In the hands of faith
Chapter 2~~Invitations
Disclaimer: bla bla bla, I don't own crap
Katz: We're back for the second chapter, did u all like the first one? +turns towards audience only she can see+
Invisible audience cheers and Alex rolls his eyes, doubting his girlfriend's sanity.
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Bulma's bike landed and she jumped off now looking at the remains of what used to be an aircraft. She wondered if he was even still there but figure she would find out soon enough as she walked deeper into the forest. She stopped after about fifteen minutes when she reached a small river and decided to freshen up a bit.
Bulma brought her hands down into the water and pulled them up to wash her face with the water that came with them. It felt very refreshing and she drank a little before standing up again. As she stood there she noticed how beautiful the place was, there where some brightly coloured, wild flowers distributed across the little field she was standing on and there was a huge weeping willow right next to the water which provided a nice shade.
She looked over the water, listening to the birds singing they're song when she gasped in surprise as she saw a person standing behind her, reflected in the water. There was no mistaking that it was Vegeta, his trademark black hair was clearly reflected.
She quickly turned around, standing face to face with the proud Saijin prince.
"What are you doing here." He demanded with a gruff voice.
"I..I.." Bulma stuttered but straightened herself before she continued, not allowing herself to be scared of Vegeta.
"I'm here to ask you what happened." She spoke with a new, stronger will, her hands on her hips.
"That is n.." Vegeta started but was cut off as Bulma finished the sentence for him.
"None of my business, yada yada yada I know." Bulma finished and rolled her eyes. Vegeta growled dangerously, clenching his fists at his side but Bulma just ignored him and sat down in the shade of the weeping willow.
Vegeta's eyes widened as far as they could, he was actually shocked at her lack of fear for him.
Besides Freeza and his little goons no one in the right mind had ever talked to him like that before, let alone ignore him.
Bulma calmly sat down and watched at the prince with amusement glittering in her eyes at his surprise.
"And I also wanted to know why you saved me." Bulma said and crossed her legs, getting comfortable against the tree.
Vegeta cleared his mind and regained most of his composure before talking again.
"Don't start thinking you're special or something, I just reacted on instinct." He growled and leaned against a different tree to Bulma's right.
"Oh yeah right. You've destroyed I don't know how many lives and planets and you are telling me that you're instinct tells you to save the closest person to you in a dangerous situation, instead of killing them?" Bulma mocked.
"Shut up, you don't know anything about me." Vegeta growled and turned his head the other way. Bulma grinned at her obvious victory.
"Are you staying here?" Bulma asked after a few minutes of silence while looking around a little.
"Yes." Vegeta answered shortly, still looking away.
After a few minutes Bulma spotted the remains of a campfire and a small pile of bones when she got an idea.
"Hey, why don't you stay at my place? Until you find out what you are going to do next." She said enthusiastically, not knowing if she had actually gone crazy or if she should just trust her intuition. Vegeta looked at her strangely, she didn't seem scared at him at all. People always either abused him or where scared of him, they never acted like this.
"You'll have a decent bed, normal food, a shower and I could build you a training room." Bulma continued without losing any of the earlier spark.
"Everything a person needs." She finished her speech and looked at him hopefully.
Vegeta pondered it for a while and came to the conclusion that he really could use a shower.
"Fine." he grumbled and Bulma screeched in excitement which really hurt Vegeta's ears.
"Just don't do that." He said as he clutched his ears "Saijin's have sensitive hearing you know."
"Sorry." Bulma excused, slightly ashamed and confused as to why she was happy that a mass murderer would be staying at her house from now on, not top mention why she invited him to do so.
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The next hour Vegeta was shown almost every room of Capsule Corporation by an excited Bulma. Vegeta was sitting in what was going to be his room for the next period of time, he was glad to finally be alone for a moment, if it wasn't Bulma, her baka mother would be bothering him.
He thought about what he should do next, Freeza would certainly be pissed when he found out that he had actually escaped, he would certainly not just let it go. Vegeta sighed, no matter where he went, Freeza would be able to find him. The only thing he could do was train and become strong enough to defeat the overgrown lizard some day.
Maybe it was actually a good idea to stay here on Earth, it would take Freeza months, maybe even years to locate him because his space pod had blown up, they had no idea where he was now. And this would be the last place they'd look for him, after what happened here with Goku and everything. And when Freeza would find him, maybe Kakkarot could even lend a hand at killing the monster, if he himself wasn't a Super Saijin by then. This certainly lifted Vegeta's spirits and he could go to sleep, just a little bit at ease.
