Things of the Past
Chapter 7
Disclaimer: Whatever it is, I don't own it. ^^;
First off, all I can say is CHILL, people! Come on, I've made Frieza rape Bulma in one of my fics and you people are complaining about her being engaged to Zarbon? Yeesh! .; Also, about the age thing, Zarbon is twelve years older than Bulma in this fic, but Trunks is really thirteen years older than Pan, yet you guys have no problems with the age difference in T/P fics? Hmmm... just something to ponder.
Vegeta punched a hole clear through the metal wall. He pulled at his hair and slammed his back against the wall. He didn't understand where this anger was coming from. So what if Bulma and Zarbon were engaged? What did it matter to him? He didn't have time for such trivial matters as a woman, love, marriage, so forth and so on.
Why was he so mad then if he didn't care? Deep down, he knew that he was jealous. He, of course, would never admit that to an actual person, but there was no denying it in his heart. But why was he jealous? Even when he had known Bulma when they were children, they were merely friends and nothing more. The second time he saw her, he got jealous that she was in love with someone else? What was the irony?
His head darted up as he felt Bulma's ki come running down the hall. She turned the corner, clearly out of breath, and stopped before him.
"What is the matter with you, Vegeta?" she breathed out, resting her hands on her knees while she tried to catch her breath.
He smirked sarcastically. "Not a thing... slut."
Bulma gasped. "What?! Slut?!" The audicity! He dared to call her a slut? Bulma had never been with another man besides Zarbon and she was most certainly faithful to him for the past three years! How did that make her a slut?
"My God, Vegeta, you've changed. Zarbon and I... love each other..."
Vegeta snorted. "Love? No such thing exists."
Bulma shook her head sadly and reached out to touch his shoulder. He jerked away.
"Damnit, Vegeta, what's happened to you?" she asked in pure unhappiness, tears brimming in her eyes.
"Hmm," he began, "How to word this... I saw the light?" He laughed viciously to himself.
She sighed and turned away. "I cared about you more than anyone else. Things change, I guess," she threw over her shoulder as she walked away.
Vegeta's breath caught in his throat. She had hit home. He didn't even understand it himself. Things hadn't changed between him and the other members of their old 'group.' He only felt differently towards Bulma. He felt threatened by her. Not in the way of physical danger, but in another way he couldn't describe.
"Yes, things change," he whispered to her retreating back.
~*~
Juuhachigou was once again meditating. She sighed in annoyance as Krillin sat down next to her.
"Can't you just leave me alone, shorty?" she asked without opening her eyes. He raised an eyebrow at her and leaned his back against her shoulder.
"Come on, Juu. Remember when we were buddies?"
"Unfortunately."
He chuckled and tugged on her sleeve. She opened her eyes and glared at him. He had on his best set of puppydog eyes and was making a whimpering dog noise.
"Let's tour the palace. I haven't been here since I was really young," he pleaded with her. She continued to stare into his 'poor-abused-me' eyes and sighed. She finally agreed and he beamed. He jumped up and tugged her out the door like a little kid bringing his mother to a candy shop.
~*~
ChiChi was currently straddled across Juunanagou's back as he gave her a piggy-back ride around the courtyard. The other Aisujin nobility looked on in curiosity and amusement.
"Oh, my God, Juunanagou. What are you doing?"
Juunanagou whirled around, almost dropping ChiChi, as the sound of his sister's voice surprised him. "Oh, hey, Juu. You want a ride?" He smirked as she glared at him disdainfully. He slid ChiChi off of his back and sauntered up to his sister.
"Come on, sis. Have some fun!" All of a sudden, he swept her off her feet and swung her up on his shoulders. She shrieked in surprise and grabbed onto his head for dear life as he spun around in circles. ChiChi and Krillin laughed outright at their two friends.
"Get me down from here, shorty!" Juuhachigou screamed at Krillin, her eyes closed tight. Krillin laughed a few more times before helping her down off of Juunanagou's shoulders. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she sent a swift right hook across her brother's cheek.
"DAMN, Juu!" he cried out, rubbing his sore spot. He was shoved out of the way as Vegeta stomped past them muttering "Bantering fools." They each stared after the Saiyajin prince in wonder about what could have gotten him so riled up.
