Hiya, You guys really like my twist. Coolness…and I promise not to keep Vegeta away too long. Now on with the story.


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Ch15



A red dust ball appeared in the distance. Vegeta couldn't help but notice how much the topography of the plant resembled the Planet Vegeta. The mountains and deserts with their reddish hues, and strikingly blue lakes and rivers. He could actually make out where civilization had bloomed on the surface by the metallic gleam that came off of the cities. Rouge was beautiful. But it would never replace the blue and green orb he suddenly wished he were landing on instead.



Bulma watched the doctor distort his face as he read over the test results.
"Is it bad," Dr Briefs asked apparently noticing the doctor's facial expressions too.
"It depends," The doctor answered, "On whether being pregnant is good or bad."
Bulma's eyes bulged , "I'm going to have a baby?!"
"Yes, Miss Briefs. You are going to have a baby," the doctor smiled, "It explains your flu like symptoms, strange dreams, and mood swings. I would like to do an ultra sound and pelvic examination just to see how things are going."
"Of course," Bulma answered with a big grin on her face.
"Won't Yamcha be thrilled," Dr Briefs exclaimed.
"Uhmm…Dad. About Yamcha…," Bulma started.
"Don't worry dear, He's going to be a father. You two better get married soon," Dr. Briefs explained happily, " I better go tell your mother."
::this just isn't my day:: Bulma turned to look at the Doctor again.
"There is something else we discovered from your blood tests," The doctor stated, "You have an unidentified enzyme in your blood stream. It isn't causing any harm, rather it seems to work like an advanced white blood cell. It's making your immune system virtually indestructible and I believe it would speed up your healing processes too. I've never seen anything like it. We managed to track its point of entry to the sore on your neck. I was wondering if you could maybe elaborate on how you got that sore."
Bulma smiled at what the doctor had said. ::Vegeta's still taking care of me:: She rubbed the sore spot between her neck and shoulder. Vegeta had bit her during the throws of their passion. She had been meaning to ask him about it, but he disappeared before she could.
"Miss Briefs?" the doctor asked.
"What…oh…I got bit during the throws of passion…if you know what I mean," Bulma blushed.
The Doctor just looked at her skeptically.



The ship landed softly, before he unbuckled himself from the seat. The communications beeped on.
"Vegeta, hope the landing wasn't too rough," Crouton joked. Their old space pods they used under Freeza used to basically slam into a planets surface during landing. It wasn't always a joyride. Now with these new ships landing was a breeze and it seriously made Vegeta rethink the saying, "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing,"
Vegeta smirked, "So are you going to show me around or do I have to start blasting."
Crouton laughed out loud, "So you do have a sense of humor. I always though Radditz was the jokester."
"He was before he died," Vegeta answered.
"Sorry, I forgot," Crouton answered.
They joined each other on the landing pad as some other aliens came running out. They were quite a splattering a species, probably the leftovers of the planets Freeza destroyed. A woman squealed, Crouton smiled and she ran into his arms. Vegeta looked the woman up and down. Long dark hair, violet skin and big blue eyes under thick lashes.
"Vegeta, this is Bari my wife," Crouton smiled.
"It's a pleasure," Vegeta answered and bowed. She giggled a little.
"It's nice to meet you Vegeta," Bari answered in a smooth alto voice.
"come, I want to show you my house," Crouton smiled and started dragging Vegeta up the tallest hill to the lone house on top. He had never seen Crouton this happy. He didn't think anyone could be that happy after living under Freeza.
"Relax a little, would ya," Crouton joked, "You're not going to get beaten for smiling you know."
When they got up to the door Bari opened it and smiled, "Don't mind the mess. I didn't know we were going to have guests."
It was a small house with two bedrooms and two baths, a kitchen, a living room, and a porch. It was strangely comfortable despite its lack of size.
"We're building a bigger one further north, but for now this is home," Crouton now had his arms wrapped around Bari, "We're going to need more room soon."
"I like it," Vegeta answered as he looked around, "It really is a home."
"Yeah, you forget what it's like to have a home and people that care about you," Crouton smiled, "And then it all comes back. This isn't my birth planet, but it will be my children's and their children's. It's a new start to a bad twist of fate."
"I guess that depends on your prospective," Vegeta answered, "If I had never been taken by Freeza and my planet never been destroyed I wouldn't be who I am today. I never would have gone to earth. My fate had a reason for Freeza after all."
Crouton smirked, "What's so important about earth? Is that where you're going to settle?"
Vegeta seemed very distracted by the view of the hillside at that moment.
"Don't want to say, that's all right. I'll get it out of you eventually," Crouton laughed, "Why don't you stay here with us for a while."
"Thank you, but I can stay in my ship. It's no burden," Vegeta answered.
"At least eat with us," Bari pleaded.
"I will take that invitation," Vegeta smiled softly and walked out the front door. He couldn't get his mind off of Bulma. She was the only thing he could think about. He missed her, but he would have her back. He promised himself that. But not until he was a super Sayain. It was time to train.



