17 shook off the rubble above him and groaned, "what was that?"
18 crawled out from the concrete tomb she had been embedded in, hunched over, "I don't know, but I don't think it's good."
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Goku placed Bulma gently on her bed and ran to his bag to get the last senzu bean. He rushed back to her and placed it in her mouth, coaxing her to chew. He ran his bloodstained hands through her aqua hair nervously as he waited for her to recover. The seconds felt like hours. Had he been too late? Had he failed her like he had in his dream? His eyes closed as he felt grief take over him. He had been too late.
He choked back a sob thinking all was lost when suddenly he felt Bulma's hand gently caress his cheek. His eyes opened and he saw her looking at him with the most beautiful expression.
"Bulma-chan." He whispered, allowing a hand to travel down to her chin. She smiled and her hand reached out to his lips. She traced them with her fingertips.
She loved him. It was all so clear to her now. She had always been in love with him and he had always been in love with her. Her fingertips trailed down to his neck muscles. She sighed and looked into his intense eyes, "Goku.I love you."
His eyes widened in slight shock and then lowered in affection, "I love you Bulma." He whispered lowly as he inched closer to her, gently touching his lips against hers. Bulma's eyes closed as she felt him pull away for a moment before dipping her head to kiss her more deeply. She ran her hands down his neck, leaning foreword; allowing Goku hands to wander down her back.
Goku climbed onto the bed and gently placed himself on top of her and then hesitated. She looked up at him, "What is it?"
He looked at her concerned as he touched her stomach, "Does it still hurt?"
She smiled, "No, I feel much better thanks to you."
He smiled, relieved and kissed her lips softly before moving down to her stomach and planting butterfly kisses around it. "Bulma.I want the pain to go away..", he breathed laying another kiss on her stomach.
It was such a simple request that meant so much. Her hands roamed freely in his wild hair and she moaned, "Then for tonight how about we make the world go away."
He moved back up and looked deeply into her eyes, making sure this was she wanted. She smiled and leaned forward, planting a kiss on his lips.
"Then I'll make it all go away." He purred catching her lips in a passionate kiss.
And so their souls joined together forever bound to one another's endless adventure.
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Goku awoke the next morning with a hearty yawn. He grunted when he realized Bulma wasn't next to him. "Bulma? Bulma!" he called out and after receiving no answer decided it was time to panic. He looked through all the rooms of the Capsule Compound and had no success of finding even a trace of her. Finally, he came to the kitchen where he found a note addressed to him. He looked down at it, the writing was hers, "Don't do this to me Bulma." he whispered as he began reading.
Goku, Look, I need to clear my head. Please don't hate me. -Bulma
"Dammit!" he crumpled the letter up and threw it on the ground. She always did this. She just couldn't take being confronted with real feelings, Yamcha had told him, and he saw it with his own eyes time after time. He should have this one coming. Sighing he shook his head; and now what was he to do?
He scowled, "I'll just take it out on the androids."
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Bulma sat back on her bike as she listed to the radio with her eyes clothes. She had stopped a few hours ago in the desert and was beginning to regret the choice, the sun was beating down on her relentlessly and it wasn't even past 10 in the morning. Of course that was the least of her troubles.
Goku.What was she thinking last night? She had corrupted her little hero. Why had she done it? She wasn't sure, even after hours of driving she wasn't sure. Wasn't sure why she stopped in the desert, wasn't sure why she slept with Goku a few hours earlier, wasn't sure where to go from here. She sat up and took a swig of water from her canteen; maybe it was the idea of getting close to someone again. It had been so long since.
"Yamcha."
She looked about the desert terrain as she remembered the first time she saw him. He was charging at Goku full force but was stopped dead in his tracks when their eyes met. She remembered every detail of the way he looked at her, the clothes he was wearing, and the way the world stopped in that moment. The same way the world stopped when she had heard Goku died on Namek.
"I love him, Yamcha." She whispered in apology to her first love, "What do I do?"
Suddenly the wind picked up and a piece of trash hit her in the face. She scowled and grabbed it annoyed. She went to crumple it up and vow revenge on pollution when she saw what it was and laughed, it was a news paper clipping saying a short blue man calling himself Emperor Pilaf had held up an antique store looking for a 'dragon ball'.
Pilaf.he had been responsible for much of the first adventure she had had with Goku. She looked up at the clear sky and smiled, "I take that as a go for it, Yamcha!" she laughed sitting up and revving the engines of her bike, "I promise you, I'll call our first.well..second..no third kid Yamcha!!" With that she sped out of the desert as fast as her bike would take her.
