If I Could Turn Back Time
IV.
The next morning, Bulma awoke to the early morning sun shining through her window and happy birds chirping on a tree branch. She sat up lazily, cursing the sun and the birds for waking her up so early. But once she looked over and saw that the clock said eleven thirty a.m., she knew it wasn't as early as she thought it was.
She turned her head away from the clock, which was right in front of the window, and closed her eyes tightly. Not quite used to the light yet, she felt like she went blind for a few moments before she blinked her eye sight back.
Once she focused her vision of the white tile ceiling above her, the memories from the previous night played through her mind. She remembered talking to Goku, then kissing him. Running her hand up his shirt…walking to the hotel.
On their way back, Goku was as talkative as always, but Bulma hung back a bit. She laughed along with him, answered his questions, and gave some comments…but she wasn't her usual self. Maybe it was just because she felt a little awkward from what she just did with Goku, she wasn't sure.
Bulma tried to push all those thoughts out of her mind for the moment. She flipped the flowered bed sheets off of her and put her feet on the thick, dark blue carpet. She staggered her way towards the bathroom, turning the shower on to the knob labeled H, striped down from her nightgown, and stepped into the already steaming shower.
She sighed contentedly as she ran the washcloth up and down her arms. Again, she thought further into the previous night.
They got to the hotel within ten minutes and rode the elevator up to the second floor, Goku still talking away. She didn't remember much of what he had to say she was caught up in her own thoughts even at that time.
But she did remember him walking her to her room, whispering goodnight and giving her a goodnight kiss. Goku made sure to make it long and deep, leaving her something to not forget as she dreamt that night. Bulma longed to hold him there, but she didn't want to risk the chance of getting caught by Yamcha, since his room was right next to hers.
She slowly pushed him away from her, only to get kissed quickly on the nose, which made her giggle. She playfully pushed him across the hall where him room was and once he opened his door a crack, he smiled back at her one more time and said his last, "See ya tomorrow, Bulma!"
Bulma waved and opened her door too before she lowly said, "Goodnight," seductively.
After that said, she went into her room and shut her door, only to push against it, slowly lowering herself to the floor. She put her head in her hands and shook it.
"What am I doing…I never wanted to talk to Goku like that! I never even imagined that Goku would ever talk to me like he did!" she muffled into her hands.
With that thought in mind, though, she wasn't able to fall asleep until the night was three quarters of the way over.
From all her thoughts ending, she realized the hot water was slowly ending and the water was then slightly warm.
Bulma reluctantly shut the water off and stepped out of the shower and into the clothes she would be wearing, which happened to be short jean shorts and a blue tank top.
She shoved on her white tennis shoes which she never untied and headed towards the door, ready to get some breakfast…or lunch in her case.
As soon as she closed her door and made sure it was locked, she saw Yamcha come out of his room. Their eyes met before she rolled her eyes and walked in the other direction, towards the elevator.
"Bulma, wait!" Yamcha called after her, but she didn't turn around.
She heard his feet padding softly on the carpet as he ran down the hall to catch up with her.
"Bulma, what's your problem?" he asked as soon as he was right beside her, but still having to keep up a fast pace to stay with her.
She stopped abruptly and turned towards him with a scowl, "What's my problem?! What's your problem?! Why is it that you go gah-gah over every single girl you see?! Even if you have to fight her!"
"I-I…I" Yamcha stuttered, "I don't go gah-gah over every single girl!" he defended himself.
"Oh, excuuuuse me! Every pretty girl you see! There, is that better!" Bulma really was not in the mood to fight since she just got up, but she couldn't control her anger towards him.
Yamcha shook his head, "Look, I'm sorry if my fight yesterday upset you…I can't really change that. But where did you go afterwards? I was looking all over for her."
Bulma ignored that question for the time being as she once again began walking to the elevator, then pressing the down button, "None of your business! And besides…I don't know why you had so much trouble finding me! Goku found me no problem!"
"Goku found you?" Yamcha asked, not believing it.
"Did I stutter?" she asked, stepping up to the elevator when she heard a ding.
"But…Goku told me he'd tell me if he found you."
