Honey.   She cooed mentally, brushing her mind against his.  I'm home.  She blew a kiss to him and beamed when he smirked back at her in return.  "Lets have some fun shall we?"  Falling into the ready she immediately leapt into the air.  Avoiding the attack he had just launched.  While spectators were learning that she wasn't where he had attacked she had performed three attacks.  One making its mark, he knew better than to leave her to her ki work.  She didn't know how much he had improved in her time away, but she was reasonably sure she was better.  So he was going to rely on brute strength and battle experience to beat her, what she had expected, and prepared for. 

Dodging a punch she sent out a kick that brushed his shoulder.  Unfortunately he caught the retreating ankle and she was soon indenting the arena wall.  Shaking the dust and gravel from her hair she grinned.  He was too, this wasn't a fight yet, and this was only having fun.  But as always playtime must come to an end.  Raising her hands above her head she held him in place, it was by far more difficult to do when what she was moving around was fighting her.  It was a good thing she had been practicing on Radditz and Kanzia.  And Vegeta was by far stronger than they were.  Pretending to walk on air she soon floated before him.  "I got you good didn't I?  Well, surprise."  Leaning close she gave a chaste kiss to his lips. 

"Woman, you will pay for this."

"Oh I'm counting on it."  She nearly fell out of the air when he pulled his next move.  Throwing every nuance of emotion he held for her into their link she felt his lust and his longing for her.  Wide eyed she released him without meaning.  She had two options, hold him in place but risk his attacking her mentally.  Or block the link and do things the old fashioned way, well part of her always had been old fashioned.  Trading punches and half completed ki attacks she soon found herself pinned.  "Where have you been woman?"

"Looking for my self respect."  Rolling them over she took to the air; she had more agility than any she knew.  It was time to put her speed to the test. 

He watched her move as she set up some attack; he didn't know what she was doing so the best he could do was wait and see if he could dodge it.  "And did you!"  She didn't stop moving but he heard the distributed response. 

"Did I what?"  Her tone told him she was playing with him. 

"Did you find it?"  She stopped and looked down at him.

"I found it, and so much more."  She was smiling in a way he had never seen her do.  Throwing a beam of ki at her he watched her roll out of its way.  She was having fun that much was obvious.  He couldn't say that this was boring either though, but he figured it was now time to see how much control she had gained over her new abilities.  So far he was impressed, but this was also the woman he had chosen to be his mate and bare his heirs.  He expected nothing less from her, and she expected nothing less from herself.  It was her persistence and drive that had drawn him to her.  She would match wits with those she considered unarmed, and then return to her work after getting them to leave her alone. 

Like the old woman had said, if he let her go she would come back.  He had waited long enough, and she was back of her own accord this time.  Lifting himself into the air he tried to move into his own attack.  It was then that he felt the blow to his side.  The confusion of the mysterious attack was short lived.  Bulma had obviously discovered a way to make her ki act as a physical blow.  It also told him of her plan.  Up close she knew he would hold the advantage, thus she was going to do what she could at a distance.  A good plan, but not one that was going to work. 

Ignoring the attacks that were denting his armor he continued to lessen the space between them.  Soon he was too close to her for her to use her physical ki attacks.  Leaving her with what the gods had given her. 

Or better yet, what she had worked to gain.  He didn't know what her training system was, but with how his sister had looked before she had vanished on a self assigned mission, he doubted it was anything lax.  He was sure it was similar to how she worked with her brains.  Taking and making no excuses, she was often the harshest on her own tasks than on anyone else's, much like himself when considering his own training rĂ©gime. 

"Don't insult me by holding back Vegeta."  He grinned at her fear, she may have been correct in his maybe going easier on her since he cared.  But with their bond she would know, and would indeed be insulted if he held back against her. 

"Only if you do the same woman."

"The name,"  She moved back and spread her arms.  "Is BULMA!!!"  Closing her hands he felt her ki balls attack at once.  He knew he would have to break them before he could reach her once more.  He also knew that the longer it took him to accomplish this, the longer she had to prepare her enxt move.  He was already planning on having her train him in mental attacks. 

Calli9ng in more power, he got to work.

There, there, there, what do you think????  I have set a self imposed done date for this fic, that being this Sunday.  Wish me luck because I'm still preparing and packing for life at a dorm.  And don't expect to see me soon after that due to the fact that I won't have personal internet access for I guess a month.

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