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Trials and Tribulations

By Salsa Kitty

The Dragon Ball Saga

Chapter 8: More Secrets

Vegeta woke up to the sounds of Bulma's voice, "it's time to get up, Vegeta." Bulma strolled over to Vegeta's bedside and tugged at his arm slightly.

"I know… I heard you." Vegeta sat up showing that he was shirtless.

Bulma poked at his biceps playfully, "Hehe… I guess you like to work out more then when we were kids."

Vegeta smiled, "And what is this?" Vegeta poked at her tummy playfully.

Bulma giggled, "Hey, stop that!" and brushed his hand away. "So what if I have a little baby fat." Vegeta took this time to observe her. She had really grown up! He never would have thought that she would have grown breasts that were that big! They were humongous! Not that he was complaining mind you, he found them very nice to look at. She wore a white tank top, and some blue denim shorts that showed off her lovely legs, and some sandals: basic Earth clothes. Her hair and face had gained some of the older features one acquires when they grow up. It was obvious that she was not a chibi anymore. Her Hair was now shoulder length, and he realized that he had liked it better when it was longer, like when they were kids, and her eyes where just as brilliant as they ever were. And her tail! The blue appendage that swung around lazily was almost erotic to look at. By Kami, he wanted to touch it! Yes, he realized, he was attracted to her.

During his observing, her face had turned a tad somber; "Things… things are so different now… you know?" Bulma got up from his bed. He knew what she was talking about: Frieza. He had known for years that she and her family hated that bastard after he tried to have their company create weapons for him, and they were working hard to create weapons and such that could help Vejiitasei in her fight against the tyrant. "I'm sorry that you can't stay home on leave, I know how much it means to you, but trust me, when we get to Earth, you'll understand everything." He had told her in his letters about his life on Frieza's ship, and how being home was the only time he could sleep in peace; with out fear or hate. Vegeta forced a smile, he really wanted to be home, he was so sick of space ships and tiny beds; he just wanted to go home. But, as long as he was with Bulma, then maybe, it all wouldn't be so bad.

"Well, you had better make it worth my wild when we get there." He said to her.

She smiled, "Oh it will be. C'mon, we'll be there in a little bit, get dressed and meet me on the bridge." And with that she left him alone to get dressed.

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Vegeta walked out of the bathroom to hear Bulma's voice, she was talking to the space station on Earth, or, at least he thought it was the space station. She was talking in a language that he didn't understand. It wasn't Saiyan, or any Earth language that he had heard, or any other planetary language that he had ever heard either. He walked quietly to the co-pilot's seat next to Bulma and listened. Their conversation turned form normal to irritated and she cut off the link. "Goddammit!" she said out loud, "Stupid piece of shit motherfuckers…" She stated as she started to push some buttons on the controls.

"Umm… I guess that didn't go well?" Vegeta asked, a little confused.

"It's Zarbon, he's on Earth, waiting for us to land. We can't let him know that you're here." She stated flatly.

"Zarbon?" Vegeta said, "What is he doing on Earth?" Then another thought came to him, "How do you know Zarbon? And why can't he know I'm here?"

"It's a long story, and if he knows you're on my ship, then he'll know something's up, and then he'll find out what the mission is about, and if that happens, it's the end of the universe as we know it!"

"The end of the universe? What the hell are you talking about?" Vegeta was beginning to get frustrated. He trusted his friend and all, but why was this mission so damn secretive, why the hell didn't she just tell him?

"We'll be landing in about 20 minutes," She took his hand, "Trust me Vegeta, I will tell you everything once we get to Earth. Just have a little patience." She opened to shutters that concealed the glass that showed the outside space. There, they could both see Earth in all her glory. "Vegeta… can I ask you a question?"

"What?"

"How good are you at holding down your Ki?" She asked as she started to take the Ship out of autopilot.

"I'm good at it, why?"

"Just wondering." She then opened the COM link and started talking that strange language again. "Okay 'Geta, we've got permission to go in." And with that they buckled them selves in, and steered towards the planet's atmosphere.

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Bulma set down her small Space Cruiser on the helipad outside of Capsule corp.'s estate. "Well, that was easy," She quickly got up and ran towards the window to look outside. "Motherfucker!!!"