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Bulma was lying in her bed, unable to sleep. She kept thinking about Vegeta, on one hand she somehow wasn't afraid of him and she kind of felt sorry for him although she didn't know why. And then on the other hand she was confused as to why she asked him to stay here, she wasn't really at ease knowing that a murderer was sleeping just a few rooms away from hers. She told herself to relax and just get some sleep but it was no use.
Finally she got up and put on her robe and slippers. She decided to get some warm milk, maybe that would make her a little sleepy.
Walking down the hall she noticed that Vegeta's door was opened a little but his lights where out. Not knowing why, Bulma decided to take a peek. She popped her head through the crack in the door and could just make out Vegeta's sleeping form in the soft moonlight that lightened the room. She carefully opened the door further and walked into the room.
Vegeta was laying on his back his muscles relaxed and calm. Looking down, Bulma saw his tail lazily tapping the mattress as if he was having a dream. Bulma had to fight back the urge to reach out towards his tail, she wanted to know how it felt but she didn't want to wake him up. Looking at Vegeta's features, she was surprised at how strangely peaceful he looked. His usual scowl was no where in sight and his eyebrows where slightly higher than usual, his frown less than usual.
After a surprisingly long time of just watching Vegeta sleep, Bulma decided she was sleepy enough and didn't need milk so she made her way back to her room and slept through what was left of the night.
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The next morning Bulma woke up at around seven o'clock as usual and went downstairs after dressing and showering etc. In the kitchen she found her mother busily putting away the dishes she had just washed, left over from Vegeta's rampage for food.
"Hi mom" Bulma greeted warmly and sat down on a chair at the table with the morning paper.
"Oh hi, good morning honey."
"Uhm mom, what are you doing." Bulma said as she noticed her mother had washed the dishes although Bulma had done that just yesterday and she was sure that she hadn't forgotten any.
"I'm washing the dishes silly." She giggled and started making breakfast.
"But I just did them yesterday."
"How strange, I woke up and found them just lying there on the table." She said with a confused look and leaned closer towards her daughter and whispered, " You know what's strange too? There's a man in the yard."
Bulma sighted "You mean Vegeta?" She said and leaned back in the chair.
"If that is his name then yes, who is he?"
"It's a long story." Bulma said when her mom sat down next to her with two plates of food. "I've got time enough."
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A couple of days later Vegeta had gotten just a little accustomed to his new surroundings but it was all still very weird for him.
Everybody was always so cheery and nice, it irritated the hell out of him but at least he had normal food, when the woman's mother was cooking that is.
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Vegeta punched his invisible enemy a couple of times and landed on his feet after doing a backwards flip in the air. He warily stood on his feet, panting hard, he had been training for hours now but he couldn't stop. Vegeta started his series of punches and kicks again, not allowing himself the comfort of resting just a couple of seconds. Vegeta had been training for quite a while when he disappointedly stopped because of his stomach, it demanded food.
Vegeta walked into the house he immediately growled at Goku who was sitting next to Bulma in the living room.
"Kakarrot, what are you doing here?"
"Oh hi Vegeta, Bulma told me you were staying here. I just wanted to come and ask you if you wanted to spar."
Goku said cheery as ever, seemingly not noticing the vicious glare he was receiving from Vegeta.
"Uhm, Goku, are you sure you wanne do that?" Bulma asked softly, figuring Vegeta would take any chance he could get at killing Goku.
"Yes off course, why not?" he asked innocently.
"Aren't you scared he might try to kill you, I mean when the rest of the gang isn't there to help you." Bulma whispered even softer but Vegeta heard every word with his sensitive Saijin hearing and grumbled.
"No I don't think Vegeta would, he knows sparring is just for training, not killing." Goku said and Bulma was a little surprised that he had actually thought about something and had been able to draw a reasonable conclusion.
"So Vegeta, what about it?" Goku asked, returning his attention towards Saijin no Ouij.
"whatever." Vegeta simply stated and walked towards the kitchen to get something to eat first. Goku shrugged "I guess that's a yes then?"
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Katz: Taadaadaaaa, the second chapter all done. +looks at Alex who is busy writing stuff down+
Katz: Alex, what are you doing?
Alex: I'm declaring my apartment an independent nation.
Katz: Uhm, this might sound strange but, why?
Alex: I greatly dislike my upstairs neighbours +still scribling away+
Katz: And how will declaring your apartment an independent nation help?
Alex: I can sue them for violating my airspace.
Katz: ………….
(CORNY, I know.. Just don't stop R&R-ing because of this, plz?)
