"So this is the gravity room." Goku mused as he ran his hand down the
intricate control panels that he had no idea how to use.
"Yup, pretty impressive huh? It took me and my dad weeks to come up with the prototype." She cringed at the thought of her father; he had been shopping with her mother in South City the day the androids arrived. Reports had said no one in the city had survived, and after she had gone to take a look at it a few days ago, she realized the reports were rights. Those androids left no room for error.
She stiffened as she felt Goku's strong hand on her shoulder, gently squeezing it, "Why don't you get started on those blue prints now? To get your mind off things."
She turned to him and smiled weakly, "Yeah…there's work to do…okay Goku just set what you want the gravity level to be pressing these buttons and to start the programs, press this red button, to end it, just press it again, do you understand what I just said?"
"Not a word." He laughed as he watched her fall over; "I'm kidding Bulma I'm not that simple."
She eyed him suspiciously, "Alright Son-kun but if you need anything just give a holler."
"Alrighty." He said watching her leave. He scanned the curves of her departing body for a moment, before catching himself and shaking his head. There'd be time for that later, right now he had to prepare for those androids or there won't be a later.
He did a few warm-up stretches and set the gravity cautiously to 50 to test things out before starting out his work out.
"WOW!" he exclaimed as the gravity kicked in pulling at his body, almost forcing him off his feet. After a few moments of exertion, he stood up straight and walked over to the controls, "This is great! Kami! Vegeta must've gotten a lot stronger while he was staying here." His eyes lowered in determination, "But now for the real work out." He set the controls for 200 and slowly reached for the red button, mentally preparing himself for the onslaught of gravity about to hit him.
"GHA!" he fell to his hands and knees but quickly struggled back up to his feet. This was going to be harder than he thought. Good.
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Bulma sighed as she mulled over the numbers she had typed into her computer. They made little to no sense. How could Gero have come up with such complex models? The androids were once humans. That fact had surprised Bulma. At first she had thought they were entirely robotic, she should have known better than that though.
She sat up as she heard Goku give out a surprised yelp, she almost wanted to run to him, but she knew he might take it the wrong way. Then she shook her head, no he wouldn't, it wasn't like he was Vegeta besides she needed to get away from the computer screen for a few minutes.
She walked down the dusty corridors, she hadn't had anyone in to clean the place in weeks, and Bulma Briefs wasn't about to do any house works, she might break a nail. She looked down at her nails and sighed, not that she had any nails to break. They had all broken off thanks to the events of the past few days.
She decided fist thing after these androids were beaten, she'd pamper herself at some European spa. No work, no distractions, no Goku? Well…actually, he COULD help her unwind. She blushed at the ideas running through her mind. Anyway, he would need some pampering too. For some reason that made her face hotter.
When she reached the entrance to the gravity room she stood there for a moment preparing herself, in other words, fighting down the blush that had taken claim over her face. After wining that small battle, she looked into the room through the small window on the door and got quite the eyeful.
He had discarded his shirt and shoes and was in midair shadowboxing. Her eyes bugged out as she watched all the muscles in his body move together in fluid motion with every punch and kick. The orange pants of his gi perfectly complimented the rest of his body. Breathtaking. His eyes flashing with sheer determination. He was so hot. She giggled at the description that had come to mind. She had never realized how 'hot' Son Goku was until that moment. His adult form oozed with sexuality and it made her feel flustered all over again. She felt like a teenage girl watching the boys play in gym class. She couldn't pull away from the scene. What was she thinking saying no last night? She was crazy to say no to him, he was perfect.
She was broken out of her trance when he fell to the ground with a thunderous thud. She smiled, as she watched him struggle and fail to get up the first time. The look on his face was priceless right then, so innocent and…she had a flash back.
{"So you're a girl huh?" The young boy said walking around her in fascination.
"Yeah do you want the certificate of authenticity?" she said sarcastically.
"No thanks." He said leaning on the stick he had been carrying, "My grandpa always told me to be extra nice to girls."
She smiled, she already liked this grandfather of his, "well your grandfather is a very wise man."
This kid was so naïve it was cute. Suddenly she felt her skirt being pulled up behind her. She swatted him away and scowled. Naïve her ass. He was gonna get it, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!?!"
He looked up at her innocently, "I was just checking to see if you had a tail."
Her face faltered as she saw the furry appendage swaying back and forth behind him.
