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Poison

Chapter 4.

Relief. Or Not?

Light streamed in through Bulma's window and landed on her bed. She was sprawled out under the covers of her bed. Her alarm clock ticked over to eight-thirty and the alarm came on. She moaned and turned it off ungracefully and then sat up out of bed. She quickly had a shower and got dressed and then walked over to Vegeta's room to check on him.

 "MUM!! DAD!!!!!!! VEGETA'S MISSING!!!!!!!!" Bulma screamed, running downstairs to the kitchen.

 "Calm down, honey, he isn't missing. He's out the front, training." Bunny said simply.

 "TRANING! How can he be training? He's sick."

 "Well, if you don't believe me, then go out the front and see." Bulma padded over to door and saw Vegeta shadow boxing.

 "Wha…" Bulma started. She continued walked towards him, still not believing what she was seeing. "V-Vegeta?" she asked once she was a few feet behind him. Vegeta stopped and turned around to see Bulma staring at him.

 "What?" he groaned.

 "You're better."

 "Hai."

 "H-how?"

 "That little black thing that sits on your father's shoulder. I have training to do." He snapped and then turned to train again. That was when Bulma saw the furry brown belt around his waist.

 "Your tail came back!"

 "I know. Your father said that there could be some side affects."

~*Flashback*~

 "Good morning, Vegeta." Dr. Briefs said, walking into Vegeta's room to check up on him. "How do you feel?" Vegeta sat up without pain and proceeded to swing his legs out of the bed. "Last night, I was doing some check up tests and saw that there would be some side affects…"

 "Like what?" Vegeta asked but then felt an extra limb. He looked down to see his tail and then made it sway by his face. "My tail. You brought it back."

 "That is one of the side affects."

 "Anymore?"

 "Yes. It increases your strength. My estimation is that you'd be able to stand at five hundred times gravity." Vegeta, whose attention was only on his tail now looked up at Dr. Briefs.

 "Really?"

 "Yes."
 "Fine. I demand the gravity machine fixed and to be upgraded. I want it to go to one thousand times Earth's gravity."

 "Okay, then." Dr. Briefs said, leaving Vegeta. He had learnt ages ago not to try Vegeta's patience.

~*End Of Flashback*~

 "So dad said that there'd be some side affects, which happens to be a tail and more strength, but is this permanent? I mean, you're trusting something that a cat made." Bulma asked.

 "I have decided that that cat will be one that survives when I blow up this planet."

 "Well, thankyou. I'm sure Kitty will enjoy that."

 "Are you just going to groan all day or are you going to let me train?" asked an annoyed Vegeta. Bulma huffed in disappointment and then turned back in the direction of the house.

Over the weeks, she and Vegeta had become quite close. She expected him to show some of that now that he was cured. But as always, she expected too much from him.

 "By the way, are you going after green and hairy?"

 "Of course." Vegeta groaned and then continued to shadow box.

 "Good luck." Bulma said, earning a grunt from Vegeta. She walked into the kitchen and stared at her father who was sitting next to Bunny. "Why didn't you tell me that Vegeta was cured?"

 "Well, you were so angry with Yamcha last night that I didn't think it was safe to tread on floor boards near you."

 "Really funny." Bulma sneered.

 "Well, if I knew you would act like this, I would have told you."

 "Fine then." Bulma said. She sat by the table and grabbed a few pancakes that was placed in front of her plate and placed them on it. She then put some maple syrup on them and ate them contently.

 "So what did happen between you and Yamcha?" Bunny asked. Vegeta was secretly listening to their conversation from his spot.

 "He asked me if I wanted to go back with him."

 "And?"

 "I told him that I like someone else." Bulma said, Vegeta's head pricked up, interested on learning whom.

 "Who?"

 "I just said it so he'd go away. He thinks it's Vegeta, but please. I'm a scientist, but not a mad scientist." Vegeta's head lowered with a scowl and continued his training.

 "Bulma, that was a bit harsh, don't you think?" Dr. Briefs asked.

 "No. He shouldn't be such a jerk. Even now that he's better, he still can't come up with a good conversation."

 "Do you think Frieza taught him how to carry on a discussion?"

 "I guess not. I would hate to live in a place where you are expected to only fight. Hey dad, did you hear? Mum managed to find out who Vegeta wants as his mate." Bulma asked. Vegeta's head pricked up again.

