Chapter Nine-Watch Each Other's Backs
Bulma found herself eating breakfest with a fork the next morning and grinned to herself. She didn't know why Vegeta why had bought the forks when he had rightfully won the bet because she had said that she was his friend. She still wasn't sure why she had said. It had just popped out of her mouth, but on second thought she knew that she liked the idea of the two of them being friends, though she knew that Vegeta would never even think that thought once.
Vegeta walked into the room, looking at her eating and didn't say a word.
"Thank you for the forks, Vegeta." Bulma said grinning.
He grunted, which she supposed was his way to say 'You're welcome.'
He sat down and began to eat.
"But if I hear one more damn noise from them, you will be eating without silverware permanently." he said.
Bulma grinned, but nodded.
'I think he's getting used to me.'
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Minsa bit back her lip as she came into the cell the next night. Gohan had been beaten severly. He was barely concious.
'Damn Riroku. What game is he playing?'
She knelt by Gohan and gently began to tend to his wounds.
'I swear Riroku, you will pay for this. You aren't doing this to hurt them. You're doing this to hurt me.'
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Bulma was alone that day, because Vegeta had gone back to training. She decided, since there was nothing to do that she could go for a walk. She had never been anywhere without either Vegeta or Minsa with her, so it was a new experience for Bulma to be out on her own.
She noticed that there didn't seem to be many people in the halls, just a few guards in doorways every now and then. She decided that out on the grounds would be nicer, and hurried out one of the huge doors.
Bulma wondered how such violent people could have such wonderful gardens. She was truly amazed by the place she had stumbled upon. It was a huge garden, with large overgrown plants and a big water fountain in the middle.
She gazed at it for a moment before hurrying down to it. Bulma stopped when she reached, panting slightly from the long run. Suddenly an unexcepted memory hit her from long ago.
She remembered how her dad told her an old stories of how when you throw a penny into a fountain and make a wish it will come true.
Bulma smiled as she thought of how her dad would tell stories of how to make wishes.
But after that, she remembered he had built a mini fountain in their own garden at home and gave her a hadnful of pennies and told her to go make some wishes.
Bulma realized that her eyes were starting to tear, from being so lost in the memory. She looked down at the water's surface, and brushed her hand gently across it.
She wished she could be home again.
'There isn't a reason for me to stay here.' she thought, however a face suddenly rose in her mind, and she blushed gently.
'Vegeta doesn't care if I live or die. This has to be some high school girl crush. I could never really fall in love with a cruel killer like him... Could I?'
Bulma was once again lost in her thoughts and didn't notice the three guards coming down from a different path.
They paused when the saw her, a frail blue haired beauty, absentmindly trailing her hand across the water, deep blue eyes lost in concentration. Sunlight playing with the strands of hair that fell across her face. Or so that's what they thought.
The three guards hurried alone the path, and when the first one got there, he grabbed her other hand, making Bulma whirl around surprised.
"What do you want?" she asked sternly.
"Only you baby." the guard said, pulling her closer.
Bulma slapped him smartly acorss the face, and his two friends hooted with laughter.
"Oh so you like to play hard to get?" the guard asked, grinning as if it were all a joke.
He pulled her even closer until they were eye to eye.
'His eyes are nothing like Vegeta's. Vegeta's are dark and intense, and beautiful. What the hell am I thinking?! I'm about to be raped and I'm thinking about Vegeta's eyes?!'
The guy suddenly grabbed her mouth and pressed against his own, and thrust his tongue into mouth. She gagged, and tried to break away, but was unable to. She started to punch and kick him, but he grabbed her arms and pinned them to her side, and made the kiss even intenser.
However he was suddenly flying across the garden and was in the water fountain. Bulma spat and rubbed her mouth to see Vegeta standing there, looking fuming mad.
"Janqce, how dare you even think about kissing my slave?!" Vegeta barked at the man in the fountain.
Janqce got up, soaking wet and bowed.
"I-I'm s-sorry P-P-Prince Vegeta, I didn't know she was your slave." Janqce stammered out.
Then Janqce got up and fled to the spot where his friends had fled moments earlier when they saw Vegeta coming.
Vegeta then turned to Bulma, who was still furiously rubbing her lips. She stopped when she saw Vegeta looking.
"Are you ok onna?" Vegeta asked.
Bulma nodded, and Vegeta started to turn away.