Bulma sat on her bed Indian style and dived brain first into a baby magazine. She never heard Yamcha come in, but she did feel it when he sat behind her on the bed.
"Your dad's convinced I'm the father," Yamcha said, "He pushing me to propose…"
"I tried to tell him you weren't the father, but he was so excited that he wasn't listening. Don't worry I'll tell him. I all ready told my mom. She ranted on and on about knowing that Vegeta and I would fall in love," Bulma answered. Yamcha swallowed.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable," Bulma whispered.
"It's not that. I just can't picture Vegeta being in love, that's all," Yamcha answered.
"Well, He's playful, full of himself, has the oddest sense of humor, and easy to make jealous. But it's more then that. He's almost vulnerable. It's a side of himself he refuses to show because he sees it as weak. And I guess if you're living on a ship in space where everyone hates you, you can't be vulnerable," Bulma stated, "He's not cold hearted like everyone thinks. He just doesn't know how to express his emotions. Vegeta will never prance around like a twitter-pated rabbit. He'll always look like a cold rock, but his eyes will always tell the true story. "
"I can't believe how well you know him, you only met him a year ago," Yamcha stated.
"He wanted me to know him. He wanted a friend and he was tired of being alone," Bulma answered.


Vegeta let his head hit the pillow in the dormitory of the ship. He put his hands behind his head and closed his eyes. Vegeta could see every curve of her body, her full plush lips, blue that flowed down her like a waterfall and those endless blue eyes. He couldn't believe how much he missed her. It was to the point of pain. He was never this attached to anyone before. He loved her and he knew she loved him. He rolled over on to his front and buried his face in his pillow. He should be training but his focus was shot. It didn't help that he hadn't slept in over 24 hours. He was exhausted in more ways then one.
Everything drifted away. He was surprised to be conscious of himself falling asleep. He watched as the ship changed into a fighting arena in the middle of a lake. An old crone sat on a crystal ball on the far end of the arena while a chibi Kakarot stood in the middle. He was in a fighting stance. Vegeta looked over at chibi Kakarot's opponent. It was an elderly human wearing a bunny mask. They started to fight. It was an amazing battle for such a young boy to fight in, but it was still a weak fight. Vegeta winced as the old man got a hold of Kakarot's tail. He didn't even want to think about what kakarot was feeling. That had to be pure agony. Vegeta went to yell out that that was cheap move to find the voice that left his throat was not his own. He took this opportunity to look down at himself and realized he was female. Even stranger then that he was in his woman's body. Suddenly the scene changed. He was standing behind chrome dome and petrified. He looked up to the sky to see what was causing this body's guttural fear. He saw himself and Zarbon fighting. Well, more like Zarbon getting his ass handed to him. But why was Bulma afraid. He watched as his other self flew down and landed in front of Krillin and started threatening him. Bulma's body grew angry, and then a strange feeling came over her. Vegeta was perplexed, Bulma's body that he was in was lusting for the Vegeta that was ranting at Krillin. ::did she really want me that long ago. I didn't think she'd ever seen me before. I know I hadn't seen her until that day. ::
He woke up with a start. Something loud had banged against the side of his ship. He got up and glanced out a window. Some purple man with green spots was blasting his ship. Luckily the man was a total weakling and was barely leaving any scratches. Vegeta stormed outside angry that he had been woken up from such a fascinating dream.
"What the Hell do you think you're doing?" Vegeta whispered angrily.
"You are responsible for my brother Kiwi's death. I will have vengeance," the other man yelled.
Vegeta almost fell over laughing, " Number one- your brother attacked me, number two- you don't stand a chance, and number three- I was just having a very good dream. Those are the three reasons I'd be running if I were you," Vegeta stated and powered up a tiny bit. It was enough to scare the interloper off.



I know another short chapter. Sorry. I'll make next chapter a lot longer I promise. Next time on All by Myself…Bulma confronts her father…Vegeta takes on a band of angry aliens…and swollen ankles?