Title:  A Match Made In.. Heaven?
Author:  Eisha
Current Chapter: 6
Chapter Summary:
  ChiChi and Kakkarot meet again, while Bulma is up to no good.
Warnings:  None.

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A Match Made In.. Heaven?

Come Back and Haunt Me

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"What… what are you doing here?"

"The same as everyone else on Vejita-sei; to show loyalty to my Prince."

Bitterness and anger seeped into ChiChi's voice as she stood shocked, staring at the man she thought had disappeared out of her world forever.  "Dammit, I didn't mean that!  Where the hell have you been all this time, Kakkarot?!"

At the pain in her voice, guilt seized the spiky haired thief.  All confidence that Bulma had drilled into him suddenly melted away, and he stood vulnerable.  He could not look at her ebony eyes, directing such malice at him.  Staring at a flower behind her, his eyes grew unfocused as he uttered in a sullen voice, "There were things which needed to be done."  He jabbed his hands into his pockets, and sighed silently.  'What am I doing here?' 

"After everything we shared, everything I gave to you, that's the best you can tell me?  That there were 'things which needed to be done' ?  I deserve anything better than that if you ever gave a damn about me."  ChiChi's eyes glittered with pain as they bore into him.  All feelings that had once been buried now resurfaced with a frenzy at meeting Kakkarot again.

Eighteen months certainly had been good to her former guard.  Kakkarot still towered over her in a sharp black tuxedo, concealing the defined muscles she longed to run her fingers over.  His dark mane was wilder than ever, framing his tanned face.  He was more handsome than she remembered.  But the guilty look etched into his form sent her heart to her throat.  'Why did you come back now?'

Kakkarot's eyes scanned over ChiChi's body.  She was, and always would be, the most beautiful woman he'd ever laid his eyes on.  Her tresses had grown longer in the many weeks, now stretching past her back.  Her body filled out into graceful, yet pleasing feminine curves and his hands ached to uncover the secrets that her gown concealed.  But it was ChiChi's eyes which called to him, since the moment they'd met.  Her large onyx eyes told him the depths of her soul.  They shone with her happiness, and drowned with her sorrow.  And it was those beautiful eyes that sent his heart plummeting to his stomach with the emotions they bore. 

"How can you say that, ChiChi?  I loved you, and always will love you.  How can you think that I never cared about you?"

Tears threatening to spill from her eyes, she choked out the words that he'd been dreading to answer since the moment he had walked out of her life.  "Then why did you leave me?"

There was nothing more in the universe that he wanted to do in that moment than to take her in his arms and never let go.  He felt so helpless only being allowed to watch her break.  "Because your life is better suited to you without me."

ChiChi's world crumbled as she began to sob.  "How can you say that?  How?!  I was in love with you dammit!"  She hurtled angry fists upon him as she shed tears of her frustration.  "I spent a year thinking about you, wondering what I'd done to make you leave me.  I thought you'd died, or worse, realized that you'd never wanted me in the first place.  I drove myself mad imagining every possible situation.  I could handle anything except not knowing, Kakkarot.  I couldn't bear that you'd simply left after you'd finally told me that you loved me."  All strength drained from her body with her confessions, and she collapsed, weeping, into his arms.

He stood frozen.  Every word that she uttered sliced through him, and regret overwhelmed him with every blow.  Tears pooled in his own eyes as he encircled her shaking form with strong arms.  'What have I done?'   A single droplet rolled down his skin, and all he could do was mumble apologizes over and over again as the strain of months without each other finally shattered upon them.  

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'Oh, this is wrong.  This is so wrong.  I really shouldn't be doing this.  But then again, when do I ever do things I'm supposed to?' 

Bulma sat crouched behind a tall hedge in the middle of Vejita-sei's most beautiful garden.  It was an accident, really.  She didn't mean to happen upon ChiChi and Kakkarot's reencounter.  She had just been wandering along the pathways, thinking to herself and enjoying the fresh air.  But then she had spied several tell-tale spikes, and their owner currently facing the love of his life.  So, being the smart woman that she was, Bulma ducked behind a nearby shrub so as to not get caught.  And here she was now—eavesdropping on her best friend and the woman that he was trying to get back.

'But this really isn't wrong, right?  I mean, this is like a study to me.  I can see how ChiChi behaves and reacts, and can therefore help Kakkarot further.'

Satisfied with her logic, Bulma concentrated on watching the two former lovers again.  By now, it was obvious that all pent up emotions had resurfaced with a vengeance.  Tears had begun to well in ChiChi's eyes as she asked Kakkarot questions that had been bottled up since his disappearance from her life.  As Kakkarot looked away in guilt, Bulma felt her own heart throb in loneliness.  She raised a hand to her chest and sighed.  'God, I hope everything works out for the two of them.  They don't deserve to be without each other any longer.'

She was so busy watching the two, that she didn't notice Vejita had come out of the castle and was now wandering the gardens looking for ChiChi.  On a stone path some ways away from Bulma, the prince was glancing everywhere to find sight of his fiancé.  However, he had not had any such luck, and he muttered to himself in his annoyance.  "Where has that blasted woman gone off to now?  I told her not to wander away anywhere.  But would she listen to me?  No.  Her ki is here, but there are so many damn trees and bushes that I can't see her.  Damn women.  More trouble than they're worth."