Chapter 2~~Invitations
Disclaimer: bla bla bla, I don't own crap
Katz: We're back for the second chapter, did u all like the first one? +turns towards audience only she can see+
Invisible audience cheers and Alex rolls his eyes, doubting his girlfriend's sanity.
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Bulma's bike landed and she jumped off now looking at the remains of what used to be an aircraft. She wondered if he was even still there but figure she would find out soon enough as she walked deeper into the forest. She stopped after about fifteen minutes when she reached a small river and decided to freshen up a bit.
Bulma brought her hands down into the water and pulled them up to wash her face with the water that came with them. It felt very refreshing and she drank a little before standing up again. As she stood there she noticed how beautiful the place was, there where some brightly coloured, wild flowers distributed across the little field she was standing on and there was a huge weeping willow right next to the water which provided a nice shade.
She looked over the water, listening to the birds singing they're song when she gasped in surprise as she saw a person standing behind her, reflected in the water. There was no mistaking that it was Vegeta, his trademark black hair was clearly reflected.
She quickly turned around, standing face to face with the proud Saijin prince.
"What are you doing here." He demanded with a gruff voice.
"I..I.." Bulma stuttered but straightened herself before she continued, not allowing herself to be scared of Vegeta.
"I'm here to ask you what happened." She spoke with a new, stronger will, her hands on her hips.
"That is n.." Vegeta started but was cut off as Bulma finished the sentence for him.
"None of my business, yada yada yada I know." Bulma finished and rolled her eyes. Vegeta growled dangerously, clenching his fists at his side but Bulma just ignored him and sat down in the shade of the weeping willow.
Vegeta's eyes widened as far as they could, he was actually shocked at her lack of fear for him.
Besides Freeza and his little goons no one in the right mind had ever talked to him like that before, let alone ignore him.
Bulma calmly sat down and watched at the prince with amusement glittering in her eyes at his surprise.
"And I also wanted to know why you saved me." Bulma said and crossed her legs, getting comfortable against the tree.
Vegeta cleared his mind and regained most of his composure before talking again.
"Don't start thinking you're special or something, I just reacted on instinct." He growled and leaned against a different tree to Bulma's right.
"Oh yeah right. You've destroyed I don't know how many lives and planets and you are telling me that you're instinct tells you to save the closest person to you in a dangerous situation, instead of killing them?" Bulma mocked.
"Shut up, you don't know anything about me." Vegeta growled and turned his head the other way. Bulma grinned at her obvious victory.
"Are you staying here?" Bulma asked after a few minutes of silence while looking around a little.
"Yes." Vegeta answered shortly, still looking away.
After a few minutes Bulma spotted the remains of a campfire and a small pile of bones when she got an idea.
"Hey, why don't you stay at my place? Until you find out what you are going to do next." She said enthusiastically, not knowing if she had actually gone crazy or if she should just trust her intuition. Vegeta looked at her strangely, she didn't seem scared at him at all. People always either abused him or where scared of him, they never acted like this.
"You'll have a decent bed, normal food, a shower and I could build you a training room." Bulma continued without losing any of the earlier spark.
"Everything a person needs." She finished her speech and looked at him hopefully.
Vegeta pondered it for a while and came to the conclusion that he really could use a shower.
"Fine." he grumbled and Bulma screeched in excitement which really hurt Vegeta's ears.
"Just don't do that." He said as he clutched his ears "Saijin's have sensitive hearing you know."
"Sorry." Bulma excused, slightly ashamed and confused as to why she was happy that a mass murderer would be staying at her house from now on, not top mention why she invited him to do so.
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The next hour Vegeta was shown almost every room of Capsule Corporation by an excited Bulma. Vegeta was sitting in what was going to be his room for the next period of time, he was glad to finally be alone for a moment, if it wasn't Bulma, her baka mother would be bothering him.
He thought about what he should do next, Freeza would certainly be pissed when he found out that he had actually escaped, he would certainly not just let it go. Vegeta sighed, no matter where he went, Freeza would be able to find him. The only thing he could do was train and become strong enough to defeat the overgrown lizard some day.
Maybe it was actually a good idea to stay here on Earth, it would take Freeza months, maybe even years to locate him because his space pod had blown up, they had no idea where he was now. And this would be the last place they'd look for him, after what happened here with Goku and everything. And when Freeza would find him, maybe Kakkarot could even lend a hand at killing the monster, if he himself wasn't a Super Saijin by then. This certainly lifted Vegeta's spirits and he could go to sleep, just a little bit at ease.
