Chapter 17 Common Bond
Blaze: Hi everyone. As always I loved everyone's reviews. I owe you a big THANK YOU! ^_^ Well, I won't waist time with talking and I will get onto the next chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball z. I do own my characters.
The two women make their way downstairs, to a sitting area, on the lower level of the house. Sapphire helps Bulma over to the couch, as she slowly slips into a slight state of shock. The reality of the events starts to sink in.
"Bulma, do you want me to get you something to drink?" Sapphire asks, trying to relax her.
She glances up at Sapphire then smiles a little. " No, I'll be ok. Everything just now hit me, that's all."
Sapphire goes over to Bulma and sits down beside her. An awkward silence falls between them as Bulma continues to try and relax. She notices how uncomfortable Sapphire looks.
" How are you doing?" Bulma asks.
Sapphire quickly looks over toward her. " I'm ok, I guess." She answers as she nervously brings her hands together and places them in her lap.
" Hey, relax. I'm not upset at you, nobody is. This is just an uncomfortable situation. It can easily be resolved." Bulma says trying to comfort her. " Besides I have gotten the chance to get to know you these past, well hours I guess you could say, and I like you."
Sapphire smiles. " Thanks, you're sweet. Its just Vegeta makes me so mad. I'm saying he does not have a reason to be upset, but he handles everything with an attitude. The crazy thing is that is what originally attracted me to him. His whole bad boy persona."
Bulma sighs " Yes, I know what you mean. That can be attractive sometimes. It just makes you feel like if you're his woman than nobody will ever bother you. Well, besides him. He will always be there to beat the shit out of them." Both women start to laugh.
Bulma leans back on the couch and crosses her legs. " You know, your son seems very nice."
Sapphire smiles again " Thank you. Your children are amazing, and Trunks is quite the looker."
" Thanks, he looks nothing like his father."
Sapphire smirks. " And that's a bad thing how?" Sapphire exclaims jokingly.
Bulma starts to laugh.
" I'm sorry I need to stop. I just thought I would lighten the mood, but I need to stop. I don't feel like getting blasted today, by Vegeta." She says in between giggles. She then leans back on the couch.
"Can I ask you something?" She asks as she looks over at Bulma.
" Sure, what's on your mind?"
" How did you and Vegeta actually find out you were interested in each other. Since Vegeta is the last one to share his feelings with anyone."
Bulma takes in a deep breath. " Well, how can I make this short. After Namek was blown up, the residence of the planet had no where to go. So I invited them to stay with me. I also had invited Vegeta to stay. I was not attracted to him at the time, but I felt sorry for him. He did not have anyone; surprisingly he had accepted my offer. He stayed only a little bit, but then he left stealing one of my father's ships to find Goku. While he was gone, I started to feel something for him. I kept it hidden hoping it would go away, but it didn't. I fell in love with him. I did not tell him until one night when I got into a fight with Yamcha..
Yamcha? Sapphire quickly interrupts at the sound of his name.
Bulma looks a little surprised by Sapphire's reaction." You didn't know. I thought Goku told you. Yamcha is my ex-boyfriend. We dated along time. The night we got into a huge fight and finally broke up, was the night I found myself being comforted by Vegeta. Then one thing led to another and well you know." Bulma blushes a little.
" Wow, I had no idea you and Yamcha went out. That's a bit of a shocker." She says with some surprise in her voice. She places a stray strand of her brown hair behind her ear.
" I didn't think you would be so interested in finding out about me and Yamcha." Bulma exclaims with some suspicion.
Sapphire looks at Bulma nervously. " Oh, it's just that him and Vegeta are so different from each other. I would not have placed you and him together."
" Ok" Bulma says slowly.
" We better go check on the kids." Sapphire says in an attempt to change the subject.
Bulma agrees. Sapphire lets out a sigh of relief on the Yamcha subject. She did not want to reveal that she was attracted to him just yet. She did not feel it was the right time.
Both women stand and start to motion up the staircase once again. They are surprised, but a little confused, to find Bra and Trunks on one side of the room and Gage on the other. They both quickly go over to Goku for answers.
" Goku did something happen between them? Is everything alright?" Bulma questions
Goku grins "Nothing happened. They are fine. They have not spoken to each other though since you left."
" I guess they just wanted to avoid any further conflicts." Bulma says
" I'm going to go and talk to Gage." Sapphire exclaims as she walks over to her son.
Just as Sapphire walks away, Trunks and Bra walk up to their mother. " Mother are you alright?" Trunks asks a little concerned.
" I'm fine sweetie. How are you and your sister doing?"
"We're ok." Bra answers. "We did not want to talk to Gage until you came back."
Bulma looks at her kids. " Why?"