Bulma stepped into the moving room as the doors opened, "Oh, did he now?"
Yamcha was paying no attention to where Bulma was at the moment, as he tried to think of a reason why Goku wouldn't tell him he found Bulma. But as soon as he heard the loud thudding of the elevator doors closing, he jumped in just as the doors closed behind them.
Bulma groaned, wishing the doors shut faster.
"So…where are you going to eat?" Yamcha asked, trying desperately to change the subject and get Bulma's mind off of being mad.
"I don't know," Bulma answered, not looking at him, "Where's Goku?"
"I think he said he was going to that Japanese restaurant across the street. He found out that since he was a contestant in the tournament and he won, he could eat anywhere in this city for free," Yamcha explained.
Bulma smiled for the first time that morning, "Good, then that's where I'm going."
Yamcha eyes widened, "B-but Bulma! Don't you want to go somewhere fancy? It's on me."
She shook her head, "Now why would I do that? I'm not exactly dressed for a fancy restaurant and if I go to the place where Goku is and since I know him, the waiters should give me food for free, too."
Yamcha looked defeated as he slumped against one corner of the elevator, hearing another ding as the room made a jolt as it stopped, "Guess you're right…I'll come to then!"
Bulma moaned loudly, letting him know how much she despised that idea. Yamcha tried not to notice, but he couldn't help the look of hurt cross over his face.
Within the limit of ten seconds, Bulma stepped out of the elevator, out of the hotel, and crossed the street to the place Goku was at, hardly watching out for cars.
"Bulma!!" Yamcha yelled at her, seeing a car heading straight towards her. He closed his eyes as he heard tires squeal and cars honking everywhere.
He took a few deep breaths and when he opened his eyes, he saw Bulma walk in the doors to the restaurant nonchalantly.
Yamcha groaned as he fell backwards, hitting the cement, having the life scared out of him from the stunt Bulma just pulled.
Inside the restaurant, Bulma didn't see Goku, but once she saw waiters flying back and forth and a pile of bowls and dishes piled high all over a table, she knew Goku was behind it…literally.
She walked over and sat beside Goku, watching him eat for a few minutes, not wanting to interrupt him. She knew how much concentration he needed on this…
Bulma cleared her throat then, "Hi, Goku!"
Goku stopped stuffing his mouth long enough to look over at her and she could tell her was smiling even though his face was half hidden behind the bowl he was practically inhaling.
"Mhi, Mbulimaa!" he tried to pronounce out the best he could before he began eating furiously again.
She smiled, "Say, you don't mind if I get something to eat too, do you?" she asked sweetly.
Goku took a break on eating the last bowl he was working on and let out a deep breath. He smiled back over at her, "No, its no problem. Order anything you like!" with that said, he went back to his eating.
Bulma ordered some of the food that sounded good and as she waited for her order, she watched Goku eat.
'Man…I wish I can eat that much and not gain anything,' she said to herself, knowing all his weight was from his muscles.
Thinking about that, she couldn't help but look over his well-developed body. He always had muscles, ever since she knew him…but they seemed to fit him better now that he was grown.
His orange gi was just perfect for him to show off his body, even though she knew that wasn't what he intended to wear it for.
She looked over his arms that were slightly moving from his fast pace of shoving food in his mouth to his face with his same wacky hair and his handsome features…which happened to be covered with crumbs at the moment.
Bulma giggled lightly at this and saw that her food came and began eating too, just not as fast.
"So, Goku…what did you want to do today?" she asked between bites.
Goku shrugged as he put down another empty bowl, finally finished, "I dunno, what do you wanna do?"
Bulma sighed, knowing this could go back and forth if she asked the same question again, "Hmm…well, since we can't really go that far today, how 'bout we just take a day off and relax? You deserve it from your excellent performance yesterday," Bulma complimented him.
He smiled happily at her, "Thanks Bulma and yeah, that sounds like a good idea."
She smiled back, continuing to eat her food.
"Oh and Bulma? One more thing…" he began leaning in towards her.
Bulma stopped eating, feeling her face turn red, knowing he was going to kiss her. She turned towards him and found that her face was as close to his as it can get with touching.