 "Oh, really? Who, honey?"

 "I promised Vegeta-chan that I wouldn't tell anyone." Bunny said. "But, he has great taste." Vegeta groaned audibly accidentally, getting everyone's attention. "Oh, I didn't know you could hear us." Bunny said to Vegeta. "O, that would mean you heard the mean things that Bulma said."

 "Yes I did. That does not bother me." Vegeta grunted.

 "Like I could care if you did." Bulma said, taking another bite out of her pancakes. "Why don't you go find Gaia? I'm sure he's laughing at you at this very moment."

 "And why would he be laughing?"

 "Because you're talking to us about an unknown female instead of fighting him."

 "So that's fifty points to the woman with blue hair." A familiar voice chuckled from behind them.

 "I was just about to get you." Vegeta said as cockily as he could.

 "I see you're up and well, Prince. I trust this is Bulma's doing?"

 "No, it was the cat's."

 "Nice joke." Gaia chuckled.

 "No, it's true. It knocked over all of Bulma's stuff." Dr. Briefs said.

 "So much for your 'incurable' poison." Bulma groaned.

 "I see you wish that he could be in pain still. Why is this?" Gaia asked, reading her mind. "Do you really want the Prince to be in more pain?"

 "I couldn't really care at the moment. He was a nicer person, though." 

 "So you do want him to stay poisoned."

 "Like I said, I couldn't really care."

 "I'd be careful with what you say around him now. You are really cutting deep." Gaia sniggered. Bulma glanced quickly over to Vegeta who had made his way into the kitchen. He was leaning against the counter with his arms folder over his chest and his eyes lower than usual. "Looks like you actually hurt him. Poor little Prince Vegeta." Vegeta looked up at him and then fazed out of sight, reappearing behind Gaia and getting him in a chokehold. Bunny screamed and ran outside to the comfort of her garden and Dr. Briefs followed her.

 "Don't you ever come here again or else I'll rip you apart, got it?" Vegeta growled in Gaia's ear. Gaia nodded nervously. Vegeta's grip loosened a bit. "You're lucky they're here. Otherwise I'd kill you."

 "Are you becoming soft, Prince Vegeta or don't you want to ruin your chance with…" Gaia started quietly so only Vegeta could hear. His sentence was cut off short due to his head being disconnected from his body by Vegeta twisting his arms slightly.

Bulma screamed in fear as she stood up from her spot, her eyes glued to the headless, blood covered body that now lay on her kitchen floor. Then she looked up at Vegeta, who held the head in his hands. Bulma felt like throwing up when she saw the smug look sprawled across Gaia's dead face. His eyes were still open.

Then Bulma screamed again when she saw the eyes move. "Do you have any idea on how much that hurts?!" Gaia asked. Vegeta squirmed and then dropped the head. "Ow! Watch it!"

 "I thought you killed him!" Bulma screamed.

 "So did I." Vegeta said, a bit puzzled.

 "I can live without my body. Do you mind?" Gaia explained.

 "No. You're the one that put me in a bed, in pain, for weeks." Vegeta said, kicking Gaia's head over to Bulma, who reacted in fear by kicking the head back.

 "I am NOT your soccer ball!" Gaia screeched as he hit the wall.

 "Soccer? What's soccer?" Vegeta asked. Bulma giggled.

 "Soccer is a sport that includes a ball and two nets. You have to kick the ball into one of the nets by using only your feet or stop the opposition from getting a goal."

 "It sounds a lot like Yumic."

 "Yumic?"

 "It's a game a lot like your soccer that I used to play on Vegeta-sei. I was a very good player."

 "Really, how about a one on one game?"

 "Does soccer include ki blasts?"

 "Oh, so you can kill your opponents?"

 "No, just knock them out or put them in comas."

 "I have just decided not to play. You go have your Yumic fun without me." Bulma said, backing away slightly.

 "He wouldn't hurt you anyway." Gaia chuckled lightly, earning another kick from Vegeta.

Gaia's head crashed into a wall and his skull smashed. Bulma stared as a piece of his brain fell off the wall and then ran into the bathroom as fast as she could. Vegeta followed her.

 "What's wrong?" he asked. She kneeled by the toilet and started bringing up her breakfast.

 "I never want to see anything like that again." She groaned. Vegeta came up from behind her and held her hair up as she threw up again.

