Vegeta's Mate.
Chapter One.
Jealousy.
"Do you expect me to eat this?" Vegeta asked Bulma as he picked up a black piece of toast. "It will stain my insides." "Stop whining. It isn't my fault the toaster broke while your toast was in there." Bulma said after she finished her toast. "Hurry up because when you've finished that, we're going to buy you some new clothes. Daddy is getting tired of getting his shirts back with holes in them." "Fine then." Vegeta said. He closed his eyes and ate the charcoal. "Who would have thought? Big pwince Vegeta afwaid of burnt toast." Bulma teased. "I hate it when you act like that. It's so childish." Vegeta said once he finished. "Good. Lets go." Bulma said. They walked out of the house and got into Bulma's convertible. She lifted the roof off. It took them five minutes to get to the mall where it took them two minutes to find a guys store. "Hello miss Briefs. Will your friend need help with his decision?" asked a man. He recognised her from when she used to take her ex-boyfriend Yamcha there. "Um, I don't think so Manny. I think he can manage." Bulma said. "I didn't want to come here in the first place." Vegeta mumbled. Bulma stepped on his foot. "I heard that. Just be glad that I'm buying them with my money. Now, we don't want anything too sophisticated because suits really aren't you, we want short sleeve shirts." Bulma said. "Whatever. Just get me out of here soon." Vegeta said. Bulma walked over to a stand and found a green short sleeve shirt. "Do you like it?" she asked. "I think green is your colour, don't you?" "Fine then. Just get me some of them. I'll be fine." Vegeta said. "Come on. You have to do better then that. We'll probably have to get you some pants and some shorts. You'll have to get a jumper too and a singlet to wear under the shirts." Bulma said. "Yamcha was so better to take out shopping." "Well, I'm not Yamcha." Vegeta said, looking at pants. He picked up some cargo jeans. "Do you like them?" Bulma asked. "Why?" "Because that is a very good choice." Bulma said, taking the pants from him. "I'll take those." She added them to the pile. She found some white singlets and pulled out about eight. She found some shorts about Vegeta's size and added them. Vegeta found a jumper and grabbed that. After ten minutes, Bulma piled everything onto Vegeta and told him to try them on. "You're joking." Vegeta said. Bulma pointed to a change room. "I'm not. In there." "Is it really necessary?" Vegeta asked. "Yes. If you don't do it and the sizes are wrong then we have to come back." Bulma said. "Alright." Vegeta said. He stormed into the mirror filled room and got changed. "He really has a bad attitude." Said Manny. "You don't live with him." Bulma said. Vegeta was listening in. "Is he your boyfriend?" Manny asked. "No!" Vegeta yelled from inside the change room. He stepped out wearing a black short sleeve shirt with a white singlet underneath and black pants. The singlet was too tight. "Wow." Bulma said. "That is really what we need to buy you." "The singlet is too tight." He said. "But it still looks good." Manny said. "What's wrong with you?" Vegeta asked. "Are you gay or something?" "Shhh, Vegeta. He doesn't want anyone to know." Bulma said. "Do you mean that I was just hit on by a gay man?" Vegeta asked. "I want a bigger singlet." He walked over to where Bulma got them and grabbed one. He looked at the size. It was the same size. He searched through them all. They were all the same size! He shook his head and went back inside the change room to try something else on. He came back out six more times. Everything fit him. "Can we go now?" "No. We just had Vegeta time. Now it's me time." Bulma said as she paid for his clothes. "And besides, we might find bigger sizes in singlets." Bulma walked into a shop seconds away. She knew where she was going. "Hi Bulma." One of the women said when she got there. "You really do love to shop, don't you?" Vegeta asked when he realised just how many people knew her. "Is this the new boyfriend?" asked one of the ladies. Bulma looked at Vegeta and pushed him out of the shop. "What?" Vegeta asked. "They found out that I dumped Yamcha and I told them that I would come back with a new guy. I forgot all about it!" Bulma said. "And what has that got to do with me?" Vegeta asked. Bulma looked at him with puppy eyes. "No. No. I will not act as your boyfriend so you can stay popular." "Please? I'll fix the toaster and do any favour for you. Please." Bulma begged. Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Fine then." Vegeta said. Bulma jumped and grabbed his arm. They walked back in. "So who is he?" asked a girl. "He's Vegeta." Bulma said. "I like your taste in men." Said another. Vegeta grunted. "I'm here to buy a new top." Bulma said. "The toaster broke this morning and I got stuff all over it." She walked over to a hanger with singlet tops. She looked through the red ones first. Vegeta sat down on a chair that was there for people who were waiting for the change rooms to be free. Girls swarmed him. "Go away." He said, but they kept on asking him questions. Bulma noticed and walked over to him. She grabbed his hand and pulled him up. "Hurry up. I really don't like it here." he whispered to Bulma. "You'll get used to it. There are only two shops here that are like that. This one and another around the corner. They only want to find out who you are and where you come from." "Well how do you think they'll react if I tell them that I'm from another planet?" Vegeta asked. "If you don't tell them anything, then they won't find out anything." Bulma said. "Now if they do ask you anything, tell them that we met when I broke up with Yamcha." "Okay, then." Vegeta said. She led him to another stand where she found a blue top. "Do you like this one?" she asked, holding it up. "Try it on." Vegeta said, mimicking her. "Fine then. I will." Bulma said, walking into the change room. They girls looked at Vegeta and swarmed him again. They asked him all sorts off questions. "Umm, Bulma." Vegeta called out. "What?" she called back. "Come out soon." He said. She stepped out wearing the blue top, which fitted her perfectly. All the women stopped annoying Vegeta and turned their attention to Bulma. "Good choice, Bulma." Said one. "It looks great." Said another. "So?" she asked Vegeta. "It's alright." He answered. "Please. I know what you're thinking." Bulma said. "And what's that?" Vegeta asked. "You think it looks great, don't you?" she said, approaching him. She walked right up to him. "Play along, you idiot." She whispered. Vegeta paused for a while. "How am I supposed to do that?" he whispered back. She shrugged and made him hug her. "How did I let you talk me into this?" Vegeta asked her in her ear. "Fine then. You look great." Vegeta said, pulling away from her. "I knew you thought that." Bulma said. "I think I'll get this one." She said, turning around to the counter. She paid for it and wore it back out after she grabbed her other top. They walked out. "You really can't act." Bulma said. "What are you talking about?" Vegeta asked. "I acted pretty well." "Your hug was pathetic." Bulma said. "How am I supposed to know what you want when you're like that?" Vegeta asked her. "Easily. You've seen me with Yamcha." "And that had a lot of luck." Vegeta interrupted. "Just act like Yamcha and I used to." "Does that mean that I have to kiss you?" Vegeta asked. "If you must." Bulma said, grabbing his hand. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Listen, if people are going to believe this, we have to look like it." Bulma said. Vegeta grunted. They turned the corner to see another one of Bulma's favourite shops. "In here, oh wait, maybe not." Bulma said when she realised that it was a Tuesday and there is nothing new on Tuesdays. "Lets go home." "Home sounds good." Vegeta said. He turned back, making Bulma go with him.
