a tone she was used to at all from him, it reminded her of how Yamcha sounded when she had comforted him after his lost to Jackie Chun. "But aren't you hungry?"
"Can't you call a robomaid or something?" he whined.
"A robomaid? For all you know Goku you're in a hospital bed with no legs. Last thing you remember, Capsule Corp. was burning down and you were running off like some doofus hell bent on revenge." She answered trying to grit back the edge of frustration in her voice. She still hadn't entirely forgiven him for the earlier episode.
He closed his eyes and his lips twitched up into a smile, "Well…I know that we're at Capsule Corp. because hospital rooms don't have computers in them and there's a Capsule Corp. logo on absolutely everything, so my guess is that although the compound was partly destroyed your lower quarters weren't."
Her face dropped, "How could you have possibly guessed that?"
He turned to face her his dark eyes shining, "Maybe I'm smarter than you think Bulma or…" suddenly his voice turned slightly darker, "maybe I can just sense my way into your mind."
Her heart skipped a beat at his last words. His fingertips had begun to gently massage her hand and for the life of her she didn't know what she was doing or what he was doing. This change between them was scaring her to death and he wasn't making things any easier. Damn him and his naïve nature, he probably didn't notice the way they had been acting towards each other. So it was up to her to be the stronger…no the SMARTER one.
But what was the smart thing to do? Deny these new feelings? Give into them? The latter seemed impossible. Which was the better choice for Goku? For her? She didn't know what to feel.
She remember suddenly the sweeping fear that over took her when she had seen him fly off to confront the androids. She was petrified for him and at the idea of being alone. She barely remembered some guy coming up to her and saying something about the salvageable lower half of the Capsule Compound but she was only partly listening as she looked up at the rapidly darkening horizon. Her thought and spirit were with him like they always had been.
Suddenly a pain raced through her body. It seared into her conscious and inside her soul it was like she was being torn apart, atom by atom. It was excruciating. She tried to scream but only let out a low whimper as she curled into a ball on the wet grass. She pulled at her, at her clothes, her hair, anything and everything she could put in her grasp, just to alleviate the pain throbbing through her body. Subconsciously she made a silent plea, "Goku…please stay with me…" She grimaced as a new pain hit her, he was being torn away from her and she feared she'd die with him at this point. Then as quickly as it came the pain was gone. She sat up and let out a raspy breathe before jumping up and running into the practically destroyed Capsule Compound for one of her dino caps. The only one left unharmed by the fire was her bike, she smirked, her favorite.
She raced to where she guessed he was. Not really guessed, she actually knew somehow. Remembering the feeling she had had when Vegeta had died and then the one she had just experienced through Goku she realized that it might be some sort of Saiyajin phenomenon. She might have guessed a mating bond if the idea of her and Goku forming one wasn't absolutely ludicrous! Then the idea of her and Vegeta forming one…why that was even more ridiculous. No, she decided it had to be a…a friendship bond, and that's why the pain she had felt through Goku had been more painful. Her and Goku as a couple, laughable…laughable…
When she had found him his body was in horrible shape…broken bones, burnt flesh. She cringed at the memory and the pain of carrying him onto her bike. She vowed that that would be the last time she dragged him anywhere, three times was enough.
"Bulma?", she was broken out of her musing as she looked down at the angular face she had seen so many times before, "Yes Goku?"
"Senzu beans.." he choked as he realized it hurt to take in deep breathes.
"Of course! Why didn't you mention them earlier you moron!" she reprimanded looking around for them nonetheless.
He swallowed painfully, "They're in the bag Chi packed or me." It was the first time he had been able to say her name with out a tinge of grief in his voice.
She opened the bag and found the small brown sack where they were kept. Two…there were two left. Did he need two? She decided against it and gave him one, saving the other just incase. She took one out and put the other away.
She pushed the bean pass his lips and into his mouth. His lips were soft. She cringed at allowing the thought to cross her mind. He chewed it and swallowed hardly as he felt the healing properties pass through his body. He sat up, after a moment and stretched as though he had just slept a peaceful night's rest. "Well, time to eat." He stated as he scratched his belly button.
Bulma smiled at the peaceful look on his face until she once again realized she was still mad at him, "You idiot! I told you, you weren't ready to fight the androids! But did you listen to me? NOOO! Instead you go out and almost get yourself killed and to prove what? You're a dumb as the rock you crawled out from under?!"