"It's okay maybe they just take longer to grow on girls than they do on boys." He said taking an interest in her car, as though nothing had just happened, "Hey how'd you get this monster to do what you want?"
"It's not a monster silly it's a car." She said fascinated at how little he actually knew.
"A car? Wow! Grandpa told me about those but I've never seen one before. HEY! I bet you're from the big city too!" He cried enthusiastically jumping down from the turned over car.
"Of course." She answered watching him as he picked up the gigantic fish he had been carrying earlier.
"I know how about you come back to my place and we have lunch and you can tell me all about the big city." He suggested looking back at her. }
Bulma took a step back. She felt dirty suddenly for thinking about Goku the way she just had. She turned around and ran back to her lab slamming the door shut. How could she think of Goku that way? He was off limits to her, he always had been. If he hadn't been things would have played out differently, he wouldn't have married Chi-Chi and she wouldn't have let him. She gulped down the lump in her throat and sat back at her desk.
Or maybe it would have all played out the same anyway because when it came down to it, she would have been afraid to tell him how she really felt all those years ago but they had just been kids and she couldn't ride nimbus, Chi-Chi could. She didn't deserve Goku. He was good; he was innocent and pure. She was selfish and demeaning. He was a hero and she was a coward.
He had always been her hero and her superior, although she had pretended differently. She couldn't fight back the tears that were now splashing down her face. She had been stupid to let him go and stupid to think things could be different.
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Goku looked at the door as he felt a spike in Bulma's small chi energy. He quickly stood up and turned the gravity off, running to her lab. He thought about knocking when he saw her closed door, but when had he ever knocked?
He looked in on her, she was crying. He frowned and leaned down over her massaging the back of her neck, he felt her stiffen and fight back the sobs racking through her body. He frowned, he had never seen the woman he had known for almost all of his life like this. It hurt him deeply.
"Bulma?" he whispered his face close to hers, "It's okay, Everything's going to turn out alright."
She looked up at him his eyes misted over with tears of his own. She wanted to tell him he was a moron for being so optimistic. She wanted to tell him it was high time he stopped looking at the world through rose colored lenses. She wanted to scold him for being so naïve. She wanted to complain that he never knocked before entering, that he chewed with his mouth open, that he needed deodorant. That she was falling in love with him and he should run and hide because love never worked out.
But as she looked into his loving onyx eyes she was speechless all she could bring herself to do was fall onto his form and sob uncontrollably, "No it's not, they're all gone and there's no way to get them back. I don't want to be here, I want to wake up in my bed and have this be some horrible nightmare!"
She looked into his eyes pleadfully, "Please, tell me this is a nightmare. Make it all a nightmare"
He looked down into her still watering eyes; he had never seen such a pure pain. He wished he could ease it in some way, but he couldn't see how. He bit his lower lip and caressed her cheek, causing her to cry harder. He took her chin in his hand and guided it so they were face to face. They both were hurting. They both had lost everything. They both had each other.
He leaned his face down slowly, giving her time to stop him or more time to think about it and gently took her lips against his. He felt her sob against his lips but after a moment she pushed her lips slowly back against his, wrapping her arms shakily around his neck. He placed his hands on her hips and drew her into a tight embrace.
They broke away from each other still embracing. He smiled a bittersweet sort of smile, "All nightmares end." He whispered. Those were the only comforting words he could think to give. She let out a stray cry and ran her fingertips down his face.
The moment was broken by a rumbling noise that shook through Capsule Corp. Bulma looked around nervously, breaking away from Goku, "What was that?"
He laughed, slightly embarrassed, "Uhm…I'm a little hungry, that work out really worked up an appetite."
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Author's Notes: Okay, I got that out a little later than I thought. Ah well, this is the first chapter I didn't write out before typing…so I dunno how great the quality is. I just felt that I needed to add this chapter in. Hmmm…anything else?
Well…how about some recommendations??
A Nail Love Story By: Bucky
Okay I know the concept might make you think Boring…. But it is far from that. It just so happens it's one of the best stories on Fanficton.net I promise you, read the first few chapters and if you're not hooked, I'll refund you your hay penny
Untitled By: Felix McKadden
Simply the best in character Vegeta story on fanfiction.net. If you are a Vegeta fan or simply a fan of DBZ writing you HAVE to check this story out. It's incredible, I was sucked into the story from the first few lines.