"W-what?" she asked quietly.
Goku stared at her for awhile then pointed down to her food, "Are you gonna finish that?"
Bulma fell over in stupidity, but managed to keep her bowl under control. She quickly brought herself back up, holding the bowl away from him, "Mine!"
He snapped his fingers and sat straight up again, "Darn."
After she got done eating, they left the restaurant, not even bothering to notice the still passed out Yamcha across the street.
As they walked down the street, Goku kept looking in store windows, amazed at everything he saw inside. Bulma smiled a little at this, knowing Goku would always be that little kid she knew him as.
"So, where did you want to go to relax, Bulma?" Goku asked, smashing his face up against the most recent store they passed.
Bulma thought in her mind what all places she knew of, "Hmm…I really don't know. I never stayed here long enough to know of any good places. Do you?"
Goku was silent for a minute, but then he turned to Bulma, his face bright, "Yeah! I know the perfect place!
With that, he took her hand in his and began running towards his destination.
"AH! Goku, slow down! I can't keep up with you!" Bulma yelled, seeing her feet practically lift off the ground, "Goku!!"
He stopped suddenly, much to Bulma's relief. But just as she was catching her breath, she felt her feet leave the ground and was in Goku's arms.
"Goku, what—," but she didn't get to finish as Goku sped off again, this time she didn't have to worry about keeping up.
Before she knew it, they were away from the civilization of the city and deep into the woods. He slowed down and once he came to a stop, put her down on her feet.
"We can walk now," he stated.
Bulma brushed sweat off her forehead, happy to be touching the ground again, "Great…but where are we?"
Goku smirked mysteriously at her, "You'll see."
She raised an eyebrow at him, wondering what he was up to. She soon found out as she heard the soft splashes of water.
Bulma began getting excited, dying from the curiosity of where they were. She looked up at him expectantly, but all he did was smile down at her.
She was happy at last when she saw the hill they were going up ended , along with the woods…leaving them in a paradise…at least that's what it was to her.
Bulma gasped when she saw the view. It was a huge meadow, filled with bright green grass and a few flowers popping up anywhere they wished. About one hundred feet away from where they stood, a slow river, which could actually be called a huge pond, lay sparkling under the high afternoon sun. Her eyes followed the river a few ways up, to see a medium height waterfall, splashing down into the water, making a soft rumble as it did.
She was speechless, to say the least. She was unaware of anything else that would have gone on around her, she was so caught up in the scenery.
But she did feel Goku walk up beside her and saw him looking at everything too from the corner of her eyes.
"You like it?" he asked, turning towards her.
"Oh, Goku…" was all she managed to get out at the time, "How…how did you find this place?"
He smiled, "The last time I competed here, I decided to go on a dragon ball hunt to find my grandpa's dragon ball. I was flying Nimbus at the time, but I went over this place and remembered that it wasn't very far away from where we were."
Bulma shook her head, still not believing that she was standing in front of the most beautiful place, "Goku…this is gorgeous! I never even imagined that a place like this would be around here!"
Goku laughed at her still astonished look before walking towards the river, knowing she would follow him.
And sure enough, she did, taking everything in more as she did. She took note of some of the animals she saw…rabbits hopping around together, squirrels climbing up and down the trees. Everything was just so amazing to her.
Goku stopped when he was about five feet away from the water and lay down on the silky grass. Bulma followed suit, but still sitting up, looking at the crystal clear water.
He smiled when he saw this, "I'm glad you like it."
Bulma looked back at him, still wide eyed, "Goku, I don't just like it…I love it! I just…" she let out an amazed sigh, "I just can't get over how beautiful this place looks."
"Guess it fits you," Goku complimented.
"Huh?" Bulma asked, lying down beside him and looking up at the bright, baby blue sky.
Goku laughed lightly, "Nothing."
But Bulma caught onto that quick and blushed. They were both silent after that, enjoying the sound of the water.
After too long of that, Goku got bored…but got an idea. He smirked and stood up, taking his shirt off.
Bulma was taken aback by his sudden movements and sat up, "What are you doing?"