"Why are you so eager to get out of here?" Bulma asked. "I'm not like you." Vegeta said. "How come I let you drag me into this?" "Because I'm lovely and you are being nice." Bulma said. "Yeah, right." Vegeta said. They walked outside and packed the car. They drove away and got home where they found someone sitting on the couch. "Oh, Vegeta. There's someone here to see you." Said doctor Briefs. "Her name is Sharby." Vegeta's eyes widened. "She says that you guys know each other from your purging days." "I, I'll be right there after I put my stuff away." Vegeta said. "No, I'll do it for you." Bulma said. Vegeta pushed her, making her go up the stairs. "What was that about?" Bulma asked once they got in her room. "That's my assigned mate." Vegeta said, closing the door. "What?" Bulma asked. "When I was five, I was assigned a mate and she is it. She's a Saiyan that loves me. I hate her. You need to help me." Vegeta begged. "Do you remember what you said in the mall?" "What part?" Bulma asked. She knew what he was going on about. "I need you to use that favour that you offered." Vegeta said. "I need to pretend that you're my mate." "And that means?" "It means that you have to pretend to be my girlfriend." Vegeta said. "Please. I'll have to go back with her." "Okay then." Bulma said. "Thank you." Vegeta said. They walked out and met up with Sharby. "Hello, Prince Vegeta." Sharby said. She noticed that he didn't have a tail. "What happened to you? Where's your tail? And why hasn't this planet been conquered?" "I, um, I.." Vegeta started. Bulma grabbed his hand. He looked at her and smiled. "I fell in love." "What?" Sharby asked, standing up. "What is this? Who is she? Did you forget about me?" "I thought you died so I settled down here and got a new mate and I never agreed to have you as my mate. I hated you." Vegeta said. He and Bulma turned around. Sharby glared at Bulma and then she started to power up. She got ready to throw an energy ball at Bulma. Vegeta saw this coming and he jumped in front of Bulma. It got his back. "Vegeta!" Bulma screamed when he fell down. Sharby had used a very strong blast that would have gone through hundreds of humans. "Oh, no. Prince Vegeta, forgive me." Sharby said before striking Bulma. Sharby had used all her energy in the blast and she didn't kill Bulma. She ran outside; mad at herself for hurting her prince that she loved so much. Vegeta wasn't really hurt but his back was nearly destroyed. He saw that Bulma was unconscious and he went to help her. He picked her up and flew away. He flew fast, knowing that Sharby probably couldn't sense energy levels. She wasn't wearing a scouter. Bulma started to move. "Bulma, are you okay?" Vegeta asked her. "Where am I?" Bulma asked. "Vegeta, where are you taking me?" "To Kakarot's house." Vegeta answered. "We have to be careful. Sharby always had a strong point that happened to be jealousy. She'll be after you." "And you remembered when?" "When I saw you go down." Vegeta said. Then out of nowhere, Sharby appeared. She pulled Bulma away from Vegeta and threw her down. "Bulma!" he yelled. He flew down as fast as he could to catch her. Yamcha was standing beneath them, watching. Vegeta caught Bulma just as she almost hit the ground. "What is her problem?" Bulma asked Vegeta once she got her voice back. "She can't stand the fact that I've got a different mate." Vegeta said. Yamcha heard and his jaw dropped. Vegeta put Bulma down and looked for Sharby. She was gone. He turned back to Bulma. "I guess she can sense energy levels." Vegeta said. He then noticed Yamcha staring at them. "Hi, Yamcha." "Hello." Bulma said. "Hi." Yamcha said once he got his voice back. "We have to get out of here." Vegeta said. "But she will sense me if I fly." "Does that mean that we have to walk to Goku's?" Bulma asked. "Guess so. I can fly low if you want." Vegeta said, picking her up again. "Okay." Bulma said. "Bye Yamcha." Vegeta took off and kept his energy low but he still flew fast. "What was with Yamcha?" Vegeta asked Bulma. "I guess he must have heard the whole mate thing." Bulma answered. "Do you think he believed it?" "He must have. Did you see the way he was staring at us? That was funny." Bulma joked. It took them hours to get to Goku's but they got there in that day. It was eight at night. "Hello." Chi-Chi said when she answered the door. "Bulma, Vegeta. What are you two doing here? Oh, come in." Bulma took a seat and Vegeta stood up against the wall. "When I was five, I was told that my mate would be this girl who I loathed. She loved me and I couldn't stand her so I begged my parents to let me chose my own mate so they sent me off to another planet that had Saiyans on it. That's when Frieza destroyed Vegeta-Sei. She must have survived somehow and tracked me down here. I didn't want to be stuck with her so I asked Bulma to act like she was my mate. Sharby didn't like that and got jealous. She attacked Bulma but I stepped in front of the blast." Vegeta said. He got off the wall and started to pace. There was a bloodstain on the wall. "Vegeta. You're bleeding." Bulma said. "I am?" Vegeta asked. Bulma stood up and looked at his back. "I can't see." Bulma said. Vegeta went into the bathroom and took off his shirt to have a look. There was a cut