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Author's Note: Hey people sorry this is so late but I didn't like the chapter I wrote so I decided to rewrite it and it took alot longer then I expected.....But I'll try to make it long so it will have been worth your wait.

Bulma's Thoughts and Dreams

Vegeta's Thoughts and Dreams

"Speaking"

Anyone else's thoughts.

Love Or Pride?

As Vegeta kissed Bulma's cheek she broke down. Not only sobbing in the sadness that she felt for what had been happening to her, but for relief and the promise of a better future also. Vegeta held her shaking body close to him and tried to console her. After a very little time her body stopped shaking and her breath evened out. She had fallen asleep. Vegeta set her down then wrapped his powerful arms around her. For the first time in weeks Bulma slept without bad dreams to torture her.

****DREAM****

Bulma woke up and looked around her. The bed sheets were different and the room was very different. It was bigger and it had a few more pieces of furniture. One of the pieces in particular caught her interest. It was a small bassinet. 'Aw how sweet.' She thought as she began to walk to the cradle.

A small cry began to come out of the bassinet and Bulma peered inside the basket. A small boy stopped crying then reached out for her. Bulma couldn't resist and bent to pick him up. The boy began to smile and laugh in the way that only babies can and Bulma smiled.......

****End of Dream****

Bulma opened her eyes and took in the smell of the morning. She felt very refreshed and looked to her side. Nothing. Her heart fell as she made an awful connection......It must have all just been a dream. Bulma fought back the tears that threatened to appear and devour her. "That's it....I'm going to go out and have fun today and if Yamcha comes home.....Then....." She stopped. She didn't have any idea what she could do to stop him. But she had decided to go out anyway. She went to her bathroom and took a bath carefully washing her wounds and her hair. She got out and picked out a long-sleeved summer shirt and put it on. It covered her arms very well. There were no bruises on her legs so she pulled out her shorts and put them on. She walked back to her bathroom and looked at her face. The big bruise on her cheek was an ugly greenish-yellow. She reached into her drawer and grabbed the foundation she had bought when all the Yamcha shit had started. She covered her bruise and carefully made sure that the make-up blended with the rest of her face. She left her hair down to cover the cuts and teeth marks on her neck. She walked back to her room and called ChiChi.

"Moshi Moshi?" Gohan's little voice rang on the other side of the line.

"Hey Gohan! Is you mom home?" Bulma asked brightening at hearing the smallest Son's voice.

"Yes she is, hang on Bulma......MOM!!!!" Bulma could hear his voice carry through the house. "Here she's coming." Gohan said setting the phone on the counter.

"Moshi Moshi?" ChiChi said alittle out of breath.

"Hey Chi! It's Bulma, Want to go see that new movie.....I think the name is 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'?"(Okay I love this movie it rocks!!!) Bulma named the first movie that came to her mind.

"Sure! What time does it start?" ChiChi said getting excited.

"In um...." Bulma looked at her clock on the night stand. "About an hour and a half." Bulma said.

"Okay, pick me up in an hour." ChiChi said then hung up. Bulma smiled she couldn't remember the last time she had just gone out to have fun with her best friend. Bulma thought back to when she first met ChiChi. It was so funny that they could have such a large age gap but still be better friends then anyone could imagine. Bulma had met ChiChi husband, Goku, on a one of the many famous searches for the Dragon Balls and Goku had met ChiChi at a World Martial Arts Tournament. Since then ChiChi and Goku had lived in 'Happily Ever After', well for the most part anyway, when Goku wasn't out saving the world and Gohan was studying like he was suppose too. Bulma smiled, 'I wonder if she knows how much I envy her. She has that sweet and sometimes a little not all there Goku and I get stuck with Yamcha....The number one bastard.' Bulma's smile soured and she reached over and picked up a book.

While Bulma was reading Vegeta was poring over books in the lab. He was looking for his old scooter. It had the blueprints for making a reviving tank and Bulma seemed to need one. He found his scooter on the bottom of a box full of other stuff that had come from him, Raddiz, and the other invaders to earth. He picked it up carefully because it looked as if it was about to fall apart. He set it down on a scanning table and began to type on the computer beside it. The computer began to bring up information he hadn't seen in years and in the language that he thought was dead to him. It was his language, the Sayain language. The memories consumed him for a few minutes as he thought about his father, his mother, his little sister, Raddiz, and Nappa. He shook his head and the memories went away. 'I lost them but I wont lose her....' Vegeta bent over the computer carefully reading every file and every document. There were thousands. '::Sigh:: This could take a while' Vegeta thought as he continued to look and click.