He cowered away, "Uh…heh…Bulma, I'm sorry but…it's okay…I mean well I'm alive…you're alive…and the computer's alive."
She sighed, it wasn't worth her loosing her temper over, "Just don't scare me like that."
His eyes slanted and a throaty noise began to vibrate through his voice box, as he looked at her figure a few feet away. Beautiful.
She looked back at him and raised an eyebrow, his eyes showed a hunger that seemed to burn clear into his soul. If she looked any longer she wouldn't be able to be held accountable for her own actions, "Uhm…I don't know about you but I'm starving."
He smirked uncharacteristically, "Starving…starving for a taste." His eyes seemed to be scanning her body slowly and methodically. She took a step back as she realized he looked ready to pounce her any second.
"Are..are you alright?" she stammered, cursing herself for not coming up with anything better to say.
Yet her question seemed to work as he shook his head and smiled the grin that she knew all to well. "No, I'm not alright…I'm hungry." He answered climbing out of his bed.
She sighed in slight relief, or maybe it was frustration. She couldn't say she didn't like the way he had been looking at her, on the contrary, she felt a burning in her lower abdomen that said differently but they were just friends…just friends…friends. She just had to convince herself of that.
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17 looked down at the shards of glass in confusion, "What the hell happened here?"
18 stepped onto the shriveled green embryo and crossed her arms, "I think we've been robbed."
17 playfully put on a shocked face, "Oh no! Whatever will we do? We've been victimized!"
"Guess we'll have to get some justice cowboy." She answered.
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Author's Notes: Sorry it took kinda longer than usual to get this one out…it's been a busy few weeks and this week's only gonna get more hectic soo I would expect the next chapter more later than sooner. Anyhoo…review if you wanna…and if you don't…then review anyway ^__^
If you want to be on my update list just tell me in your review and leave your e-mail. Well that's it for now ja ne!
"Bulma-chan." He whispered with a hoarse voice.
She smiled warmly gently caressing his right cheek, "Hey there sleepy head."
"I'm hungry.." he whimpered slightly shifting into the movements of her hand.
Bulma let out a soft chuckle, "Typical…I'll get you some food." She got up to leave but he prevented her by taking a hold of her hand pleadingly, "Don't leave me Bulma."
She looked at him with a confused expression, not at the request more than the tone. It wasn't really a tone she was used to at all from him, it reminded her of how Yamcha sounded when she had comforted him after his lost to Jackie Chun. "But aren't you hungry?"
"Can't you call a robomaid or something?" he whined.
"A robomaid? For all you know Goku you're in a hospital bed with no legs. Last thing you remember, Capsule Corp. was burning down and you were running off like some doofus hell bent on revenge." She answered trying to grit back the edge of frustration in her voice. She still hadn't entirely forgiven him for the earlier episode.
He closed his eyes and his lips twitched up into a smile, "Well…I know that we're at Capsule Corp. because hospital rooms don't have computers in them and there's a Capsule Corp. logo on absolutely everything, so my guess is that although the compound was partly destroyed your lower quarters weren't."
Her face dropped, "How could you have possibly guessed that?"
He turned to face her his dark eyes shining, "Maybe I'm smarter than you think Bulma or…" suddenly his voice turned slightly darker, "maybe I can just sense my way into your mind."
Her heart skipped a beat at his last words. His fingertips had begun to gently massage her hand and for the life of her she didn't know what she was doing or what he was doing. This change between them was scaring her to death and he wasn't making things any easier. Damn him and his naïve nature, he probably didn't notice the way they had been acting towards each other. So it was up to her to be the stronger…no the SMARTER one.
But what was the smart thing to do? Deny these new feelings? Give into them? The latter seemed impossible. Which was the better choice for Goku? For her? She didn't know what to feel.
She remember suddenly the sweeping fear that over took her when she had seen him fly off to confront the androids. She was petrified for him and at the idea of being alone. She barely remembered some guy coming up to her and saying something about the salvageable lower half of the Capsule Compound but she was only partly listening as she looked up at the rapidly darkening horizon. Her thought and spirit were with him like they always had been.