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Bulma was lying in her bed, unable to sleep. She kept thinking about Vegeta, on one hand she somehow wasn't afraid of him and she kind of felt sorry for him although she didn't know why. And then on the other hand she was confused as to why she asked him to stay here, she wasn't really at ease knowing that a murderer was sleeping just a few rooms away from hers. She told herself to relax and just get some sleep but it was no use.
Finally she got up and put on her robe and slippers. She decided to get some warm milk, maybe that would make her a little sleepy.
Walking down the hall she noticed that Vegeta's door was opened a little but his lights where out. Not knowing why, Bulma decided to take a peek. She popped her head through the crack in the door and could just make out Vegeta's sleeping form in the soft moonlight that lightened the room. She carefully opened the door further and walked into the room.
Vegeta was laying on his back his muscles relaxed and calm. Looking down, Bulma saw his tail lazily tapping the mattress as if he was having a dream. Bulma had to fight back the urge to reach out towards his tail, she wanted to know how it felt but she didn't want to wake him up. Looking at Vegeta's features, she was surprised at how strangely peaceful he looked. His usual scowl was no where in sight and his eyebrows where slightly higher than usual, his frown less than usual.
After a surprisingly long time of just watching Vegeta sleep, Bulma decided she was sleepy enough and didn't need milk so she made her way back to her room and slept through what was left of the night.
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The next morning Bulma woke up at around seven o'clock as usual and went downstairs after dressing and showering etc. In the kitchen she found her mother busily putting away the dishes she had just washed, left over from Vegeta's rampage for food.
"Hi mom" Bulma greeted warmly and sat down on a chair at the table with the morning paper.
"Oh hi, good morning honey."
"Uhm mom, what are you doing." Bulma said as she noticed her mother had washed the dishes although Bulma had done that just yesterday and she was sure that she hadn't forgotten any.
"I'm washing the dishes silly." She giggled and started making breakfast.
"But I just did them yesterday."
"How strange, I woke up and found them just lying there on the table." She said with a confused look and leaned closer towards her daughter and whispered, " You know what's strange too? There's a man in the yard."
Bulma sighted "You mean Vegeta?" She said and leaned back in the chair.
"If that is his name then yes, who is he?"
"It's a long story." Bulma said when her mom sat down next to her with two plates of food. "I've got time enough."
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A couple of days later Vegeta had gotten just a little accustomed to his new surroundings but it was all still very weird for him.
Everybody was always so cheery and nice, it irritated the hell out of him but at least he had normal food, when the woman's mother was cooking that is.
~°~?~°~
Vegeta punched his invisible enemy a couple of times and landed on his feet after doing a backwards flip in the air. He warily stood on his feet, panting hard, he had been training for hours now but he couldn't stop. Vegeta started his series of punches and kicks again, not allowing himself the comfort of resting just a couple of seconds. Vegeta had been training for quite a while when he disappointedly stopped because of his stomach, it demanded food.
Vegeta walked into the house he immediately growled at Goku who was sitting next to Bulma in the living room.
"Kakarrot, what are you doing here?"
"Oh hi Vegeta, Bulma told me you were staying here. I just wanted to come and ask you if you wanted to spar."
Goku said cheery as ever, seemingly not noticing the vicious glare he was receiving from Vegeta.
"Uhm, Goku, are you sure you wanne do that?" Bulma asked softly, figuring Vegeta would take any chance he could get at killing Goku.
"Yes off course, why not?" he asked innocently.
"Aren't you scared he might try to kill you, I mean when the rest of the gang isn't there to help you." Bulma whispered even softer but Vegeta heard every word with his sensitive Saijin hearing and grumbled.
"No I don't think Vegeta would, he knows sparring is just for training, not killing." Goku said and Bulma was a little surprised that he had actually thought about something and had been able to draw a reasonable conclusion.
"So Vegeta, what about it?" Goku asked, returning his attention towards Saijin no Ouij.
"whatever." Vegeta simply stated and walked towards the kitchen to get something to eat first. Goku shrugged "I guess that's a yes then?"
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Katz: Taadaadaaaa, the second chapter all done. +looks at Alex who is busy writing stuff down+
Katz: Alex, what are you doing?
Alex: I'm declaring my apartment an independent nation.
Katz: Uhm, this might sound strange but, why?
Alex: I greatly dislike my upstairs neighbours +still scribling away+
Katz: And how will declaring your apartment an independent nation help?
Alex: I can sue them for violating my airspace.
Katz: ………….
(CORNY, I know.. Just don't stop R&R-ing because of this, plz?)