"Geez, what got into him?" Juunanagou asked and the others simply shrugged.
~*~
Bulma ran into the conference room breathlessly. Everyone present turned to look at her expectantly. She blushed embarrassedly.
"Sorry, father, the wedding planner was here," she explained while sitting down next to ChiChi. Her father gave her a disapproving look, but said nothing. Bulma glanced at Vegeta and was startled to see the lustful look in his eyes. Once he noticed her looking in his direction, he quickly replaced the look with a hateful one. Bulma looked away.
"Now, we shall begin," Frieza began. "Vegeta, have you thought things over?"
Everyone turned to King Vegeta. He seemed to be having a quiet argument with the Queen of Vegetasei.
"Yes," King Vegeta said, turning away from his mate. She was shaking her head to herself. "I'm officially removing Vegetasei from the Four Rule Order."
Everyone gasped at his declaration. Even Prince Vegeta seemed somewhat surprised.
"Mother, can't you do something?" he asked quietly. "He's being rash." Queen Mahia shook her head while glaring at her mate. He looked at her with a questioning look.
"What?! This is bullshit and you know it, Mahia!" the king exclaimed defensively.
"No, it isn't, Vegeta and watch your mouth!" she retorted. He "hmph'd" and turned away.
The entire conference room had erupted into arguments. Juuhachigou was busy blaming the whole fiasco on Krillin. King Ichigou and Queen Nigou were discussing what would happen to the rest of the planets. The only two people who were silent was Bulma and Vegeta. If the Four Rule Order was to fall apart, the FR planets would surely end up going to war with each other.
"SILENCE!" Frieza yelled, standing from his seat at the end of the long table. Slowly, the room began to quiet considerably. Frieza had a grave look on his face, but remained diplomatic. He eyed King Vegeta.
"Are you or are you not declaring war on the remaining Four Rule planets?" Frieza asked seriously. King Vegeta seemed to really ponder this. He wasn't a stupid man. Yes, the Saiyajin were the strongest race in the universe, but he doubted their ability to stand up to the strongest being in the universe, Frieza, along with Chikyuusei and the extreme technology of Adajinzounsei.
"No," the Saiyajin King replied. "Not yet, at least."
Frieza slanted his eyes at the obvious warning. He addressed everyone present, "We will meet again in one week's time at 10:00 AM." With that, he marched out of the room.
Oi, this has to be my most controversial fic with you guys! Yikes! Anywho, hope you enjoyed the chapter. If not, well, too bad for you. ^_~ For your reading pleasure, I've added a little snippet of the first chapter on my newest fic, Prince of Darkness. I'll be posting it after this fic is done probably which shouldn't be for at least five more chapters. (This fic won't be as long as The Bodyguard) I hope you enjoy the little sneak peek!
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'She really didn't see the problem. If only Bardock and the Ox King would see that their children loved each other, there wouldn't be a problem. That damn family feud that had been going on for the past twenty years needed to stop! All Bulma had done was give Kakkarot and ChiChi a little push.
But, she mused, the families of the children had viewed it as they were being forced together and that they didn't truly love each other. Bulma knew otherwise though. The two had fancied each other since they were children. And now at the ripe age of eighteen, they had needs and wants and they truly wanted to be together. Why couldn't their families see that?
If they did, then maybe she could stay on Chikyuusei.
~*~
Across the universe on a space-stop station, two men stood ten feet apart from each other. One was glaring the other one down, stretching his fingers at his side and working his ki up and down. He was young, only looking to be seventeen or so, but was overly cocky. He had been trying to work up a name for himself around the universe and when he had heard about the other man making a pitstop at the station, he couldn't resist the urge.
The other man, afterall, was a universal legend. He was called the Prince of Darkness for no one knew his real name. Also because he was supposedly the prince of a long lost planet. He was a hired assassin and was feared immensly. No one really knew that much about him though; he was extremely anti-social. All that was said about him was mostly rumors and it was questionable about which rumors were actually true.
Some people said that his real name was Vegeta, but nobody knew for sure. This 'Prince of Darkness' seemed far more calm than the younger man. He stood completely still, staring at the ground. He was in his early twenties and was merely stopping to refuel. He was on his way to some measly planet called Chikyuusei to repay a debt when this young fool had shown up, demanding a showdown of ki.'
