Author's Note: Well, once again, here I am, talking to you. lol You don't wanna hear me, I know. On with the story!
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Chapter 14: Tiara

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"The Prince is considering rejecting our marriage proposal?" Bulma said, moving out of her father's embrace slowly.

"Not the Prince, his Father. But since Castile has finally became a Kingdom, there's no way that he could refuse. We also gained much wealth from this immense war on the southern border." Ferdinand said, watching his daughter intently.

"But father..." Bulma began, then was silenced by her father's raised palm facing her.

"There will be no further depressing discussion of this matter. This is a time of celebration! Later this evening you will be crowned Princess, myself King, your mother Queen. I hope that you will go see for yourself to get ready." Her Father said, chuckling lightly under his breath at his daughter's paled face, noticing the instant amount of stress that went across her delicate features.

"Of course, Father!" Bulma said, moving quickly out of the room and walking past the guards that opened the door for her. She walked fast, then seeing her cousin following her, her eyes full of worry.

"What's wrong?" Chi-Chi said, keeping up with her younger cousin's pace.

"We're to have a ball tonight, I'm going to be crowned Princess!" Bulma said, watching her cousin. Chi-Chi paled, and then moved even faster than Bulma.

"Then we MUST get you ready!" Chi-Chi said, flinging the doors open to Bulma's now Royal chambers.

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Goku took an arrow from his casing, placing it on his bow. He closed his eyes and released, opening them to find a perfect shot. Vegeta clapped a single time, and then took his own bow, taking an arrow and hitting the target almost perfect, just slightly to the left. The Prince cursed himself mentally, and then let his eyes wander over to his new friend, who was smirking, and then hollered down to Henry.

"What's the score now, Henry?"

Henry scratched his head, and looked back at Vegeta, then yelled back.

"End of Round 9, Goku's the winner, 5-4 Goku's favor!" Henry said, looking back up at his master. He smiled a little to himself as he saw Vegeta frown, knowing how much his Prince hated losing. He thought that he was going through this quite well, actually.

"This is bullshit..." Vegeta muttered under his breath, releasing his arrow for another shot. He smirked as it hit the bulls-eye, knowing that if Goku didn't get this shot, Vegeta would be tied. It was better than losing, he must admit, but this Earl that was now unconsciously his friend, and a damn good at chivalry. He wondered that if he was a strategist as well, but by the lack of intelligence that his somewhat 'slow' friend seemed to display constantly indicated the opposite. So, he snapped out of his musings as he heard Goku's voice speaking to him.
"Are you going to the now 'royal' families crowning ceremony tonight? I heard that your fiancee or whatever the hell we're supposed to call them is to be crowned Princess tonight." Goku said, smirking inwardly as he saw Vegeta having the slightest hint of red on his cheeks.

"Well, yes, but she's really the one that should want ME. For God's sake, I'm to be the King of England soon!" Vegeta said, growling a little under his breath as he slowly was getting angry.

"Vegeta, calm down, now. Just because these Castilean idiots have all this traditional shit, that doesn't mean we haft to be pissed off at the bastards. You do know that they're the richest family in the world, well, next to yours..." Goku started to trail off, rambling on about useless things until he was finally complaining about his family's apparent lack of financial means. Vegeta rolled his eyes, and then walked over to his stallion, attaching the bow and his arrow sling on the saddle bag.

Goku scratched the back of his head for a second, and then asked Vegeta again,

"Vegeta, are you going to the ball tonight that's after the crowning ceremony?" Goku said, watching his friend.

"No, Goku, I'm not. I've got a lot of mail to catch up on, and I wish to do some reading and studying from the books I brought over from England." Vegeta said, and then raised an eyebrow at the some-what dreamy expression on the young earl's face.

"Are you going?" Vegeta said, his eyebrow fully raised and just studying his face intently for any signs of lying. Goku placed a hand behind his head, slowly scratching it and putting on his insanely stupid grin of his.

"Yeah, I wanna see if I can see Chi-Chi tonight. I haven't ever seen her, and I might just get a peek at her tonight." Goku said, smiling stupidly. Vegeta saw no signs of deception on the Earl's innocent features, and then grunted a little at his ignorance. Vegeta sighed, then looked at the horizon. The sun was about to set.

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Bulma scurried across the pale marble of her floor, her feet graced with her blue slippers and then stopping for a moment as she saw her reflection in the corner of her eye. Her eyes went over her figure, then her hands. Her palms went over the pale blue silk material was her gown, her fingers traced the lace on her waist and neck lines. Her sleeves were full and bouncy, but delicate and smooth all at the same time. Her hair had been rid of all her natural curls, and it was straight but wavy at the ends. She looked good, she had to admit this. She looked damn good.

"Think that Goku will be at the ball tonight?" Chi-Chi said, moving into Bulma's reflection slightly to get a better view of her green silk dress. She smiled at her reflection, and then hugged Bulma lightly.

"Just think, my cousin is becoming the princess that she always wanted to be." Chi-Chi said, her eyes starting to form wet droplets in them. The raven haired woman blinked them away before Bulma could see them, and then smiled as she looked her best friend up and down.

