Author's note: OK, this whole thing is messed up, I was saving this to a

disk for my friend, Kokoro to publish and I accidentally deleted it! So,

I'm really sorry for how late it is, and I know it's kinda short, but if

you don't like it- please review!



Chapter 2---Lost

Bulma whirled around and saw an empowering figure behind her;

Prince Vegeta of Vegetisi.

"Excuse, me?" she said.

"Listen when I talk woman. It took you long enough to wake up. I

thought that since you took out five of my father's guards, you'd wake

up sooner, but you obviously are much weaker than I perceived."

"So, it was you who killed my family." Bulma spat out. "You...."

She could feel her ki rising, but was unable to help it and even though

she'd love to blow this whole palace up, she refrained herself only with

the thought that it'd make her look like a coward not to be able to face

the man who slaughtered her parents with dignity, look like a weakling,

and then make him suffer.

"Don't even try wench," Vegeta said, feeling her ki rise, " you

know I'd beat you down into the ground in a second, and it wasn't me who

murdered your family, it was my father, I had nothing to do with it.

Only a threatened weakling like my father would stoop so low as to kill

the enemy while their back was turned."

As arrogant as he was, Bulma knew that the bastard was right.

"Now that you're awake, I'll take you to see my father and he

will decide your fate. You can hope for a swift death. I'll bet if you

grovel he'll even say he's sorry for what he's about to do," he said

with a laugh, "then I can finally get back to my training."

Bulma allowed herself to be lead down the hallways, unaware of

anything but her inability to make every person on the planet suffer as

much as she did. Why did the everything have to happen to her? I mean,

her parents ran far away from the cities, fearing King Vegeta's wrath,

so far that she was too isolated to make any friends. So, she did what

anyone else in her position would have done, she shut herself up in the

training gym that her father made for her, ignored her parents, trained

like hell, and ignored everything and any one else in the world. She had

been doing this since she was eight and realized what her parents did to

her.

To tell the complete truth, she didn't really feel a difference

now that her parents were gone- I mean, she'd shut them out of her life

for so long, that the only reason that she was mad at the king was that

they dared to attack her and her family, even though she and her mother

didn't even know what her idiot of a father did to anger the king so

much that they had to hide away for the past sixteen years.

It was just now, when her parents were dead and gone, when she

realized that she could have been and should have been closer to her

parents. Even though her parents made the mistake of becoming completely

isolated, they did everything in their power to please her; her father

even added a gravity room to her gym, and only the royals were allowed

to use them. Now that she thought about it, that gravity chamber was

probably the reason she was able to defeat those royal guards so easily.

For the first time, she looked over at the prince; she hadn't

quite taken in the determined look set upon his face, nor, by the way he

was completely preoccupied by  something beyond her. Now that she came

to think about it, what did the prince do all day long? Obviously,

judging by his bulging muscles and rock hard abs, he didn't just sit

around all day long. He did mention training, maybe that was what he did

all day, since he didn't have to deal with any of the affairs of state,

what else was there to do? Bulma couldn't deny that he was intriguing

and that she'd love to find out why, but there was that little problem

of dealing with the King without having him sentencing her to death or

exiling her, forcing her to live the same life as her parents had. No.

she'd rather die than be forced to live the life that her parents had.



"So, this is the wench who killed the others."  Bulma looked up and saw

that, right in front of her, stood two huge bronze doors. Standing

besides the doors were two guards, both who looked anything but sober.

"Well, even though she's puny, she could provide us with some fun

tonight." The guard laughed and pulled Bulma towards him, but before he

was able to kiss her she blasted him into the wall without breaking a

sweat. The only change in her expression was the smirk that had replaced

the emotionless line that was her mouth when she saw Vegeta's face as he

realized that the guard was unconscious before he hit the wall. Maybe

she isn't as weak as I thought... he thought to himself.



Bulma sent a piercing glare at the other guard, who immediately turned

and opened that door for them to walk through. Bulma held her breath;

she was about to meet the man whom she loathed more than any other in

the world, one who would decide her fate and, if she was to be put to

death, the fate of several others who were in the room. She had to

squint, because, as the doors opened the hallway was filed with bright

light. The reason for this was because there were huge, open windows

spaced about three feet apart that scaled the wall, and all of their

angles were made so that the light blinded the king's "guest."

*********

Vegeta, used to this particular lighting affect, pulled her on; towards

the King. After pulling her for about 25 feet, she finally snapped out

of it and began setting a fact pace towards the King; she wanted to get

this thing over with --- now.

*********

The King of Vegetisi sat regally on his throne, gazing at the young,

blue-haired girl who was in a daze because of his clever lighting

affect. She seemed too young to have been able to kill off some of his

best guards- it seemed almost impossible; he'd sent elites. He pondered

this though for the remaining minute while his son dragged the girl

onward until she became used to the lighting. When his son's face came

into view, he chuckled; the look on his face told him how much he

loathed his father for making him stop his training.