Loveletter By: SapphireAngelOfTheNight
It's a Goku/Bulma fic. with more than a sinister twist. It's gripping, scary and addictive all at once. A good read and a VERY original concept. ^_~
"Yup, pretty impressive huh? It took me and my dad weeks to come up with the prototype." She cringed at the thought of her father; he had been shopping with her mother in South City the day the androids arrived. Reports had said no one in the city had survived, and after she had gone to take a look at it a few days ago, she realized the reports were rights. Those androids left no room for error.
She stiffened as she felt Goku's strong hand on her shoulder, gently squeezing it, "Why don't you get started on those blue prints now? To get your mind off things."
She turned to him and smiled weakly, "Yeah…there's work to do…okay Goku just set what you want the gravity level to be pressing these buttons and to start the programs, press this red button, to end it, just press it again, do you understand what I just said?"
"Not a word." He laughed as he watched her fall over; "I'm kidding Bulma I'm not that simple."
She eyed him suspiciously, "Alright Son-kun but if you need anything just give a holler."
"Alrighty." He said watching her leave. He scanned the curves of her departing body for a moment, before catching himself and shaking his head. There'd be time for that later, right now he had to prepare for those androids or there won't be a later.
He did a few warm-up stretches and set the gravity cautiously to 50 to test things out before starting out his work out.
"WOW!" he exclaimed as the gravity kicked in pulling at his body, almost forcing him off his feet. After a few moments of exertion, he stood up straight and walked over to the controls, "This is great! Kami! Vegeta must've gotten a lot stronger while he was staying here." His eyes lowered in determination, "But now for the real work out." He set the controls for 200 and slowly reached for the red button, mentally preparing himself for the onslaught of gravity about to hit him.
"GHA!" he fell to his hands and knees but quickly struggled back up to his feet. This was going to be harder than he thought. Good.
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Bulma sighed as she mulled over the numbers she had typed into her computer. They made little to no sense. How could Gero have come up with such complex models? The androids were once humans. That fact had surprised Bulma. At first she had thought they were entirely robotic, she should have known better than that though.
She sat up as she heard Goku give out a surprised yelp, she almost wanted to run to him, but she knew he might take it the wrong way. Then she shook her head, no he wouldn't, it wasn't like he was Vegeta besides she needed to get away from the computer screen for a few minutes.
She walked down the dusty corridors, she hadn't had anyone in to clean the place in weeks, and Bulma Briefs wasn't about to do any house works, she might break a nail. She looked down at her nails and sighed, not that she had any nails to break. They had all broken off thanks to the events of the past few days.
She decided fist thing after these androids were beaten, she'd pamper herself at some European spa. No work, no distractions, no Goku? Well…actually, he COULD help her unwind. She blushed at the ideas running through her mind. Anyway, he would need some pampering too. For some reason that made her face hotter.
When she reached the entrance to the gravity room she stood there for a moment preparing herself, in other words, fighting down the blush that had taken claim over her face. After wining that small battle, she looked into the room through the small window on the door and got quite the eyeful.
He had discarded his shirt and shoes and was in midair shadowboxing. Her eyes bugged out as she watched all the muscles in his body move together in fluid motion with every punch and kick. The orange pants of his gi perfectly complimented the rest of his body. Breathtaking. His eyes flashing with sheer determination. He was so hot. She giggled at the description that had come to mind. She had never realized how 'hot' Son Goku was until that moment. His adult form oozed with sexuality and it made her feel flustered all over again. She felt like a teenage girl watching the boys play in gym class. She couldn't pull away from the scene. What was she thinking saying no last night? She was crazy to say no to him, he was perfect.
She was broken out of her trance when he fell to the ground with a thunderous thud. She smiled, as she watched him struggle and fail to get up the first time. The look on his face was priceless right then, so innocent and…she had a flash back.
{"So you're a girl huh?" The young boy said walking around her in fascination.
"Yeah do you want the certificate of authenticity?" she said sarcastically.
"No thanks." He said leaning on the stick he had been carrying, "My grandpa always told me to be extra nice to girls."
She smiled, she already liked this grandfather of his, "well your grandfather is a very wise man."
This kid was so naïve it was cute. Suddenly she felt her skirt being pulled up behind her. She swatted him away and scowled. Naïve her ass. He was gonna get it, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!?!"
He looked up at her innocently, "I was just checking to see if you had a tail."
Her face faltered as she saw the furry appendage swaying back and forth behind him.
"It's okay maybe they just take longer to grow on girls than they do on boys." He said taking an interest in her car, as though nothing had just happened, "Hey how'd you get this monster to do what you want?"