Chapter 7
Disclaimer: Whatever it is, I don't own it. ^^;
First off, all I can say is CHILL, people! Come on, I've made Frieza rape Bulma in one of my fics and you people are complaining about her being engaged to Zarbon? Yeesh! .; Also, about the age thing, Zarbon is twelve years older than Bulma in this fic, but Trunks is really thirteen years older than Pan, yet you guys have no problems with the age difference in T/P fics? Hmmm... just something to ponder.
Vegeta punched a hole clear through the metal wall. He pulled at his hair and slammed his back against the wall. He didn't understand where this anger was coming from. So what if Bulma and Zarbon were engaged? What did it matter to him? He didn't have time for such trivial matters as a woman, love, marriage, so forth and so on.
Why was he so mad then if he didn't care? Deep down, he knew that he was jealous. He, of course, would never admit that to an actual person, but there was no denying it in his heart. But why was he jealous? Even when he had known Bulma when they were children, they were merely friends and nothing more. The second time he saw her, he got jealous that she was in love with someone else? What was the irony?
His head darted up as he felt Bulma's ki come running down the hall. She turned the corner, clearly out of breath, and stopped before him.
"What is the matter with you, Vegeta?" she breathed out, resting her hands on her knees while she tried to catch her breath.
He smirked sarcastically. "Not a thing... slut."
Bulma gasped. "What?! Slut?!" The audicity! He dared to call her a slut? Bulma had never been with another man besides Zarbon and she was most certainly faithful to him for the past three years! How did that make her a slut?
"My God, Vegeta, you've changed. Zarbon and I... love each other..."
Vegeta snorted. "Love? No such thing exists."
Bulma shook her head sadly and reached out to touch his shoulder. He jerked away.
"Damnit, Vegeta, what's happened to you?" she asked in pure unhappiness, tears brimming in her eyes.
"Hmm," he began, "How to word this... I saw the light?" He laughed viciously to himself.
She sighed and turned away. "I cared about you more than anyone else. Things change, I guess," she threw over her shoulder as she walked away.
Vegeta's breath caught in his throat. She had hit home. He didn't even understand it himself. Things hadn't changed between him and the other members of their old 'group.' He only felt differently towards Bulma. He felt threatened by her. Not in the way of physical danger, but in another way he couldn't describe.
"Yes, things change," he whispered to her retreating back.
~*~
Juuhachigou was once again meditating. She sighed in annoyance as Krillin sat down next to her.
"Can't you just leave me alone, shorty?" she asked without opening her eyes. He raised an eyebrow at her and leaned his back against her shoulder.
"Come on, Juu. Remember when we were buddies?"
"Unfortunately."
He chuckled and tugged on her sleeve. She opened her eyes and glared at him. He had on his best set of puppydog eyes and was making a whimpering dog noise.
"Let's tour the palace. I haven't been here since I was really young," he pleaded with her. She continued to stare into his 'poor-abused-me' eyes and sighed. She finally agreed and he beamed. He jumped up and tugged her out the door like a little kid bringing his mother to a candy shop.
~*~
ChiChi was currently straddled across Juunanagou's back as he gave her a piggy-back ride around the courtyard. The other Aisujin nobility looked on in curiosity and amusement.
"Oh, my God, Juunanagou. What are you doing?"
Juunanagou whirled around, almost dropping ChiChi, as the sound of his sister's voice surprised him. "Oh, hey, Juu. You want a ride?" He smirked as she glared at him disdainfully. He slid ChiChi off of his back and sauntered up to his sister.
"Come on, sis. Have some fun!" All of a sudden, he swept her off her feet and swung her up on his shoulders. She shrieked in surprise and grabbed onto his head for dear life as he spun around in circles. ChiChi and Krillin laughed outright at their two friends.
"Get me down from here, shorty!" Juuhachigou screamed at Krillin, her eyes closed tight. Krillin laughed a few more times before helping her down off of Juunanagou's shoulders. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she sent a swift right hook across her brother's cheek.
"DAMN, Juu!" he cried out, rubbing his sore spot. He was shoved out of the way as Vegeta stomped past them muttering "Bantering fools." They each stared after the Saiyajin prince in wonder about what could have gotten him so riled up.