"Wait! Vegeta!"
Vegeta tensed for a moment, but then turned around a looked at her still standing in front of the fountain.
"What?"
"Thank you."
Vegeta was surprised for a moment.
'This onna really is something else.'
He nodded, and then left.
Bulma frowned for a moment after he was out of site.
'What was he doing here saving me? He was supposed to be training.'
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After reviving Gohan, Minsa marched the boys straight into the room.
Krillin and Yamcha had nearly perfected the parlysis technique, and she figured if they worked hard enough she could teach them another technique by the middle of tonight or the begining of tomorrow night.
She wanted to make sure that each of them learned three techniques at least, for when Riroku's beatings got tougher.
Minsa figured that Gohan would perfect his technique by tomorrow or the day after that.
And for Goku, well she didn't let him know that he would probably have the technique perfect in an hour.
She was truly amazed at how well they were learning after hearing tales of how easily their planet had been defeated.
Minsa hesitated for a moment, but then shut her mouth. It was better not to tell them that their planet still existed, after Frieza's idiot men had made a mistake in planets.
Minsa's thoughts darkened as she thought of Frieza. She knew that King Vegeta might have an alliance with him, but Minsa still didn't trust him. But of course the main reason was because Riroku thought that Frieza must be one of the greatest creatures to walk this universe. Minsa generally found that people Riroku trusted weren't very trustworthy.
"Minsa?"
Gohan's voice broke Minsa out of her thoughts.
"We're ready."
"I know you are..." Minsa said softly and began to work with them again.
Three hours later
Minsa stood in front of Yamcha and Krillin.
"Your next attack is a very helpful one when you're stuck in a bad situation, but it's kind of difficult to master, because you're almost doing two things at once. The next thing I'm going to teach is how to make an invisibilty sheild for yourself. You see you use your ki to construct a sheild around yourself so you can't be seen."
"But what if your opponent can read ki? Then you're screwed." Yamcha said in a flat tone.
"That's the difficult part, making the sheild, but still keeping your ki down." Minsa said with a smirk.
Krillin's and Yamcha's mouths fell open.
"You're joking right?" Krillin asked. "That's nearly impossible."
Minsa crossed her arms, and then she suddenly flickered out of what they could see. However suddenly someone poked both Krillin and Yamcha in the back of the head.
"Learn anything boys? Nothing is impossible. Nothing."
Krillin and Yamcha nodded, as Minsa started to get more into depth on how to construct the sheild.
Minsa suddenly glanced back to Goku, and was slightly worried at what she saw.
Goku was mediating heavily to get into the mood for his next challenge.
'Maybe I shouldn't have thrown something so difficult right now.' Minsa thought biting her lip.
She wanted something more for Goku right now, she didn't just want to teach him three techniques, she wanted to teach him a new level of power, but she didn't even know if the level of power existed.
'I shouldn't have told him the legend. Now he'll never give up.' Minsa thought with pride and worry.
Somehow she knew that the level did exist though. She felt it while she had trained with Goku, and even sometimes while she trained with Vegeta. A poweful level.
The level of Super Saiyan.
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Bulma looked up as Vegeta came in from training for dinner.
"Thank for what you did today." she said softly as she put his dinner in front of him.
"Of course, no baka has the right to touch you. You belong to me."
Bulma suddenly felt angry.
"Well, what if I find a 'baka' that I like one day? What are you going to do then Mister High and Mighty?" she snapped back.
"Why? Have you found some idiot to love?" Vegeta replied angrily.
"Maybe I have." Bulma answered.
"Who would be stupid enought to love you?" Vegeta responded.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Bulma asked, fuming.
"Well, you have such a kami damn big mouth."Vegeta retorted.
Bulma sulked for a moment, but then responded.
"So do you."
"No I don't you."
"Yes you do."
"No I don't, you do."
"So? We both have big mouths then." Bulma said.
Vegeta sat silent for a moment, but then Bulma said something quietly.
"No matter why you saved me today, thank you."
"You're welcome."
Author's Note: Ah... Vegeta and Bulma, i think they're starting to like each other, maybe in the next few chapters? keep dreaming... or maybe not... or maybe yes... or maybe it will be a surprise! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! To all the people who reviewed. They win a bag of popcorn! Do you want a bag of popcorn? Go review. Or join my mailing list at vegetaztwin@hotmail.com.