Suddenly a pain raced through her body. It seared into her conscious and inside her soul it was like she was being torn apart, atom by atom. It was excruciating. She tried to scream but only let out a low whimper as she curled into a ball on the wet grass. She pulled at her, at her clothes, her hair, anything and everything she could put in her grasp, just to alleviate the pain throbbing through her body. Subconsciously she made a silent plea, "Goku…please stay with me…" She grimaced as a new pain hit her, he was being torn away from her and she feared she'd die with him at this point. Then as quickly as it came the pain was gone. She sat up and let out a raspy breathe before jumping up and running into the practically destroyed Capsule Compound for one of her dino caps. The only one left unharmed by the fire was her bike, she smirked, her favorite.
She raced to where she guessed he was. Not really guessed, she actually knew somehow. Remembering the feeling she had had when Vegeta had died and then the one she had just experienced through Goku she realized that it might be some sort of Saiyajin phenomenon. She might have guessed a mating bond if the idea of her and Goku forming one wasn't absolutely ludicrous! Then the idea of her and Vegeta forming one…why that was even more ridiculous. No, she decided it had to be a…a friendship bond, and that's why the pain she had felt through Goku had been more painful. Her and Goku as a couple, laughable…laughable…
When she had found him his body was in horrible shape…broken bones, burnt flesh. She cringed at the memory and the pain of carrying him onto her bike. She vowed that that would be the last time she dragged him anywhere, three times was enough.
"Bulma?", she was broken out of her musing as she looked down at the angular face she had seen so many times before, "Yes Goku?"
"Senzu beans.." he choked as he realized it hurt to take in deep breathes.
"Of course! Why didn't you mention them earlier you moron!" she reprimanded looking around for them nonetheless.
He swallowed painfully, "They're in the bag Chi packed or me." It was the first time he had been able to say her name with out a tinge of grief in his voice.
She opened the bag and found the small brown sack where they were kept. Two…there were two left. Did he need two? She decided against it and gave him one, saving the other just incase. She took one out and put the other away.
She pushed the bean pass his lips and into his mouth. His lips were soft. She cringed at allowing the thought to cross her mind. He chewed it and swallowed hardly as he felt the healing properties pass through his body. He sat up, after a moment and stretched as though he had just slept a peaceful night's rest. "Well, time to eat." He stated as he scratched his belly button.
Bulma smiled at the peaceful look on his face until she once again realized she was still mad at him, "You idiot! I told you, you weren't ready to fight the androids! But did you listen to me? NOOO! Instead you go out and almost get yourself killed and to prove what? You're a dumb as the rock you crawled out from under?!"
He cowered away, "Uh…heh…Bulma, I'm sorry but…it's okay…I mean well I'm alive…you're alive…and the computer's alive."
She sighed, it wasn't worth her loosing her temper over, "Just don't scare me like that."
His eyes slanted and a throaty noise began to vibrate through his voice box, as he looked at her figure a few feet away. Beautiful.
She looked back at him and raised an eyebrow, his eyes showed a hunger that seemed to burn clear into his soul. If she looked any longer she wouldn't be able to be held accountable for her own actions, "Uhm…I don't know about you but I'm starving."
He smirked uncharacteristically, "Starving…starving for a taste." His eyes seemed to be scanning her body slowly and methodically. She took a step back as she realized he looked ready to pounce her any second.
"Are..are you alright?" she stammered, cursing herself for not coming up with anything better to say.
Yet her question seemed to work as he shook his head and smiled the grin that she knew all to well. "No, I'm not alright…I'm hungry." He answered climbing out of his bed.
She sighed in slight relief, or maybe it was frustration. She couldn't say she didn't like the way he had been looking at her, on the contrary, she felt a burning in her lower abdomen that said differently but they were just friends…just friends…friends. She just had to convince herself of that.
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17 looked down at the shards of glass in confusion, "What the hell happened here?"
18 stepped onto the shriveled green embryo and crossed her arms, "I think we've been robbed."
17 playfully put on a shocked face, "Oh no! Whatever will we do? We've been victimized!"
"Guess we'll have to get some justice cowboy." She answered.
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Author's Notes: Sorry it took kinda longer than usual to get this one out…it's been a busy few weeks and this week's only gonna get more hectic soo I would expect the next chapter more later than sooner. Anyhoo…review if you wanna…and if you don't…then review anyway ^__^
If you want to be on my update list just tell me in your review and leave your e-mail. Well that's it for now ja ne!