down his spine. Bulma walked into the bathroom. "Do you know how bad that thing is?" "I can't see it." Vegeta said. Bulma walked up to him. "It's pretty deep." Bulma said. "It's because you saved me." "Don't worry. I'm a fast healer." Vegeta said. "It's going to get infected." Bulma said. She grabbed a damp cloth and started to wash his cut. "Did you know that it was cut?" "Yes." "Well how come you didn't tell me?" "Because I'm not a wimp." Vegeta said. "Well, you should have told me. I could have fixed it up before." "I doubt that." "I don't have the proper equipment here to stitch it up." Bulma said. "It really isn't that bad. I told you before. I'm a fast healer." Vegeta said, turning around and then walking out of the bathroom after putting his shirt back on. "That's just going to get worse, y'know?" Bulma said when they got back into the kitchen. "So why are you guys here?" Goku asked Vegeta and Bulma. "We can't stay at Bulma's and we have nowhere else to go." Vegeta said. Chi-Chi walked over to the sofa in the lounge room and pulled it out to make a bed. "I'm sorry, but this is the only other bed that we have." Chi-Chi said. "I'm sure that you two will manage there. You are each other's mate after all." Goku joked. "Really funny." Bulma said. They talked for two hours. "Well, I'm going to sleep." Chi-Chi said. "Goodnight." "Goodnight." Everyone said in unison. "Well, I'm in too." Goku said, shortly after Chi-Chi. He walked into their room. "Goodnight, mates." He said with a laugh. "Well, now I'm stuck with you." Bulma said to Vegeta. She walked into the lounge room and crawled into bed. He turned off the light and followed her. "Hey, wait. I want to look at your back." Bulma said, crawling back out and turning on the light. He took his top off as lay on his stomach on the bed and she sat next to him. "It's still pretty bad." "I don't care." Vegeta said, sitting back up. He sat back up and crawled into bed. Bulma turned off the light and she got in on the other side of the bed. "Goodnight." She said before dozing off. "Goodnight." Vegeta said. He thought about Sharby and Bulma. 'What if Sharby does get to Bulma? Why did she say yes to me? Why did I save her?' Bulma started to toss and turn in her sleep. Vegeta looked at her and pulled her closer to him so she would calm down. He started to doze off to sleep. Minutes later, Bulma woke up and realised that her head was on Vegeta's chest. She looked at him and saw that he was sound asleep. She seemed comfortable with him. She silently fell asleep.
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The next chapter is about Sharby coming back to attack Bulma. R+R please. Yours Truly Gohan's Gal.
"Do you expect me to eat this?" Vegeta asked Bulma as he picked up a black piece of toast. "It will stain my insides." "Stop whining. It isn't my fault the toaster broke while your toast was in there." Bulma said after she finished her toast. "Hurry up because when you've finished that, we're going to buy you some new clothes. Daddy is getting tired of getting his shirts back with holes in them." "Fine then." Vegeta said. He closed his eyes and ate the charcoal. "Who would have thought? Big pwince Vegeta afwaid of burnt toast." Bulma teased. "I hate it when you act like that. It's so childish." Vegeta said once he finished. "Good. Lets go." Bulma said. They walked out of the house and got into Bulma's convertible. She lifted the roof off. It took them five minutes to get to the mall where it took them two minutes to find a guys store. "Hello miss Briefs. Will your friend need help with his decision?" asked a man. He recognised her from when she used to take her ex-boyfriend Yamcha there. "Um, I don't think so Manny. I think he can manage." Bulma said. "I didn't want to come here in the first place." Vegeta mumbled. Bulma stepped on his foot. "I heard that. Just be glad that I'm buying them with my money. Now, we don't want anything too sophisticated because suits really aren't you, we want short sleeve shirts." Bulma said. "Whatever. Just get me out of here soon." Vegeta said. Bulma walked over to a stand and found a green short sleeve shirt. "Do you like it?" she asked. "I think green is your colour, don't you?" "Fine then. Just get me some of them. I'll be fine." Vegeta said. "Come on. You have to do better then that. We'll probably have to get you some pants and some shorts. You'll have to get a jumper too and a singlet to wear under the shirts." Bulma said. "Yamcha was so better to take out shopping." "Well, I'm not Yamcha." Vegeta said, looking at pants. He picked up some cargo jeans. "Do you like them?" Bulma asked. "Why?" "Because that is a very good choice." Bulma said, taking the pants from him. "I'll take those." She added them to the pile. She found some white singlets and pulled out about eight. She found some shorts about Vegeta's size and added them. Vegeta found a jumper and grabbed that. After ten minutes, Bulma piled everything onto Vegeta and told him to try them on. "You're joking." Vegeta said. Bulma pointed to a change room. "I'm not. In there." "Is it really necessary?" Vegeta asked. "Yes. If you don't do it and the sizes are wrong then we have to come back." Bulma said. "Alright." Vegeta said. He stormed into the mirror filled