He was still grumbling about playing the princess' babysitter, when he caught sight of a blue… blob? in front of a bush.  Vejita squinted his eyes and realized that the aforementioned blue thing was actually one blue-haired royal-scientist-turned-tutor crouched down on the grass with her back to him.  Bulma was apparently staring into the shrubbery, with her long aquamarine dress fanned out around her.  Vejita cocked his head slightly and wondered, 'just what the hell is she doing?'  Taking matters into his own hands, he stepped off of the path and crept up silently behind her.

ChiChi had now collapsed, and Bulma felt sympathy swell in her chest.  Hell, if she was in her position, she'd probably be reacting worse.  But watching a tear slip down Kakkarot's face brought the dolt of reality that made the scientist realize that this was their private conversation.  With a sigh and a silent wish of good luck, she stood up and turned around. 

Only to run smack into Vejita's chest.  "Ouch!"  She swore out loud and rubbed her now aching nose.  "You should get padding for that damn thing!"

Vejita smirked at her.  "Then how would we be able to continue this wonderfully abusive relationship?  Besides, red just seems to be your color."

Bulma covered her nose with one hand and glared at the prince with all of the hatred she could muster.  "What are you doing here?"

"Funny, I was just about to ask you the same thing."

"Well, I asked first.  So 'fess up, Sir Stalker.  Why did you sneak up behind me?"

He scowled.  "For your information, I was not stalking you.  And I'm not sure who in their right mind would want to stalk your ugly ass either."  To this, Bulma opened up her mouth to retort, but Vejita beat her to it.  "I was looking around for the Princess.  I left her out here and she probably got lost.  Blasted women.  I was on the path when I saw you, behind the shrubs and looking suspicious.  Which means it's my turn to ask; what exactly are you doing here?"

Bulma rolled her eyes at him.  "It's a free planet, you know.  If I want to look at some plants, I'm allowed to."

Vejita snorted.  "Yes, I'm sure you found the bushes very entertaining.  Now I'll ask one more time: what are you doing out here?"

She had to think fast.  Vejita, of all people, couldn't see the scene going on behind her.  "If you absolutely must know (which I'm sure you do as you seem to be stalking me), I had been… walking off the path when I uh… dropped my ring.  And so when you saw me, all you saw was my looking for jewelry.  Nothing quite that suspicious, your Highness."  She punctuated his title with a slight sneer.  Her hands, which had been behind her back, worked quickly as she removed and dropped one of her golden rings onto the grass with Vejita none the wiser.

The prince looked like he was about to snap back at her, but he shut his mouth and glared to his right.  "So where is this ring now?"

Bulma pretended to search the ground unaware.  "Well, I would know that if you hadn't interrupted me.  Oh—here it is!  See, nothing at all to worry your little Prince-y head about."  Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a large gap in the hedge and covered it up quickly.  She smiled disarmingly and grabbed his arm, turning him so they faced the path again.  "So why don't we head back to the party now?"  Vejita eyed her curiously, but still said nothing.  They had just begun to move forward when there was a loud thud sound next to them.  He turned back around with his guard up, his attention now fully at the sound which had come from behind the previously questioned bushes. 

Bulma groaned inwardly.  'Now what?'  With Vejita's attention away from her for a moment, she peered through the hedges quickly to see what had happened.  Her eyes widened as she saw ChiChi and Kakkarot kissing passionately.  A small potted plant lay overturned next to the Saiya-jin's leg, obviously the culprit of the noise before.  She couldn't keep the grin off of her face, as she silently congratulated Kakkarot.  But she noticed the tense prince about to turn his attention to her again, and faced him.  She laughed nervously and patted him on the arm.  "C'mon, Vejita.  A plant probably fell over or something.  Let's go back to the party."

Vejita eyed her warily.  'There's something suspicious going on here.  What are those other two powers near us?'  But in the corner of his vision, he suddenly noticed the gap in the hedges.  His eyes flicked to Bulma.  "What are you trying to hide from me?"  He leaned down and tried to look through the leaves, but was suddenly blocked by one very low neckline.  He looked up in annoyance.  "Woman, I demand that you move out of the way." 

Bulma stubbornly planted her feet and shook her head.  "Stop being ridiculous Vejita.  There's nothing there."  He ignored her as he pushed her slightly to the side to look again.  'Aha!'  He could see two pairs of limbs, namely one set of female and one set of male legs, entangled on the stone ground.  'Who is there that would interest the woman so much?'  But he didn't have any time to answer his own question as his face was suddenly wretched to the side, and a very warm pair of lips attached to his own.  His eyes widened considerably as he stared as Bulma, frozen and shocked.

She hadn't meant for it to happen, really.  It was just an act to distract Vejita from seeing his fiancé kissing another man.  That's all it was, and nothing more.

'Then why does it feel so right?'

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To Be Continued

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-sings-  I love cliffhangers, yes I do!  =D  Annnnyway, I have finally completed another chapter.  Took long enough too, eh?  Half of a year.  =X  I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter and that it wasn't written too badly.  School and just life in general have been my primary priorities, and writing got pushed wayyy back there.  But I'm leaving for Florida tomorrow, and when I come back it'll be summer reading assignments all the way.  So I decided to put out another chapter before everyone forgot about this little fanfiction.

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And now, I must be off.  Packing awaits!  xD  Hopefully I'll be able to get the next chapter out before next year.  Hehe.  ^_^;;  But for now, you'll just have to wonder what's in the future for AMMIH.  Who knows what will happen in the end?  Hell, I don't even think I know.  ;)

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Take care everyone, and enjoy the rest of your summers--
Eisha