"You know that all the men in the court won't be able to stay away from you tonight, Bulma. I don't know if you dress to please yourself or please the temptations of other men." Chi- Chi said, laughing lightly at her final statement. Bulma swat at her friend gently, a smile on her face.

"Come on, Chi-Chi, you know damn well that I will not go to bed with any man that does not have the wedding ring that I give to him on his finger." Bulma said, smirking slightly at her stubbornness, sighing quietly as she recalled at the times that she had been approached by hormonal dukes, earls, and lords over the years. It was disgusting how to think that when she was 11 a man almost twice her age tried to feel her up. She cringed at the memory, and then came back to the reality of where she was now.

"Yes, I know, but what I also know that it is almost sunset! You can't miss your own crowning, Bulma!" Chi-Chi said, laughing a little with Bulma.

(A/N: Some people might wonder why I put this in here, but I know one of the big things that I like about the middle ages were the elaborate gowns that woman wore. You should seriously check out some of the dresses in some paintings and such, they're absolutely stunning! Hehe)

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Bulma opened the doors, her diamond tiara very much fastened to her hair. She remembered what the small token looked like, it was covered with diamonds and silver with a single blue aqua jewel in the center of her crown. It was amazing, and completely suited for her head. She had found out earlier that her Father had been making crowns for the family every year, knowing that one day he would finally have a Kingdom. She snapped out of her memories, and grinned as she heard the ballroom erupt into applause, she was leading her parents into the now Royal Ballroom. She looked elegant that night, and so did her mother. Her Father had just been crowned King of Castile, and she had never felt so happy in her life. It was perfect, absolutely perfect at this moment.

Her eyes scanned through the crowd for any sign of that mysterious man that she had seen earlier that day, though she found a man that had tall black hair. A grin flashed from his face, a scar going down over his eye to his left cheek bone. He had gorgeous onyx eyes, stunningly boyish and innocent features graced his lips. Bulma had seen him before, but she couldn't remember where. She felt a small hint of blush run over her cheeks as she saw him winking slyly at her through the crowd, sighing to herself as she sat to her Father's left. Her Mother was on his right, and Bulma had always felt like she was the heir he would never have.

King Briefs stood in front of the crowd on the high table, making a grand speech, his crown moving slightly on his head as he spoke.

"My Lords, my Ladies, I thank you very much for you applause. Tonight is a grand night for the now Kingdom of Castile!" King Briefs stopped mid speech as the hall erupted in cheers and yells. He grinned, watching his nobleman rejoicing. The hall gradually died down in it's cheers, waiting for their newly crowned King to speak once more.

"I have been waiting for this moment all my life. But, tonight is not a night for grand speeches! I do so, though, with no further delay, let us eat!" He motioned for the servants to enter, the room erupting in cheers once more. He looked over to his daughter, who was searching for something...or maybe someone. He sighed slightly to himself, seeing how much of a woman she was blooming into. He didn't want to admit that she was growing up, and would leave home for good soon, but the grief of his little girl growing up was hard to bare. He sat as he saw his daughter and his niece, Chi-Chi, erupting in delicate conversation.

He tried to block out the conversation, and did so. But there was someone still watching his little girl, even though the new King did not know so.

"Chi-Chi, you know that man that I pointed out to you a few days ago? The one with the scar?" Bulma whispered, trying to make sure that her Father didn't here such talk. She knew how much he hated the fact that she was growing up, and boys and his image of her when she was 6 just didn't mix.

"Yes, what about him?" Chi-Chi looked away for a moment, knowing several diversional tips of her own. She waved at a young Earl with blonde hair, who had smiled at her. She didn't want to bring too much attention to them.

"He winked at me. Yamcha winked at me in front of everyone! What does that mean?" Bulma whispered, sighing a little in her own confusion. She didn't like to play games with men, especially that were now under her. She knew the penalty for flirting with other men when the 'inspection period' was going on with her future fiancee to see if he was worthy or not.

"Well, that obviously means he's interested. I bet you the last piece of that chocolate cake in the kitchen which I reserved for myself he'll talk to you by the end of the night." Chi-Chi said, winking slyly at her younger cousin. She knew how much of a sucker Bulma was for chocolate, and that always had triggered her interest in everything. She also knew that Bulma was a virgin, as was Chi-Chi herself. She was saving herself for her husband, which was the proper thing to do for a woman of her stature. Hopefully, though, she was saving herself for that gorgeous man, Goku...

"Well, I bet you two triple chocolate cookies that your Goku man will be here tonight and that you will dance with him." Bulma said, a spark of competitive edge twinkling in her eye. She knew how much of a crush that her older cousin had for that clumsy man, and she didn't know why. She had always had a value for higher class men, men that had intelligence and importance to society. Sure, the man had class in society, but in the head he wasn't the smartest man you'd ever met.

"Alright then, deal." Chi-Chi said, taking Bulma's hand and shaking it. Then, her eyes widened as she saw a man with onyx hair stepping into the grand room slowly.

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Author's Note: XD Who had her first cliffhanger? *points to herself* xD I know! I know, egotistical person, I know, I know, but I'm proud of this chapter. It's probably my longest one, and I might as well make it longer. I'm gonna thank all my reviewers now, so if you wanna just skip through all of this, I won't be offended at all.
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