Well, with all the fighting that has happened, we did not know what would happen. So we figured to avoid it, we would stay away until you came up. Besides we were going to wait until he cooled off after his and dad's confrontation."
Bulma lets out a little sigh and smiles a little." Well, I'm here now, do you guys want to go and meet him?"
Trunks and Bra look at each other and shrug. " I guess so." Trunks answers as he lets out a sigh.
" Trunks, what's wrong?" Bulma asks as she places her hand on her son's cheek.
" It just feels a little weird that's all." Trunks lets out a frustrated sigh. " I'm not dad's only son anymore. I grew up believing one thing and now it's not true." Trunks looks his mother. His soft baby blue eyes showing his disappointment.
" Trunks, your father loves you with all of his heart. That will never change, no matter what. I know it is really hard on you, but your father will never treat you differently based on who was born first, or last, or anything like that. You are his son and you are very special to him." Bulma tries to reassure her son. " Hey and if you look at the positive side, you have an older brother now. You two can hang out and train together. I'm sure if you get to know him you will love having him around. He will be very happy to know he has great younger siblings like you two." Bulma smiles at her children. Trunks gives her a little half smile.
+ Sapphire and Gage +
Gage why are you being so quiet? That's not like you."
Gage takes in a deep breath. " What am I going to say to them. Hi, my names Gage. I'm your older half brother who's mom your dad was engaged to, but then we thought he was dead, but twenty four years later we decided to see if we were right." Gage lets out a sigh of frustration. " I'm sorry mom. I did not mean to take this out on you. I guess I am still frustrated about dad."
Sapphire takes her son's hand into hers. " We will worry about your father later. Right now we are going to focus on your siblings. You always said you wanted a brother or a sister, now you have both." Sapphire smiles a little.
" Mom, I was a kid when I said that."
" No, you said that just last week." She answers.
Gage gets a smirk on his face. " You're exaggerating."
" No, I'm not. When you found out that we were coming to search for your dad you were like. Man I wonder if he has other kids, I hope he does. I've always wanted a brother or sister."
Gage laughs a little. " Ok, I get your point."
" And the positive side I they are not little. They are only a few years younger. You and Trunks can go and cruise for girls, or you can spar. Then you and your sister, well uh, you can beat up her boyfriends that treat her bad."
"Mom be serious." He says laughing at her last comment.
" Hey just think, you can now say you have a big family. You have your dad, brother and sister, an uncle and aunt, and cousins."
" Yes, but will they except me, or even admit to knowing me." Gage looks in his mom's eyes. Before Sapphire can answer her concerned son, Goku interrupts.
"You don't have to worry about that, Gage. Hi, I'm Goku. I'm your uncle." Goku pauses, then smiles. "Wow, you're my first nephew, well actually you are my only nephew. Hey, that's great though."
Gage and Sapphire look at Goku then laugh a little. "Hey, thanks. It's nice to meet you Uncle." Gage says with a smirk.
" Hey just call me Goku, everyone else does." Goku pauses again "Hey, I just thought of something else too, Vegeta's son is my nephew. That is really weird."
Gage and Goku chuckle, Sapphire takes in a deep breath then lets it out slowly. Gage looks over at his mother with some concern. " What's wrong mom?"
Sapphire leans back into her chair. " I think I am getting to old for all of this surprise and controversy. I'm worn out just from today."
Goku looks at Sapphire then sits down. " Your not going to leave are you?"
Gage and Sapphire look at each other. Gage shakes his head no in an attempt to have them stay, then She looks back at Goku. " No, I guess we will stay."
Bulma walks over to where they are sitting. " Your not thinking of leaving are you?" Bulma says with a playful smirk.
" Well, I was thinking about it a little bit, but Gage still wants to stay."
" And I still want you to stay." Goku interrupts.
" And so do I." Bulma exclaims. " Looks like you were out voted Sapphire. Besides, I have not gotten to meet that handsome son of yours."
Sapphire smirks. " I was not aware we were taking a vote, Oh well. Bulma this is my son Gage." She places her hand on Gage's hand again. " And Gage, this is Bulma. She is your Father's wife."
To be polite, Gage stands up to greet Bulma. " Hello, ma'am."
Bulma smiles. " Just call me Bulma."
Gage smirks. " It's a pleasure to meet you." He states softly as he glances over her shoulder to see Trunks and Bra standing a few feet behind. They are staring straight his way.
Bulma notices him looking their way, and moves aside over by Goku, so Gage can approach his siblings. Trunks takes a couple of steps forward, placing him and Gage only a steps length from each other.
Gage slowly extends his right hand to his younger brother. " I'm Gage, it's nice to meet you."
To Be Continued.
