Childhood Dreams

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In front of him stood Bulma, so cold and beautiful, just like ice sculpture. Her normally innocent and carefree eyes were filled with icy hatred and bitterness. The wind screamed in fury as it lashed against him. Her long silky hair flowed gracefully around her petite shoulders, her smooth flawless face was a mask of indifference.

Internally Vegeta shuddered with fear. Something was wrong with Bulma, he had never seen her like this. He forced himself to glared straight into her eyes.

"I have a proposition to offer you," said Bulma emotionlessly, as she gracefully pushed a strand of her hair behind her hair. "One that you'll have no choice but to accept."

Vegeta's eyebrows lifted in amusement. "What makes you think I'd accept?" he questioned haughtily.

Bulma burst into laughter. "You think after all these years, I wouldn't discover your weakness? Your soft spot, your Achilles' heel? You're weak..." she chuckled, enjoying the enraged look in his eyes. "You might have fooled me once, but I'll never make the same mistake again."

"You broke me, once, I loved and trusted you. And yet this is how you treated me," muttered Bulma as she waved her arms around in frustration. "You lied and betrayed me. You're a filthy bastard." she spat.

Vegeta opened his mouth in protest, however Bulma cut him off as she placed a finger on his lips. "Look, I don't give a damn about you anymore. I was young and naive when I first met you. I didn't know the consequences of befriending you, giving you my heart," she muttered as hurt flashed through her eyes.

"You once told me that we'd be together forever," she murmured as her eyes watered with emotion. "That you'd always be there for me. Friends forever..."

"But now, look at us," she snapped angrily, as she threw her arms up in frustration. "I don't know you anymore. You're a stranger, a enemy," she whispered quietly. "I thought friends were suppose to help each other, not the other way around..."

Bulma ground her teeth together furiously, and clenched her fists together. "But no more, it ends now!" she screamed, flaring her Ki around her. "This is my proposition, a bet as you might call it..." she added, quietly observing him with a hunter's intensity under her thick eyelashes.

"A fight of life or death," she whispered cruelly, smirking lightly as Vegeta's mouth dropped open in horror. "For the possession of your space pods. A fight of honor."

Vegeta's eyes were popping in surprise and fear. I can't kill her, it's impossible. No matter how much I try...I don't have the heart to kill her. She's the only one that's every cared about me. Treated me like a friend. The only person I've betrayed...

He felt nauseated, as he fought with his pride. It's my fault that she hates me. Mine...all my fault...I should have told her the truth. Should have trusted her...

He paced back and forth, as he pondered the situation. He was the Sayian Prince, he couldn't refuse a challenge. It was impossible. But if I fought her...naw...it'll be too close. Her power level is too powerful...maybe stronger then my own...

Bulma was watching him with amusement in her eyes. However deep down inside her heart, she pitied him. He didn't deserve any of this sort of torture. Could he have murdered her friends out of self-defense? She had after all never given him to explain about his past, before jumping down his throat.

Vegeta raised his head and faced Bulma looking resigned. His throat didn't seem to be working, he kept on struggling on getting the words out. A single tear ran down his face, as their eyes locked together. "I'm sorry," he whispered. "Forgive me."

As the Prince of the Sayians I accept your challenge he growled his face set into a painful expression. He bowed his head in shame and sorrow. "No matter who wins...I'll never forget you...ever..."

He shook his head defiantly as he slid gracefully into a fighting stance. "So it begins." he muttered as Bulma hesitently slid into her fighting stance.

SO NOW IT BEGINS...

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Note: Would they actually fight to the death? Would Bulma ever forgive Vegeta? Who would win? What about Frieza? Read and Find Out! Don't forget to Review!