 "I'm glad I don't have a weak stomach." Vegeta chuckled, earning an elbow to the shins from Bulma. "Was that meant to hurt?"

 "Yes. But did what I say before hurt?"

 "Words mean nothing to me. Did you intend for them to hurt?"

 "It was supposed to give you hints." Bulma said, turning towards him, sure that she was finished. Vegeta let go of her hair and squatted so he was next to her. "I can't believe you're back." She hugged him around the waist with her head buried in his chest. "When it first happened, I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that you, of all people, would be poisoned and needed to stay in bed all the time. Now I can't believe that you're recovered."

 "I thought that you were fond of me when I was bed-ridden." Vegeta chuckled and Bulma tightened her grip. Vegeta rested his hands on Bulma's shoulders and gently wrapped his tail around her waist, bringing her in closer to him, content with the proximity and the silence. Then their peacefulness was cut short by a giggle from Bunny.

 "This is the happiest day in my life!" she cooed.

 "What?" Vegeta asked.

 "You two are hugging and Bulma is sick in the morning. Could be morning sickness. Oh, my daughter and you are making me a grandma!" Vegeta quickly let go of Bulma and looked at Bunny weirdly as did Bulma.

 "One: When would Vegeta have time to get me pregnant, I mean he's been sick all week. Two: He loves someone else and three: Me throwing up has something to do with the brains that's splattered all over the kitchen wall!"

 "There are brains all over my walls? EW!!!!!!" Bunny screamed. She ran out of the bathroom and into the closest robot closet and got out all the cleaning robots. Then she walked back into the bathroom. "Why were you two hugging, anyway?"

 "Because we felt like it, mum." Bulma said huffily. Bunny left again. "Why did you let me hug you?"

 "I…"

 "It's because you aren't with her yet, isn't it?" Bulma asked, as if she were appalled that she even touched him.

 "What's wrong?" he asked for the second time in ten minutes.

 "Would you really be with another girl because you couldn't be with the one that you like?"

 "All that I did was put my hands on your shoulders! You were the one who hugged me!" Vegeta snapped, standing up as fast as he could.

 "If I can remember things clearly, you also wrapped your tail around me. That's more then just putting your hands on my shoulders."

 "You have a wild imagination. That is only done between mates."

 "Well, then. What managed to entwine itself around my waist? And I can't remember moving in that close to you be myself." Bulma said, standing up in front of him with her hands on her hips. "So, do you hit on other women when you know you can't get the one you love or do you just do it when you haven't been with one for a long time?" Vegeta turned and left in a hurry, constantly berating himself about doing that.

 "What a way to fall." A voice said from Vegeta's right. He turned and looked at the owner of the voice with shock.

 "Gaia?"

 "Um, no. He is now in the bin. I am his twin brother, Maia. You killed Gaia, didn't you?" Maia asked. Vegeta chuckled.

 "Hai, that was I." (A/N: I didn't mean for that to rhyme. It was the spell check.

 "You're future mate didn't seem to like that last show of emotions."

 "Future mate?"

 "Yeah. I can see into the future. She doesn't have much time with you though."

 "You better not be threatening her, I swear. If she gets hurt at all, I will kill you."

 "Ooo, Prince Vegeta is protective of her already." Maia said, jumping around the place. "Vegeta's in love! Vegeta's in love!"
 "Oh, yeah. He has just fallen head over heals with that pretty girl with blue hair." Came another voice from Vegeta's other side. He turned to see another Gaia look-alike. "Hello, Prince. My name's Baia."

 "And let me guess. There's a Laia running around somewhere too." Vegeta groaned.

 "No. He died years ago. Really horrific." Maia said.

 "Rather shocking." Baia said.

 "He just got up and died."

 "People say that Gaia got to him."

 "They never did like each other."

 "Not one bit."

 "Stop it!" Vegeta yelled at the identical twins. He then put his hands out and blasted them both. The noise made Bulma run out from where she was and stare.

 "They're multiplying!" she screamed when she saw the injured siblings. "And they're bleeding all over my carpet! You better get your lazy butts out of here before I literally kick you out!" Vegeta smirked.

 'She has the same attitude as a female Saiyan.' He thought. Both the toads laughed.

 "And you just love her so much for that attribute." They chuckled at the same time. Vegeta blasted them both, but this time when the smoke cleared, nothing was there.

 "You just had to kill them, didn't you?"

 "They're not dead. I can still sense their ki." Vegeta said, quietly.