room and got changed. "He really has a bad attitude." Said Manny. "You don't live with him." Bulma said. Vegeta was listening in. "Is he your boyfriend?" Manny asked. "No!" Vegeta yelled from inside the change room. He stepped out wearing a black short sleeve shirt with a white singlet underneath and black pants. The singlet was too tight. "Wow." Bulma said. "That is really what we need to buy you." "The singlet is too tight." He said. "But it still looks good." Manny said. "What's wrong with you?" Vegeta asked. "Are you gay or something?" "Shhh, Vegeta. He doesn't want anyone to know." Bulma said. "Do you mean that I was just hit on by a gay man?" Vegeta asked. "I want a bigger singlet." He walked over to where Bulma got them and grabbed one. He looked at the size. It was the same size. He searched through them all. They were all the same size! He shook his head and went back inside the change room to try something else on. He came back out six more times. Everything fit him. "Can we go now?" "No. We just had Vegeta time. Now it's me time." Bulma said as she paid for his clothes. "And besides, we might find bigger sizes in singlets." Bulma walked into a shop seconds away. She knew where she was going. "Hi Bulma." One of the women said when she got there. "You really do love to shop, don't you?" Vegeta asked when he realised just how many people knew her. "Is this the new boyfriend?" asked one of the ladies. Bulma looked at Vegeta and pushed him out of the shop. "What?" Vegeta asked. "They found out that I dumped Yamcha and I told them that I would come back with a new guy. I forgot all about it!" Bulma said. "And what has that got to do with me?" Vegeta asked. Bulma looked at him with puppy eyes. "No. No. I will not act as your boyfriend so you can stay popular." "Please? I'll fix the toaster and do any favour for you. Please." Bulma begged. Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Fine then." Vegeta said. Bulma jumped and grabbed his arm. They walked back in. "So who is he?" asked a girl. "He's Vegeta." Bulma said. "I like your taste in men." Said another. Vegeta grunted. "I'm here to buy a new top." Bulma said. "The toaster broke this morning and I got stuff all over it." She walked over to a hanger with singlet tops. She looked through the red ones first. Vegeta sat down on a chair that was there for people who were waiting for the change rooms to be free. Girls swarmed him. "Go away." He said, but they kept on asking him questions. Bulma noticed and walked over to him. She grabbed his hand and pulled him up. "Hurry up. I really don't like it here." he whispered to Bulma. "You'll get used to it. There are only two shops here that are like that. This one and another around the corner. They only want to find out who you are and where you come from." "Well how do you think they'll react if I tell them that I'm from another planet?" Vegeta asked. "If you don't tell them anything, then they won't find out anything." Bulma said. "Now if they do ask you anything, tell them that we met when I broke up with Yamcha." "Okay, then." Vegeta said. She led him to another stand where she found a blue top. "Do you like this one?" she asked, holding it up. "Try it on." Vegeta said, mimicking her. "Fine then. I will." Bulma said, walking into the change room. They girls looked at Vegeta and swarmed him again. They asked him all sorts off questions. "Umm, Bulma." Vegeta called out. "What?" she called back. "Come out soon." He said. She stepped out wearing the blue top, which fitted her perfectly. All the women stopped annoying Vegeta and turned their attention to Bulma. "Good choice, Bulma." Said one. "It looks great." Said another. "So?" she asked Vegeta. "It's alright." He answered. "Please. I know what you're thinking." Bulma said. "And what's that?" Vegeta asked. "You think it looks great, don't you?" she said, approaching him. She walked right up to him. "Play along, you idiot." She whispered. Vegeta paused for a while. "How am I supposed to do that?" he whispered back. She shrugged and made him hug her. "How did I let you talk me into this?" Vegeta asked her in her ear. "Fine then. You look great." Vegeta said, pulling away from her. "I knew you thought that." Bulma said. "I think I'll get this one." She said, turning around to the counter. She paid for it and wore it back out after she grabbed her other top. They walked out. "You really can't act." Bulma said. "What are you talking about?" Vegeta asked. "I acted pretty well." "Your hug was pathetic." Bulma said. "How am I supposed to know what you want when you're like that?" Vegeta asked her. "Easily. You've seen me with Yamcha." "And that had a lot of luck." Vegeta interrupted. "Just act like Yamcha and I used to." "Does that mean that I have to kiss you?" Vegeta asked. "If you must." Bulma said, grabbing his hand. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Listen, if people are going to believe this, we have to look like it." Bulma said. Vegeta grunted. They turned the corner to see another one of Bulma's favourite shops. "In here, oh wait, maybe not." Bulma said when she realised that it was a Tuesday and there is nothing new on Tuesdays. "Lets go home." "Home sounds good." Vegeta said. He turned back, making Bulma go with him.