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17 and 18 flew aimlessly about Silver City. Since their battle with the blonde guy, they'd eased off on the destruction thinking that might draw him out again.
"Well you know what sis.? I haven't killed someone in 12 hours and.and I feel great!" 17 said shakily.
"Now how do you really feel?" She asked in a patronizing tone.
He stopped in midair; "I can't take it! I need the thrill! The smell of burning flesh!" He flew back towards Silver City, 18 shrugged and followed him for the show.
He started with a few stray blasts at a grocery store and video store, then he began blasting fleeing civilians, "This is great 18!! I've never felt so alive!"
"Great because you're about to be so dead." A voice growled behind him.
17 stiffened as he turned to see the angry visage of Goku. He backed up as Goku approached him, ready to strike when, when 18 attacked him from behind. Goku swatted her aside like a bug. He growled at 17, "You're no match for me now."
17 pleaded, "Please no."
He bared his teeth, "Did you give into the pleads of all those people you slaughtered? No. You killed my family, you killed my friends, I have no mercy to spare on you."
17's eyes grew wide and he got up and began to fly away. Goku growled, sending a Kamehameha wave at him.
18 looked at the scene in horror as her brother disintegrated in the blast. She stood up and shook her head to snap out of it. He had killed her brother and now she was going to kill him. She growled and leapt at the Saiyajin when suddenly she stopped in mid air and crashed to the ground stiffly. Goku turned and looked at the android in confusion.
"Ha, and you said I'd be in the way." A voice ahead of him teased. He looked up and saw Bulma clad in brown leather pants and a faded green tank top, her hair was pulled back in a pony tail and it looked as though her face and shoulders were sun burnt.
He looked at her sadly, "Well it's nice to know you still care about someone other than yourself." She kicked the ground uncomfortably as he looked at her sadly. Biting her lower lip she hoped she could put everything right.
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Author's Notes: Well that's a bit longer than my last chapter eh? Sorry, about the waiting I was working on my V/CC fic. (shameless plug)..anyhoo two more chapters to go and I'll have them out next week, promise! I may even make a happy ending. ^_~
18 crawled out from the concrete tomb she had been embedded in, hunched over, "I don't know, but I don't think it's good."
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Goku placed Bulma gently on her bed and ran to his bag to get the last senzu bean. He rushed back to her and placed it in her mouth, coaxing her to chew. He ran his bloodstained hands through her aqua hair nervously as he waited for her to recover. The seconds felt like hours. Had he been too late? Had he failed her like he had in his dream? His eyes closed as he felt grief take over him. He had been too late.
He choked back a sob thinking all was lost when suddenly he felt Bulma's hand gently caress his cheek. His eyes opened and he saw her looking at him with the most beautiful expression.
"Bulma-chan." He whispered, allowing a hand to travel down to her chin. She smiled and her hand reached out to his lips. She traced them with her fingertips.
She loved him. It was all so clear to her now. She had always been in love with him and he had always been in love with her. Her fingertips trailed down to his neck muscles. She sighed and looked into his intense eyes, "Goku.I love you."
His eyes widened in slight shock and then lowered in affection, "I love you Bulma." He whispered lowly as he inched closer to her, gently touching his lips against hers. Bulma's eyes closed as she felt him pull away for a moment before dipping her head to kiss her more deeply. She ran her hands down his neck, leaning foreword; allowing Goku hands to wander down her back.
Goku climbed onto the bed and gently placed himself on top of her and then hesitated. She looked up at him, "What is it?"
He looked at her concerned as he touched her stomach, "Does it still hurt?"
She smiled, "No, I feel much better thanks to you."
He smiled, relieved and kissed her lips softly before moving down to her stomach and planting butterfly kisses around it. "Bulma.I want the pain to go away..", he breathed laying another kiss on her stomach.
It was such a simple request that meant so much. Her hands roamed freely in his wild hair and she moaned, "Then for tonight how about we make the world go away."
He moved back up and looked deeply into her eyes, making sure this was she wanted. She smiled and leaned forward, planting a kiss on his lips.
"Then I'll make it all go away." He purred catching her lips in a passionate kiss.
And so their souls joined together forever bound to one another's endless adventure.