"What?" Vegeta asked as he walked up beside her. Zarbon was walking down from the air control center to the helipad, towards Bulma's cruiser

"It's Zarbon. He's gonna want to check out the ship. Shit! Come with me!" She grabbed Vegeta's hand and led him to the back of the ship, and opened up a secret hatch that looked like any other part of the ship's interior, the inside had a large space in it. "Get in there, and hold down your Ki as much as possible, he has a scouter, and he'll detect you." Vegeta got inside and sat in a little ball. Bulma shut the hatch and quickly undressed herself to her bra and panties. Vegeta watched through a crack in the hatch. What the hell is she doing? He thought to himself.

There was a loud knock at the ships door. "My lady, Bulma? Please open the door and let me in." Zarbon's muffled voice could be heard.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, just a minute will you." She yelled, Bulma was busy throwing her clothes all over the ship, she had taken off her sandals, and was would had been completely naked, if not for her white bra and matching panties, Vegeta wanted to come out and ask what the fuck she was doing, but Zarbon knocked again and demanded that she open the door. "God damn!!! Just chill out! I'll be there in a sec!" She called out again before opening the door.

Zarbon was greeted with the sight of Bulma in the semi nude. "M-miss Bulma, What a pleasure, did you know your only wearing your underwear?" Zarbon smiled at her.

"Well, if some one wouldn't have quit banging on someone's door, then I might be wearing more, your lucky I was even able to get this on with your excessive banging." She had her shorts in her hand and proceeded to put them on in front of him. "Well, excuse me if I like to space travel naked."

"Miss Bulma, would it be all right if I come in and have a look around?" Zarbon's asked politely.

"Why do you want to look around my ship for?" She stood in his way of getting through the doorframe.

"Miss Bulma, don't make it difficult and just let me through." Zarbon said in a more serious tone.

"Fine, take a look around." She stepped away and gestured with her arm to let him go ahead of her.

""Why thank you, Miss Bulma." Zarbon walked around the ship and looked. He adjusted his scouter and scanned across the tiny ship. And he stopped at where Vegeta was hiding.

Oh shit! Both Bulma and Vegeta thought to them selves.

Zarbon walked over there and leaned up against the wall, where the secret hatch was located. Bulma eyed him while she padded over the cockpit pilot chair where her tank top had been carelessly thrown; she picked it up and put it on. "What is it that you're looking for Zarbon? Maybe I can help you find it?" Bulma asked, trying to keep her cool.

"Well," Zarbon walked over to Vegeta's room and looked inside to see a messy unmade bed. "You see Miss Bulma, It's one of those things where you don't really know what you're looking for…" He then walked over to Bulma's room and opened the door, to find her bed was a mess as well. "… Until you find it." He stopped and looked at her, "My sweet, why is it that both bed's are unmade if there is only you?"

Bulma kept her cool, "That bed was uncomfortable, so I slept in the other one, but that one wasn't much better."

"Hmmm…" Zarbon paced around some more. "And your clothes are all over the place my dear, why's that?"

Bulma shrugged, "I'm a lousy house keeper I guess."

Zarbon walked up to her and cupped her chin in his hand, and whispered in her ear, and something that Vegeta could not hear. "Well, my lady, I did not find what I am looking for here, I shell look else where, I'm sorry I bothered you, good day." Zarbon left.

Bulma stood there for a few seconds, she was pale, and had a stunned look on her face. What ever it was, Zarbon had told her something that startled her.

"Bulma," Vegeta called out, "let me out of here."

Bulma was snapped form her daze, "Uh, right, I'm sorry." And started in the direction of  the secret hatch.

"Hey, Bulma!" A voice from behind Bulma called.

"Goku!" Bulma exclaimed as she turned and rushed to the little boy, who was no older then 13. She lifted the child in a hug. "Hey, you gotta help me with something," She put him down and ran to the secret hatch, and opened it, revealing a Saiyan prince for all to see.

"Who's this, Bulma?" The boy named Goku asked.

"This is Vegeta, the Prince of Saiyans, our prince." She smiled, "Vegeta, this is Kakarott, Son Bardock's youngest son, but most of us call him Goku." She helped pull Vegeta out of the hole. "C'mon, we need to get out of here." She said.

They walked out to the opening in the ship, making sure that Zarbon had left.

"Don't worry, Miss Bulma," A young cheery female voice said, "That blue man is gone, I made sure that he left."

"Thanks Chi Chi," Bulma said to the little girl. They walked over to the Air Control Center and into the building. "okay Vegeta, I need to take you to my estate. Goku and Chi Chi, you two take care of our escape route."

"Okey dokey." Chi Chi said to her. "We'll make sure everything is in order when you leave."

Bulma lead Vegeta into the estate, up to her living quarters.