"Geez, what got into him?" Juunanagou asked and the others simply shrugged.
~*~
Bulma ran into the conference room breathlessly. Everyone present turned to look at her expectantly. She blushed embarrassedly.
"Sorry, father, the wedding planner was here," she explained while sitting down next to ChiChi. Her father gave her a disapproving look, but said nothing. Bulma glanced at Vegeta and was startled to see the lustful look in his eyes. Once he noticed her looking in his direction, he quickly replaced the look with a hateful one. Bulma looked away.
"Now, we shall begin," Frieza began. "Vegeta, have you thought things over?"
Everyone turned to King Vegeta. He seemed to be having a quiet argument with the Queen of Vegetasei.
"Yes," King Vegeta said, turning away from his mate. She was shaking her head to herself. "I'm officially removing Vegetasei from the Four Rule Order."
Everyone gasped at his declaration. Even Prince Vegeta seemed somewhat surprised.
"Mother, can't you do something?" he asked quietly. "He's being rash." Queen Mahia shook her head while glaring at her mate. He looked at her with a questioning look.
"What?! This is bullshit and you know it, Mahia!" the king exclaimed defensively.
"No, it isn't, Vegeta and watch your mouth!" she retorted. He "hmph'd" and turned away.
The entire conference room had erupted into arguments. Juuhachigou was busy blaming the whole fiasco on Krillin. King Ichigou and Queen Nigou were discussing what would happen to the rest of the planets. The only two people who were silent was Bulma and Vegeta. If the Four Rule Order was to fall apart, the FR planets would surely end up going to war with each other.
"SILENCE!" Frieza yelled, standing from his seat at the end of the long table. Slowly, the room began to quiet considerably. Frieza had a grave look on his face, but remained diplomatic. He eyed King Vegeta.
"Are you or are you not declaring war on the remaining Four Rule planets?" Frieza asked seriously. King Vegeta seemed to really ponder this. He wasn't a stupid man. Yes, the Saiyajin were the strongest race in the universe, but he doubted their ability to stand up to the strongest being in the universe, Frieza, along with Chikyuusei and the extreme technology of Adajinzounsei.
"No," the Saiyajin King replied. "Not yet, at least."
Frieza slanted his eyes at the obvious warning. He addressed everyone present, "We will meet again in one week's time at 10:00 AM." With that, he marched out of the room.
Oi, this has to be my most controversial fic with you guys! Yikes! Anywho, hope you enjoyed the chapter. If not, well, too bad for you. ^_~ For your reading pleasure, I've added a little snippet of the first chapter on my newest fic, Prince of Darkness. I'll be posting it after this fic is done probably which shouldn't be for at least five more chapters. (This fic won't be as long as The Bodyguard) I hope you enjoy the little sneak peek!
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'She really didn't see the problem. If only Bardock and the Ox King would see that their children loved each other, there wouldn't be a problem. That damn family feud that had been going on for the past twenty years needed to stop! All Bulma had done was give Kakkarot and ChiChi a little push.
But, she mused, the families of the children had viewed it as they were being forced together and that they didn't truly love each other. Bulma knew otherwise though. The two had fancied each other since they were children. And now at the ripe age of eighteen, they had needs and wants and they truly wanted to be together. Why couldn't their families see that?
If they did, then maybe she could stay on Chikyuusei.
~*~
Across the universe on a space-stop station, two men stood ten feet apart from each other. One was glaring the other one down, stretching his fingers at his side and working his ki up and down. He was young, only looking to be seventeen or so, but was overly cocky. He had been trying to work up a name for himself around the universe and when he had heard about the other man making a pitstop at the station, he couldn't resist the urge.
The other man, afterall, was a universal legend. He was called the Prince of Darkness for no one knew his real name. Also because he was supposedly the prince of a long lost planet. He was a hired assassin and was feared immensly. No one really knew that much about him though; he was extremely anti-social. All that was said about him was mostly rumors and it was questionable about which rumors were actually true.
Some people said that his real name was Vegeta, but nobody knew for sure. This 'Prince of Darkness' seemed far more calm than the younger man. He stood completely still, staring at the ground. He was in his early twenties and was merely stopping to refuel. He was on his way to some measly planet called Chikyuusei to repay a debt when this young fool had shown up, demanding a showdown of ki.'