Blaze: Well that is the end of chapter 17. As always, I hope you enjoyed. Thanks for reading and please Review. ^-^ Until next time, Good bye. Me, ^-^
Blaze: Hi everyone. As always I loved everyone's reviews. I owe you a big THANK YOU! ^_^ Well, I won't waist time with talking and I will get onto the next chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball z. I do own my characters.
The two women make their way downstairs, to a sitting area, on the lower level of the house. Sapphire helps Bulma over to the couch, as she slowly slips into a slight state of shock. The reality of the events starts to sink in.
"Bulma, do you want me to get you something to drink?" Sapphire asks, trying to relax her.
She glances up at Sapphire then smiles a little. " No, I'll be ok. Everything just now hit me, that's all."
Sapphire goes over to Bulma and sits down beside her. An awkward silence falls between them as Bulma continues to try and relax. She notices how uncomfortable Sapphire looks.
" How are you doing?" Bulma asks.
Sapphire quickly looks over toward her. " I'm ok, I guess." She answers as she nervously brings her hands together and places them in her lap.
" Hey, relax. I'm not upset at you, nobody is. This is just an uncomfortable situation. It can easily be resolved." Bulma says trying to comfort her. " Besides I have gotten the chance to get to know you these past, well hours I guess you could say, and I like you."
Sapphire smiles. " Thanks, you're sweet. Its just Vegeta makes me so mad. I'm saying he does not have a reason to be upset, but he handles everything with an attitude. The crazy thing is that is what originally attracted me to him. His whole bad boy persona."
Bulma sighs " Yes, I know what you mean. That can be attractive sometimes. It just makes you feel like if you're his woman than nobody will ever bother you. Well, besides him. He will always be there to beat the shit out of them." Both women start to laugh.
Bulma leans back on the couch and crosses her legs. " You know, your son seems very nice."
Sapphire smiles again " Thank you. Your children are amazing, and Trunks is quite the looker."
" Thanks, he looks nothing like his father."
Sapphire smirks. " And that's a bad thing how?" Sapphire exclaims jokingly.
Bulma starts to laugh.
" I'm sorry I need to stop. I just thought I would lighten the mood, but I need to stop. I don't feel like getting blasted today, by Vegeta." She says in between giggles. She then leans back on the couch.
"Can I ask you something?" She asks as she looks over at Bulma.
" Sure, what's on your mind?"
" How did you and Vegeta actually find out you were interested in each other. Since Vegeta is the last one to share his feelings with anyone."
Bulma takes in a deep breath. " Well, how can I make this short. After Namek was blown up, the residence of the planet had no where to go. So I invited them to stay with me. I also had invited Vegeta to stay. I was not attracted to him at the time, but I felt sorry for him. He did not have anyone; surprisingly he had accepted my offer. He stayed only a little bit, but then he left stealing one of my father's ships to find Goku. While he was gone, I started to feel something for him. I kept it hidden hoping it would go away, but it didn't. I fell in love with him. I did not tell him until one night when I got into a fight with Yamcha..
Yamcha? Sapphire quickly interrupts at the sound of his name.
Bulma looks a little surprised by Sapphire's reaction." You didn't know. I thought Goku told you. Yamcha is my ex-boyfriend. We dated along time. The night we got into a huge fight and finally broke up, was the night I found myself being comforted by Vegeta. Then one thing led to another and well you know." Bulma blushes a little.
" Wow, I had no idea you and Yamcha went out. That's a bit of a shocker." She says with some surprise in her voice. She places a stray strand of her brown hair behind her ear.
" I didn't think you would be so interested in finding out about me and Yamcha." Bulma exclaims with some suspicion.
Sapphire looks at Bulma nervously. " Oh, it's just that him and Vegeta are so different from each other. I would not have placed you and him together."
" Ok" Bulma says slowly.
" We better go check on the kids." Sapphire says in an attempt to change the subject.
Bulma agrees. Sapphire lets out a sigh of relief on the Yamcha subject. She did not want to reveal that she was attracted to him just yet. She did not feel it was the right time.
Both women stand and start to motion up the staircase once again. They are surprised, but a little confused, to find Bra and Trunks on one side of the room and Gage on the other. They both quickly go over to Goku for answers.
" Goku did something happen between them? Is everything alright?" Bulma questions
Goku grins "Nothing happened. They are fine. They have not spoken to each other though since you left."
" I guess they just wanted to avoid any further conflicts." Bulma says
" I'm going to go and talk to Gage." Sapphire exclaims as she walks over to her son.
Just as Sapphire walks away, Trunks and Bra walk up to their mother. " Mother are you alright?" Trunks asks a little concerned.
" I'm fine sweetie. How are you and your sister doing?"
"We're ok." Bra answers. "We did not want to talk to Gage until you came back."
Bulma looks at her kids. " Why?"