 "What did they mean by saying that 'you just love her so much for that attribute'?"

 "Uh, well, they can read minds…"

 "And you were thinking of her."

 "W-well."

 "You obviously love h…"

 "That is a human emotion that I do not feel."

 "Then what makes you want to take her as your mate?"

 "I think she would make a great mother to the heir of the Saiyan race."

 "You want to have a child with her?"

 "That is basically the idea of mates."

 "So you mate with people that you would think would make great parents? How sad."

 "I don't need your pity."

 "I wasn't given you any. I just feel sorry for that woman. Imagine having a kid with you just so the race could last. Living with you is hard enough."

 "I have training to do." Vegeta said quietly and then left for the front garden so he could train some more.

Just then a small photo floated over to Bulma's face. She grabbed it and saw her, Vegeta and a baby boy in her arms. The baby had a fistful of Vegeta's hair in his hand. She giggled and then another one floated over to her. It was of her and Vegeta kissing under a cherry blossom tree she that recognised. It was right out the back of her house. Then another one came to her. It was of Vegeta. He was dead and she could see a blonde haired lady behind him, snickering as if she killed him. After that, a new picture came. This one was the same boy in the first photo, only he was older and in Vegeta's Saiyan armour.

 "This is how your life will be." A voice said from behind her. She turned to see one of the twins there.

 "Baia?"

 "Maia."

 "Oh. What are these?"

 "Snapshots of the future." Maia said. He pointed to the last photo. "He's your son. Guess who the father is." He pointed to the picture where the boy was pulling Vegeta's hair.

 "Vegeta?"

 "Yep. Guess what happens to him." He then pointed to the second last photo. "He dies, leaves you and your son all alone and he never once told you that he loved you."

As Vegeta was about to train, a picture floated over to him. It was of Bulma nursing a baby boy. He saw himself in the background where she couldn't see him. A small trail of tears ran down her cheeks. Another one floated over to him, it was the same one of them kissing under the cherry blossom tree. Then came a third. It was of him as a Super Saiyan. Vegeta smirked, but the smirk quickly faded when the fourth came. The picture was he, dead.

 "It's your future. Notice the boy? He's your son." Baia said from behind Vegeta, who chuckled.

 "Well, you've obviously seen the wrong future. Only one of these pictures is correct." He said, ripping up three, leaving only the one of him as a Super Saiyan. "She will never be my mate and I will never have a son." Vegeta started to walk away, but made she he stood on all the photos, especially the one of him and Bulma under the sakura tree.

 "I don't think Bulma would like that too much."

 "I don't care about what she likes from now on."

 "She's still in love with Yamcha. You know that, right?" Vegeta stopped in his path.

 "Did you read that from her mind, too?" More photos floated over to Vegeta.

 "These are what's going on in her mind."

One picture had a dream where Yamcha took her to a beautiful restaurant and proposed to her. Another floated over to him. She was at her home with Yamcha, taking care of a tiny baby. She was really happy, not like how she looked with Vegeta's child. Baia flicked another picture to Vegeta. It was of her and Yamcha getting married.

 "Does it hurt to see that the woman that you love so much dreams of being with another? Does it sting?" Baia asked. Vegeta continued his path. "Where is the prince going? Doesn't he want to see what she thinks of him?"

 "I don't care." A picture drifted next to him. It was he in bed, still sick.

 "She prefers you when you're like that. You're kind then. Wouldn't you prefer it too if you could have all those conversations again?"

 "No."

A second one went to him. It was of them kissing.

 "It was a dream she had when you first started living with her."

Vegeta turned around to look at Baia. "Goodbye, Baia." Vegeta said, outstretching his arm and hitting him with a large ki blast. This brought out Bulma and Maia, who just stared at the mess that Vegeta made. There was nothing left of Baia. Vegeta then looked over at Bulma who blushed instantly. He noticed the photos in her hands. He walked over to her and pried them out of her hands. Vegeta looked over each one and then ripped them apart. "Don't believe anything he says." He said sternly. Vegeta then walked over to Maia, who knew that his fate would be the same as his brother's so he decided to take the easy way out and that was by giving Vegeta another distraction.

He did the most unexpected thing and fired a ki blast at Bulma.

~*~*~

Does she live or should I make her die? By the way, the twins were supposed to be screwing up their minds, not tell them their futures. Cool?

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