"Going for a swim," he said casually, now untying his gi and slipping out of his pants.
Bulma now blushed deeper than she ever had before. Sure, she'd seen him naked when he was a kid, when she had to bathe him or when he just decided to go for a swim, but since he'd grown up…it's different.
She turned away, "Well, if you're going for a swim, it's legal to keep your clothes on, you know."
By now, Goku was totally naked and Bulma knew it, "Well, is it illegal to go for a swim with no clothes on?" he asked.
Bulma blushed even deeper now, if that was possible, "N-no, but…"
"Well, then!" was all Goku said before running to the water.
She looked just in time to see him do a cannonball in the water, splashing water everywhere. She screamed and stood up, seeing Goku's head pop back out of the water, him spitting out the water that entered his mouth.
"Goku, you got me wet!" Bulma said, looking down at herself. But in reality, Goku got her no more wet than if she had been in a light sprinkle for a few minutes.
He laughed and did a backstroke, "Come on in, Bulma! The water's nice!"
Bulma put her hands on her hips, "I'm sure it is, but I didn't bring a bathing suit and I really don't feel like skinny dipping!"
"Why? It's fun!" Goku laughed again.
She shook with embarrassment and blushed deeper once again at what she was about to say, "Fine! But I'm not…getting undressed all the way!"
Goku shrugged as Bulma began pulling her blue tank top over her head. He really didn't think too much of it as she exposed her bra, since he saw her like that before. He began swimming around again as Bulma unbuttoned her shorts and put them on top of her shirt. She walked towards the water, dipping her toes in to feel the temperature of the water.
To her surprise, the water was quite warm, but not too hot for the nice day. She smiled and sat down on the side, ready to slide in.
But, oblivious to her, Goku swam towards her under water, and he didn't feel like waiting for her to slide in. He grabbed her around her one ankle that she let slip in and pulled her under with one thrust.
Bulma screamed as she felt her whole body go under the water. She quickly came up, gasping for air, and she saw Goku in front of her, laughing.
"Goku! I could have drowned!" she screamed at him, standing on her tiptoes to keep her head above water.
He shook his head and did a turn, "I doubt it, Bulma. I would have saved ya!"
Bulma rolled her eyes and began doing the doggy paddle in circles, "Oh yes. Super Goku to the rescue!"
"Dun da da dun dun da DAA! Super Goku!" Goku exclaimed like he was a huge super hero and dived under water.
She laughed as she turned to where he went under water, throwing her arms down to keep from going under since where she was, the water got deeper.
Bulma floated there for a few minutes, expecting him to come up. But when he didn't, she looked around her, "Goku?"
As soon as she said his name, she felt her legs spread apart and go into a sitting position. She looked down to see she was going up from the water, and soon realized Goku had her on his shoulders, her legs on either side if his neck.
She screamed in delight, holding his hands that held her legs for support. He looked up at her and laughed to see that she was enjoying this and walked around the water, or at least the parts where he could touch the floor.
Bulma giggled from atop him, loving the feeling of the soft wind blowing through her wet form, leaving her refreshingly cool.
But before she knew it, Goku was leaning backwards and fell onto his back, leaving her to unhook her legs from around him and swim free.
When she lifted her heavy head out of the water and smoothed back her hair with her hands, she looked at Goku who was directly in front of her, looking at her in amazement. Bulma grinned and pushed herself away from him a few inches, then brought her hands back up and splashed water in his face.
"Hey!" Goku yelled playfully, hearing her giggle. He wiped the water from his eyes and splashed water back at her.
She held her hands in front of her for defense, squealing with delight. When she looked back at him, ready to splash him once again, she saw he was swimming towards the waterfall.
Bulma grinned and began swimming after him, noticing he was swimming slow for her, "Oh, running away now, are we? I see how it is!" she yelled up to him, but he only grinned back and kept swimming.
She stopped looking up at him and focused on catching up to him, flipping her head side to side, trying to keep her hair out of her face.
Once she swam as fast as she could for a few minutes, she looked back up to see where Goku was and saw his wavy outline from behind the waterfall, waving at her.
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