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Bulma got into her car and headed to the Son house. She got there five minutes early and ChiChi was waiting on the front porch.

"Come on." Bulma called. ChiChi jumped a little surprised but then smiled and ran to the car and opened the door.

"So what's this movie about?" ChiChi asked Bulma.

"Well a girl has problems with some guys and bets her friends that she can get a guy to fall in and then out of love with her in 10 days, but the guy she chooses to do this too has made the same bet with his friends." Bulma explained.

"Oh wow! Cool!" The rest of the trip to the movie theater was silent, so Bulma turned on the radio.

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Yamcha got up out of bed and looked at the girl still sleeping there. He smirked, 'I should have done this along time ago.' With he put his clothes on and began heading to Bulma's house.

When he arrived he found that Bulma wasn't there. He frowned. 'I told her she wasn't to go anywhere without telling me first! She's gonna get a big surprise when she gets home!' Yamcha went back to Bulma's room and sat on her bed to wait. 'Her parents wont be getting home for a few more months....If she lives, her bruises should heal by then.' Yamcha smiled his evil smile and began to think as he waited.

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Bulma laughed and ChiChi giggled as they walked out of the theater. "That was the best movie that I have seen in a very long time!" Bulma said when she got her breath.

"Yes it was." ChiChi smiled as she got into Bulma's car. Bulma dropped off ChiChi at the Son house then headed to her own home. She pulled out of ChiChi's driveway and turned up her music. Linkin Park began to play and Bulma let herself be taken away by the music. When she pulled into her driveway she didn't notice the other car and she walked into her house. Yamcha snapped back to reality when he heard the front door open and she folded his arms. Bulma pushed her bedroom door open and saw him. She began to scream and Yamcha grabbed her arm and slapped her face to shut her up.

Bulma's scream brought Vegeta out of his little bubble down in that lab and he looked up at the ceiling. At first he didn't recognize what he was hearing, then it clicked. 'The onna.....' He thought as he raced to Bulma's room. Vegeta opened the door and was furious at what he saw. The next thing that could be seen was Yamcha flying through the window and taking broken glass with him. Vegeta flew out of the broken window and followed Yamcha falling body. Yamcha had been training so he was a wee bit cocky.

"Well well well. Vegeta came back. But you shouldn't have interfered with Bulma and me." He began the throw a punch but Vegeta stopped him quite easily.

"I can do as I please. I am the Prince of all Sayains. And you are about to become nonexistent." Vegeta turned into a Super Sayain and Yamcha became frightened. 'Oh no....' Was the last thing Yamcha thought as he high-tailed it as far from Vegeta as humanly possible. If fighting wasn't what he could do best, running away sure was. Vegeta powered down. 'Baka.....' Vegeta flew up to Bulma's room.

"Onna?" Vegeta reached down and touched Bulma's cheek. No response. "ONNA!" Bulma twitched a little but not much. Vegeta carefully picked her up and carried her to the lab. He carefully placed her in the tank he had just made. He took a deep breath and thought to himself 'I hope this works.' He turned on the machine and watched as it filled with a thick blue-green liquid. He sat back in a chair and watched her.

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Bulma opened her eyes and looked around she could feel a gooey liquid draining around her and she felt an unpleasant feeling. Like she had been submerged in jello. Then the dryers came on and she began to feel dry and refreshed. She put her fingers on the glass separating her from her lab. The door clicked as it unlocked and she opened it. She turned around and looked back at the tank. 'Wow, I wonder who made that.' She looked around the lab and saw a chair out of place. She walked over to it and turned it around. She jumped back when she saw Vegeta and everything fell into place. 'I guess I didn't dream him coming back, but what happened.' She thought back and the memory seemed to attack her it was so painful. She looked down at her arms and didn't see any bruises or cuts. She poked her skin and realized where her bruises were didn't hurt anymore. 'He saved me......' Bulma leaned forward and kiss Vegeta waking him up.

"Thank you Vegeta-chan. Thank you." She said. She smiled and gave Vegeta a big hug then looked into his eyes. He could read what she wanted and was very willing to comply. He picked her up and carried her to her room........

Okay end of Chapter and I don't write Lemons so you can imagine for yourselves what happens next.......But I do need some reviews......Should I stop this story hear and make a sequel, Stop it and quit, or continue? If I don't get enough reviews then this story will end here so Please Read and Review!

~KIMI~