"Why are you so eager to get out of here?" Bulma asked. "I'm not like you." Vegeta said. "How come I let you drag me into this?" "Because I'm lovely and you are being nice." Bulma said. "Yeah, right." Vegeta said. They walked outside and packed the car. They drove away and got home where they found someone sitting on the couch. "Oh, Vegeta. There's someone here to see you." Said doctor Briefs. "Her name is Sharby." Vegeta's eyes widened. "She says that you guys know each other from your purging days." "I, I'll be right there after I put my stuff away." Vegeta said. "No, I'll do it for you." Bulma said. Vegeta pushed her, making her go up the stairs. "What was that about?" Bulma asked once they got in her room. "That's my assigned mate." Vegeta said, closing the door. "What?" Bulma asked. "When I was five, I was assigned a mate and she is it. She's a Saiyan that loves me. I hate her. You need to help me." Vegeta begged. "Do you remember what you said in the mall?" "What part?" Bulma asked. She knew what he was going on about. "I need you to use that favour that you offered." Vegeta said. "I need to pretend that you're my mate." "And that means?" "It means that you have to pretend to be my girlfriend." Vegeta said. "Please. I'll have to go back with her." "Okay then." Bulma said. "Thank you." Vegeta said. They walked out and met up with Sharby. "Hello, Prince Vegeta." Sharby said. She noticed that he didn't have a tail. "What happened to you? Where's your tail? And why hasn't this planet been conquered?" "I, um, I.." Vegeta started. Bulma grabbed his hand. He looked at her and smiled. "I fell in love." "What?" Sharby asked, standing up. "What is this? Who is she? Did you forget about me?" "I thought you died so I settled down here and got a new mate and I never agreed to have you as my mate. I hated you." Vegeta said. He and Bulma turned around. Sharby glared at Bulma and then she started to power up. She got ready to throw an energy ball at Bulma. Vegeta saw this coming and he jumped in front of Bulma. It got his back. "Vegeta!" Bulma screamed when he fell down. Sharby had used a very strong blast that would have gone through hundreds of humans. "Oh, no. Prince Vegeta, forgive me." Sharby said before striking Bulma. Sharby had used all her energy in the blast and she didn't kill Bulma. She ran outside; mad at herself for hurting her prince that she loved so much. Vegeta wasn't really hurt but his back was nearly destroyed. He saw that Bulma was unconscious and he went to help her. He picked her up and flew away. He flew fast, knowing that Sharby probably couldn't sense energy levels. She wasn't wearing a scouter. Bulma started to move. "Bulma, are you okay?" Vegeta asked her. "Where am I?" Bulma asked. "Vegeta, where are you taking me?" "To Kakarot's house." Vegeta answered. "We have to be careful. Sharby always had a strong point that happened to be jealousy. She'll be after you." "And you remembered when?" "When I saw you go down." Vegeta said. Then out of nowhere, Sharby appeared. She pulled Bulma away from Vegeta and threw her down. "Bulma!" he yelled. He flew down as fast as he could to catch her. Yamcha was standing beneath them, watching. Vegeta caught Bulma just as she almost hit the ground. "What is her problem?" Bulma asked Vegeta once she got her voice back. "She can't stand the fact that I've got a different mate." Vegeta said. Yamcha heard and his jaw dropped. Vegeta put Bulma down and looked for Sharby. She was gone. He turned back to Bulma. "I guess she can sense energy levels." Vegeta said. He then noticed Yamcha staring at them. "Hi, Yamcha." "Hello." Bulma said. "Hi." Yamcha said once he got his voice back. "We have to get out of here." Vegeta said. "But she will sense me if I fly." "Does that mean that we have to walk to Goku's?" Bulma asked. "Guess so. I can fly low if you want." Vegeta said, picking her up again. "Okay." Bulma said. "Bye Yamcha." Vegeta took off and kept his energy low but he still flew