"It's not a monster silly it's a car." She said fascinated at how little he actually knew.
"A car? Wow! Grandpa told me about those but I've never seen one before. HEY! I bet you're from the big city too!" He cried enthusiastically jumping down from the turned over car.
"Of course." She answered watching him as he picked up the gigantic fish he had been carrying earlier.
"I know how about you come back to my place and we have lunch and you can tell me all about the big city." He suggested looking back at her. }
Bulma took a step back. She felt dirty suddenly for thinking about Goku the way she just had. She turned around and ran back to her lab slamming the door shut. How could she think of Goku that way? He was off limits to her, he always had been. If he hadn't been things would have played out differently, he wouldn't have married Chi-Chi and she wouldn't have let him. She gulped down the lump in her throat and sat back at her desk.
Or maybe it would have all played out the same anyway because when it came down to it, she would have been afraid to tell him how she really felt all those years ago but they had just been kids and she couldn't ride nimbus, Chi-Chi could. She didn't deserve Goku. He was good; he was innocent and pure. She was selfish and demeaning. He was a hero and she was a coward.
He had always been her hero and her superior, although she had pretended differently. She couldn't fight back the tears that were now splashing down her face. She had been stupid to let him go and stupid to think things could be different.
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Goku looked at the door as he felt a spike in Bulma's small chi energy. He quickly stood up and turned the gravity off, running to her lab. He thought about knocking when he saw her closed door, but when had he ever knocked?
He looked in on her, she was crying. He frowned and leaned down over her massaging the back of her neck, he felt her stiffen and fight back the sobs racking through her body. He frowned, he had never seen the woman he had known for almost all of his life like this. It hurt him deeply.
"Bulma?" he whispered his face close to hers, "It's okay, Everything's going to turn out alright."
She looked up at him his eyes misted over with tears of his own. She wanted to tell him he was a moron for being so optimistic. She wanted to tell him it was high time he stopped looking at the world through rose colored lenses. She wanted to scold him for being so naïve. She wanted to complain that he never knocked before entering, that he chewed with his mouth open, that he needed deodorant. That she was falling in love with him and he should run and hide because love never worked out.
But as she looked into his loving onyx eyes she was speechless all she could bring herself to do was fall onto his form and sob uncontrollably, "No it's not, they're all gone and there's no way to get them back. I don't want to be here, I want to wake up in my bed and have this be some horrible nightmare!"
She looked into his eyes pleadfully, "Please, tell me this is a nightmare. Make it all a nightmare"
He looked down into her still watering eyes; he had never seen such a pure pain. He wished he could ease it in some way, but he couldn't see how. He bit his lower lip and caressed her cheek, causing her to cry harder. He took her chin in his hand and guided it so they were face to face. They both were hurting. They both had lost everything. They both had each other.
He leaned his face down slowly, giving her time to stop him or more time to think about it and gently took her lips against his. He felt her sob against his lips but after a moment she pushed her lips slowly back against his, wrapping her arms shakily around his neck. He placed his hands on her hips and drew her into a tight embrace.
They broke away from each other still embracing. He smiled a bittersweet sort of smile, "All nightmares end." He whispered. Those were the only comforting words he could think to give. She let out a stray cry and ran her fingertips down his face.
The moment was broken by a rumbling noise that shook through Capsule Corp. Bulma looked around nervously, breaking away from Goku, "What was that?"
He laughed, slightly embarrassed, "Uhm…I'm a little hungry, that work out really worked up an appetite."
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Author's Notes: Okay, I got that out a little later than I thought. Ah well, this is the first chapter I didn't write out before typing…so I dunno how great the quality is. I just felt that I needed to add this chapter in. Hmmm…anything else?
Well…how about some recommendations??
A Nail Love Story By: Bucky
Okay I know the concept might make you think Boring…. But it is far from that. It just so happens it's one of the best stories on Fanficton.net I promise you, read the first few chapters and if you're not hooked, I'll refund you your hay penny
Untitled By: Felix McKadden
Simply the best in character Vegeta story on fanfiction.net. If you are a Vegeta fan or simply a fan of DBZ writing you HAVE to check this story out. It's incredible, I was sucked into the story from the first few lines.
Loveletter By: SapphireAngelOfTheNight
It's a Goku/Bulma fic. with more than a sinister twist. It's gripping, scary and addictive all at once. A good read and a VERY original concept. ^_~