"Hey Bulma," Vegeta started to ask, "You wouldn't mind telling me what why you made a mess in the ship and took all your clothes off would you?"

"Well," Bulma opened up her personal bedroom door, "I thought that maybe if I was naked, then he would leave, I mean, everyone knows that he's gay, right? And I dirtied up the ship to make him think I was making myself at home." She showed him to a chair, "Have a seat." She pointed to the pink butterfly chair by her dresser, Vegeta sat down and watched as she began to rummage through her drawers, "Unfortunately, Vegeta, you can't go walking around Earth wearing your Saiyan armor."

"I like my clothes thank you." Vegeta crossed his arms, "I'm not going to wear something stupid, like humans do."

"Vegeta, shut up," She pulled out a dark blue shirt and some kakis, "Here, put this on. The bathroom is over there."

"No."

"'Geta, we're trying to go about incognito," She frowned and threw them at him, "Quit being a dickless wonder and put it on."

"I'll look like a fag wearing this." Vegeta held up the kakis pants.

"Then you'll just have to deal with it." Bulma pulled out a large duffle bag and a backpack. "I also didn't get a chance to pack before I left, my Uncle didn't tell me you were coming home until the last minute, so I'll have to do that now." She unzipped the duffle bag and started filling it with her clothes and other accessories, as well as some clothes that were obviously masculine; Vegeta assumed they were for him. Vegeta got up and went into the bathroom, and stripped himself of his Saiyan clothing, and put on the human clothing he oh so loathed. When he was done, he looked at himself in the mirror. "Bulma!!!"

"What now, 'Geta?" Bulma's voice was muffled through the door.

He came out, "I don't like this…" He pointed to the clothes, "Please… find something else…"

Bulma giggled, she went over and checked him out. She smoothed over some of the creases and adjusted his collar, "Oh 'Geta, you look so cute!!!" She laughed at Vegeta's reaction to her words: his face turned all red, and his Ki shot up. "I was just playing with you Vegeta, you look good."

"And what about my tail?" Vegeta pointed at his furry limb, which he had to pull up and over the waist. "These clothes don't have a place to put it through."

She grabbed some scissors and smiled, "Easily fixable, you'll have to take them off for me." He went back into the bathroom and took them off, and handed them to her. She undid the thread in the seam, and made a hole for his tail to go through. And then she sewed up the edges, to make sure the fabric wouldn't fray, and gave them back to Vegeta. "There you go!" She smiled, "All fixed." He put them on and walked out of the Bathroom, and by this time, Bulma was done with most of her packing. "C'mon, we have to leave as soon as possible," She put on a scouter, and told Chi Chi and Kakarott to meet them at the meeting place. "Let's go, I need to find a safe and safe place, and I'll tell you everything." She made sure that her estate was secured, She gave him the duffle bag to carry, and she carried the backpack. And Bulma flew off, with Vegeta following close behind her.

Author's notes: Ohhh, another shitty chapter… Tell you guys… I was thinking that I should rewrite chapter 7, what do you all think? Tell me in a review. I've also noticed that it seems that only the same 5 people are reviewing this fic, not that that's bad or anything, but I would like it if more people would read this story… Could any of you advertise for me? Pretty please? (~.~ Salsa Kitty gives you all a sad sad puppy dog look) Anyhoo… Moonsaiyanprincess, Mushi-azn, Callie, adbzfan, and animechick, (and anyone else who I may have forgotten, and I'm sorry if I did) I wanna thank you all for being loyal fans of my fic, thank you all SOOOOO much. (Salsa Kitty gives them all a batch of her specialty salsa (yum!))

Reviewer responses:

Mushi-azn: Well… I happen to enjoy watching porn myself, and I am 18 yrs old, and I know how the birds and the bees work ~.~ And Vegeta getting horny thing, it will be explained later, don't worry. And yes, Nappa and Raditz are gay, and you will see a couple of homosexual couples in this fic other then them as well. And yes, it sucks, but if we want this fic to go faster then a snail on crack, then I kind of have to do that with them, any ways, thanks, and don't forget! The name of this fic is 'Trials and Tribulations'

Callie: Thanks, but I totally think that the chapter was that bad, but a lot of that stuff that I put in there was really important to the rest of the story. Thanks ~.^

Animechick: Heheh, thanks ^.^

Moonsaiyanprincess: Hehe thanks; I'm trying my best to update as often as I can. And I wanna read more on 'Procreation Maddness'!!!! I'm an artist too, and maybe when I get a scanner, I'll seen some fanart on that story.

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