Well, with all the fighting that has happened, we did not know what would happen. So we figured to avoid it, we would stay away until you came up. Besides we were going to wait until he cooled off after his and dad's confrontation."
Bulma lets out a little sigh and smiles a little." Well, I'm here now, do you guys want to go and meet him?"
Trunks and Bra look at each other and shrug. " I guess so." Trunks answers as he lets out a sigh.
" Trunks, what's wrong?" Bulma asks as she places her hand on her son's cheek.
" It just feels a little weird that's all." Trunks lets out a frustrated sigh. " I'm not dad's only son anymore. I grew up believing one thing and now it's not true." Trunks looks his mother. His soft baby blue eyes showing his disappointment.
" Trunks, your father loves you with all of his heart. That will never change, no matter what. I know it is really hard on you, but your father will never treat you differently based on who was born first, or last, or anything like that. You are his son and you are very special to him." Bulma tries to reassure her son. " Hey and if you look at the positive side, you have an older brother now. You two can hang out and train together. I'm sure if you get to know him you will love having him around. He will be very happy to know he has great younger siblings like you two." Bulma smiles at her children. Trunks gives her a little half smile.
+ Sapphire and Gage +
Gage why are you being so quiet? That's not like you."
Gage takes in a deep breath. " What am I going to say to them. Hi, my names Gage. I'm your older half brother who's mom your dad was engaged to, but then we thought he was dead, but twenty four years later we decided to see if we were right." Gage lets out a sigh of frustration. " I'm sorry mom. I did not mean to take this out on you. I guess I am still frustrated about dad."
Sapphire takes her son's hand into hers. " We will worry about your father later. Right now we are going to focus on your siblings. You always said you wanted a brother or a sister, now you have both." Sapphire smiles a little.
" Mom, I was a kid when I said that."
" No, you said that just last week." She answers.
Gage gets a smirk on his face. " You're exaggerating."
" No, I'm not. When you found out that we were coming to search for your dad you were like. Man I wonder if he has other kids, I hope he does. I've always wanted a brother or sister."
Gage laughs a little. " Ok, I get your point."
" And the positive side I they are not little. They are only a few years younger. You and Trunks can go and cruise for girls, or you can spar. Then you and your sister, well uh, you can beat up her boyfriends that treat her bad."
"Mom be serious." He says laughing at her last comment.
" Hey just think, you can now say you have a big family. You have your dad, brother and sister, an uncle and aunt, and cousins."
" Yes, but will they except me, or even admit to knowing me." Gage looks in his mom's eyes. Before Sapphire can answer her concerned son, Goku interrupts.
"You don't have to worry about that, Gage. Hi, I'm Goku. I'm your uncle." Goku pauses, then smiles. "Wow, you're my first nephew, well actually you are my only nephew. Hey, that's great though."
Gage and Sapphire look at Goku then laugh a little. "Hey, thanks. It's nice to meet you Uncle." Gage says with a smirk.
" Hey just call me Goku, everyone else does." Goku pauses again "Hey, I just thought of something else too, Vegeta's son is my nephew. That is really weird."
Gage and Goku chuckle, Sapphire takes in a deep breath then lets it out slowly. Gage looks over at his mother with some concern. " What's wrong mom?"
Sapphire leans back into her chair. " I think I am getting to old for all of this surprise and controversy. I'm worn out just from today."
Goku looks at Sapphire then sits down. " Your not going to leave are you?"
Gage and Sapphire look at each other. Gage shakes his head no in an attempt to have them stay, then She looks back at Goku. " No, I guess we will stay."
Bulma walks over to where they are sitting. " Your not thinking of leaving are you?" Bulma says with a playful smirk.
" Well, I was thinking about it a little bit, but Gage still wants to stay."
" And I still want you to stay." Goku interrupts.
" And so do I." Bulma exclaims. " Looks like you were out voted Sapphire. Besides, I have not gotten to meet that handsome son of yours."
Sapphire smirks. " I was not aware we were taking a vote, Oh well. Bulma this is my son Gage." She places her hand on Gage's hand again. " And Gage, this is Bulma. She is your Father's wife."
To be polite, Gage stands up to greet Bulma. " Hello, ma'am."
Bulma smiles. " Just call me Bulma."
Gage smirks. " It's a pleasure to meet you." He states softly as he glances over her shoulder to see Trunks and Bra standing a few feet behind. They are staring straight his way.
Bulma notices him looking their way, and moves aside over by Goku, so Gage can approach his siblings. Trunks takes a couple of steps forward, placing him and Gage only a steps length from each other.
Gage slowly extends his right hand to his younger brother. " I'm Gage, it's nice to meet you."
To Be Continued.
Blaze: Well that is the end of chapter 17. As always, I hope you enjoyed. Thanks for reading and please Review. ^-^ Until next time, Good bye. Me, ^-^