fast. "What was with Yamcha?" Vegeta asked Bulma. "I guess he must have heard the whole mate thing." Bulma answered. "Do you think he believed it?" "He must have. Did you see the way he was staring at us? That was funny." Bulma joked. It took them hours to get to Goku's but they got there in that day. It was eight at night. "Hello." Chi-Chi said when she answered the door. "Bulma, Vegeta. What are you two doing here? Oh, come in." Bulma took a seat and Vegeta stood up against the wall. "When I was five, I was told that my mate would be this girl who I loathed. She loved me and I couldn't stand her so I begged my parents to let me chose my own mate so they sent me off to another planet that had Saiyans on it. That's when Frieza destroyed Vegeta-Sei. She must have survived somehow and tracked me down here. I didn't want to be stuck with her so I asked Bulma to act like she was my mate. Sharby didn't like that and got jealous. She attacked Bulma but I stepped in front of the blast." Vegeta said. He got off the wall and started to pace. There was a bloodstain on the wall. "Vegeta. You're bleeding." Bulma said. "I am?" Vegeta asked. Bulma stood up and looked at his back. "I can't see." Bulma said. Vegeta went into the bathroom and took off his shirt to have a look. There was a cut down his spine. Bulma walked into the bathroom. "Do you know how bad that thing is?" "I can't see it." Vegeta said. Bulma walked up to him. "It's pretty deep." Bulma said. "It's because you saved me." "Don't worry. I'm a fast healer." Vegeta said. "It's going to get infected." Bulma said. She grabbed a damp cloth and started to wash his cut. "Did you know that it was cut?" "Yes." "Well how come you didn't tell me?" "Because I'm not a wimp." Vegeta said. "Well, you should have told me. I could have fixed it up before." "I doubt that." "I don't have the proper equipment here to stitch it up." Bulma said. "It really isn't that bad. I told you before. I'm a fast healer." Vegeta said, turning around and then walking out of the bathroom after putting his shirt back on. "That's just going to get worse, y'know?" Bulma said when they got back into the kitchen. "So why are you guys here?" Goku asked Vegeta and Bulma. "We can't stay at Bulma's and we have nowhere else to go." Vegeta said. Chi-Chi walked over to the sofa in the lounge room and pulled it out to make a bed. "I'm sorry, but this is the only other bed that we have." Chi-Chi said. "I'm sure that you two will manage there. You are each other's mate after all." Goku joked. "Really funny." Bulma said. They talked for two hours. "Well, I'm going to sleep." Chi-Chi said. "Goodnight." "Goodnight." Everyone said in unison. "Well, I'm in too." Goku said, shortly after Chi-Chi. He walked into their room. "Goodnight, mates." He said with a laugh. "Well, now I'm stuck with you." Bulma said to Vegeta. She walked into the lounge room and crawled into bed. He turned off the light and followed her. "Hey, wait. I want to look at your back." Bulma said, crawling back out and turning on the light. He took his top off as lay on his stomach on the bed and she sat next to him. "It's still pretty bad." "I don't care." Vegeta said, sitting back up. He sat back up and crawled into bed. Bulma turned off the light and she got in on the other side of the bed. "Goodnight." She said before dozing off. "Goodnight." Vegeta said. He thought about Sharby and Bulma. 'What if Sharby does get to Bulma? Why did she say yes to me? Why did I save her?' Bulma started to toss and turn in her sleep. Vegeta looked at her and pulled her closer to him so she would calm down. He started to doze off to sleep. Minutes later, Bulma woke up and realised that her head was on Vegeta's chest. She looked at him and saw that he was sound asleep. She seemed comfortable with him. She silently fell asleep.
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The next chapter is about Sharby coming back to attack Bulma. R+R please. Yours Truly Gohan's Gal.