********

When Bulma got within three feet of the throne, the King had started to

greet her in a friendly way, but she cut him off.

"Let's just get to the point here, OK? We don't need all of these

cordial greetings in order for you to tell me how I'll spend the rest of

my life."

This statement had caught the King off guard, and he thought to himself,

Well, it's obvious that she can do more that simply use her strength to

fight.

"Fine then, my dear, we'll, 'get to the point,' as you called it. Here's

the situation: Your father stole some top-secret information and used it

for himself, then gathered your mother and their things, and fled to the

countryside."

"Mr. High and Mighty, I'd like to point out that al my father stole was

a simple gravity chamber. If it was as valuable as you claim, then why

didn't you give it better security. You just were scared. Scared of one

of your common citizens becoming stronger than you. And another thing,

why did you wait for sixteen years before searching the whole planet,

which you undoubtedly did, for this 'valuable and top-secret' training

room?"

The King didn't mention that the gravity room wasn't the only reason

that her family was killed. He also didn't mention that his favorite

whore was her mother and that he felt some regret in her death, but he

did say that little girls should not question authority and that she'd

better shut up before he killed her herself.

In response to that comment, she muttered something under her breath

that sounded like, "Oh, and I'd like to see you try you bastard," to

Vegeta. Vegeta stood to the side, wondering why his father hadn't indeed

killed her, not himself, he was too weak and afraid to do that, but to

send some e guards to do it. Something was strange about the way his

father, who was as unfeeling as to kill his mother upon his birth, but

was actually considering what to do with this girl's life.

"Girl, do you deny killing several of my elite guards?" The King

asked, hoping that there was some reason he could obtain to let her

live.

"Not a chance. Those 'elite guards' as you called them, were as weak as

babies. The only reason that you captured me and that I didn't kill all

of them was that one of them found a stun gun and stunned me." Bulma

answered defiantly.

The king sat in his chair for five minutes before an idea came to him.

He called his best guard, his second-in-command, over to him and then

addressed Bulma,

"Bulma, this is my strongest guard, my second-in-command," he paused for

the mutual forced acknowledgment, "if you're as strong as you say that

you are, then, when your attacked by him, you'll be able to kill him

before he kills you."

This statement surpassed everyone in the room, but there was no time for

awe, because immediately after the King finished the sentence, the guard

flew straight at Bulma.

The only thought she had before laughing herself into the air was, why

did they have to give me a dress?

The guard missed Bulma by a foot, and then, to his amazement, she

disappeared from sight. As he looked around, he felt her jam her knee

into his stomach and then, she reappeared above him and shot her elbow

into his neck. he flew to the other side of the room and cowered like a

rabbit. Bulma raised her ki and within one second, his body was shot

through the wall.

The King quickly changed his amazed expression and motioned to another

guard.

"Go out there, and if the late second-in-command isn't already dead,

kill him, my right hand."

Then, he turned and addressed Bulma, who, at the moment, was fixing her

hair.

"That was rather impressive. It seemed as if you didn't even break a

sweat."

"That's because I didn't, why would you have been on the floor after

having faced that weakling?" Bulma retorted innocently.

"Shut up bitch! Listen, I've decided your fate; since you're sooo

strong, you'll spend the next year training with my son and his guards

for the Centurion Competition. Now, get out of my sight!" he bellowed.

With that, Bulma turned and walked out the doors, with Vegeta following

close behind.

"Vegeta, did I tell you to leave?" His father asked.

Vegeta reluctantly turned and strode towards his father, cursing him

under his breath for telling this girl she could train with him and for

making him miss a whole hour's worth of training.

"Yes, father. What do you want?"

"I feel as if I need to remind you that last month you turned eighteen,

and, as you know, when a future King turns eighteen he must become

cleansed by staying 'clean' for a year and so that after that year, when

he has to pick a mate, he won't have any attachment to someone other

than who his father chooses for him. I don't want to have to remand you

that if I see you so much as look at a female the wrong way, I'll kill

her and then exile you from the planet."

Vegeta cursed all ancient traditions as he walked out the door -

especially the ones that said that he couldn't fuck someone for a year.

It was obvious that this one was going to be a living hell.



Author's Note: Hey, listen, I'm really sorry for how long I took to

update. My computer was broke. Anywat, if you haven't caught on

allready- everyone in here is Sayian. Sorry if people get a little OOC.

PLEASE REVIEW! How am I supposed to know if you like this or not? The

next chapter won't take as long, I promise- I'm thinkin in about a week.

Again, please review, (I can't stress that enough.)