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Goku awoke the next morning with a hearty yawn. He grunted when he realized Bulma wasn't next to him. "Bulma? Bulma!" he called out and after receiving no answer decided it was time to panic. He looked through all the rooms of the Capsule Compound and had no success of finding even a trace of her. Finally, he came to the kitchen where he found a note addressed to him. He looked down at it, the writing was hers, "Don't do this to me Bulma." he whispered as he began reading.
Goku, Look, I need to clear my head. Please don't hate me. -Bulma
"Dammit!" he crumpled the letter up and threw it on the ground. She always did this. She just couldn't take being confronted with real feelings, Yamcha had told him, and he saw it with his own eyes time after time. He should have this one coming. Sighing he shook his head; and now what was he to do?
He scowled, "I'll just take it out on the androids."
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Bulma sat back on her bike as she listed to the radio with her eyes clothes. She had stopped a few hours ago in the desert and was beginning to regret the choice, the sun was beating down on her relentlessly and it wasn't even past 10 in the morning. Of course that was the least of her troubles.
Goku.What was she thinking last night? She had corrupted her little hero. Why had she done it? She wasn't sure, even after hours of driving she wasn't sure. Wasn't sure why she stopped in the desert, wasn't sure why she slept with Goku a few hours earlier, wasn't sure where to go from here. She sat up and took a swig of water from her canteen; maybe it was the idea of getting close to someone again. It had been so long since.
"Yamcha."
She looked about the desert terrain as she remembered the first time she saw him. He was charging at Goku full force but was stopped dead in his tracks when their eyes met. She remembered every detail of the way he looked at her, the clothes he was wearing, and the way the world stopped in that moment. The same way the world stopped when she had heard Goku died on Namek.
"I love him, Yamcha." She whispered in apology to her first love, "What do I do?"
Suddenly the wind picked up and a piece of trash hit her in the face. She scowled and grabbed it annoyed. She went to crumple it up and vow revenge on pollution when she saw what it was and laughed, it was a news paper clipping saying a short blue man calling himself Emperor Pilaf had held up an antique store looking for a 'dragon ball'.
Pilaf.he had been responsible for much of the first adventure she had had with Goku. She looked up at the clear sky and smiled, "I take that as a go for it, Yamcha!" she laughed sitting up and revving the engines of her bike, "I promise you, I'll call our first.well..second..no third kid Yamcha!!" With that she sped out of the desert as fast as her bike would take her.
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17 and 18 flew aimlessly about Silver City. Since their battle with the blonde guy, they'd eased off on the destruction thinking that might draw him out again.
"Well you know what sis.? I haven't killed someone in 12 hours and.and I feel great!" 17 said shakily.
"Now how do you really feel?" She asked in a patronizing tone.
He stopped in midair; "I can't take it! I need the thrill! The smell of burning flesh!" He flew back towards Silver City, 18 shrugged and followed him for the show.
He started with a few stray blasts at a grocery store and video store, then he began blasting fleeing civilians, "This is great 18!! I've never felt so alive!"
"Great because you're about to be so dead." A voice growled behind him.
17 stiffened as he turned to see the angry visage of Goku. He backed up as Goku approached him, ready to strike when, when 18 attacked him from behind. Goku swatted her aside like a bug. He growled at 17, "You're no match for me now."
17 pleaded, "Please no."
He bared his teeth, "Did you give into the pleads of all those people you slaughtered? No. You killed my family, you killed my friends, I have no mercy to spare on you."
17's eyes grew wide and he got up and began to fly away. Goku growled, sending a Kamehameha wave at him.
18 looked at the scene in horror as her brother disintegrated in the blast. She stood up and shook her head to snap out of it. He had killed her brother and now she was going to kill him. She growled and leapt at the Saiyajin when suddenly she stopped in mid air and crashed to the ground stiffly. Goku turned and looked at the android in confusion.
"Ha, and you said I'd be in the way." A voice ahead of him teased. He looked up and saw Bulma clad in brown leather pants and a faded green tank top, her hair was pulled back in a pony tail and it looked as though her face and shoulders were sun burnt.
He looked at her sadly, "Well it's nice to know you still care about someone other than yourself." She kicked the ground uncomfortably as he looked at her sadly. Biting her lower lip she hoped she could put everything right.
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Author's Notes: Well that's a bit longer than my last chapter eh? Sorry, about the waiting I was working on my V/CC fic. (shameless plug)..anyhoo two more chapters to go and I'll have them out next week, promise! I may even make a happy ending. ^_~