Ok, ok, since no one threw things at me, or told me to roll over and die,
I'll assume that the first chap wasn't too bad, huh? Hope not, at least.
Like I said before, Vegeta is not a nice person in this fic, although, to tell
you the truth, I'm really not sure if Vegeta's ever really a NICE person, but
that's beside the point. In case you didn't figure it out in the first
chapter, this is an a/u. And no, there is no Trunks...YET. There
will be...later...much later. I promise. (hides from the trunks
fanatics) Oh, and I realized that I had Vegeta fly off with no clothes on
in the last chap, I decided to leave it, cuz after all, even a depressing fic
needs a bit of humor, right? Ok, now that I've run my mouth about
everything, let's get on with it, shall we?
Disclaimer: Not mine, dont own it, never will, don't sue. There,
that just about covers it, huh?
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Heroes
Chapter 2: my time has come
Pairings: it's a supwise!!! :)
Warnings: some mention of rape, suicide, angst, but not as much as there was in
the last chap, this has lots of happy stuff in it, not to mention a touch of
lime, just a touch, mind you.
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~*It's too far*~
Bulma stepped out of the scalding hot stream of water and into the spacious
bathroom. She wiped the fog from the mirror and examined herself there,
gasping at what she saw. The black eye was clear now, an ugly mixture of
black and blue. And her "necklace" of bruises covered her neck, making it
swollen, and nearly impossible to swallow. The side of her stomach was
swollen and tender, and she winced when she accidentally hit it with her arm.
A knock from outside shook her from her thoughts, and she turned to the door,
her eyes wide with fear.
"H..hello?" She called out, her fear apparent in her voice.
"Bulma? How ya doin in there?" Goku's cheery voice came back to
her. Making it nearly impossible for her to hold in her sigh of relief.
"Yeah Goku, I'm ok. I just..I can't believe this is happening, you
know? I really don't know what I did to piss him off like I did. I
mean..Hell, I don't know what I mean."
"Hey, get dressed, and we'll go for a walk, and you can talk to me about it,
ok? Have you got your clothes in there? Or do you need me to get ya
something?" He asked her, his concern apparent.
"No, I've got it. I'll be out in just a minute, ok?" She called
as she turned back around to face herself in the mirror. She dried her
hair, and left it down to cascade around her shoulders. She tried her best
to cover her bruises with her makeup, but the black eye still shined through
brightly.
~*It's too fast*~
She pulled on a pair of zana-di jeans, and a baggy gray sweatshirt before
putting on her blue adidas running shoes. A pair of sunglasses completed
her outfit, not to mention the fact that they covered her black eye nicely.
When she walked out, she kept her head bowed down, strictly out of habit,
causing her to nearly run over Goku.
"Hey, you look great! Seriously, you do." He complimented her.
"You don't think it's too much? I mean, I can change if you want me
to. I dont' mind." She said back, keeping her head down all the
while.
"Huh? Why would I want you to change? I just told you that you
looked great, and I meant it. As a matter of fact, you're not dressed up
enough if you ask me." He told her jokingly,
"OH! Sorry, I'll go change! Really, I'm sorry. Just gimme
a minute." She turned to walk back into the bathroom.
"Woah! Wait wait wait! I was joking Bulma. You don't need
to change. Now, how about that walk? I know a great place, if you
don't mind a little bit of a hike, that is. It's really gorgeous."
"Ok, I could use a change of scenery. To tell you the truth, I can't
really stand to be here right now. And walking might help me out a bit."
She told him, lifting her head slightly to look at his face.
~*It's to quick*~
"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's get moving or we'll never
make it before sunset." Goku shooed her out the door, before taking one
more look around the room that had been her dungeon for so long. He shook
his head and sighed before shutting the door and walking outside to find Bulma.
"Um, I know this is going to sound strange, but what day is it? I
haven't seen the sun in what seems like forever. As crazy as that might
sound." Bulma glanced around the large yard in front of her, before
settling her eyes on the tall Saiyan next to her.
"That doesn't sound crazy. It's Saturday. And what do you mean
you haven't seen the sun? Your room has windows in it. What'd he do?
Not let you look out?" Goku asked, genuinely stumped
"Saturday? No way! What happened to last week? Did I just
sleep through it or something?" Bulma looked around her once again, before
raising her hand to rub her neck slightly. "I thought that bean was
supposed to heal me, if that's the case, then why does it still hurt?"
"Well, then senzu beans help you recover your energy so that your body heals
faster. Any bruises you have should be gone within a day or so, as opposed
to the normal week, and any pain should be gone within an hour or two.
Unfortunately, they take a different of amount of time on everyone. Now,
walk, or am I going to have to carry you all the way?" He bent over as if
to pick her up, seemingly oblivious to the blush that stained her cheeks.
~*It wont last*~
"No, I think I'll walk." She took off at a brisk pace ahead of him, as
if to show him that she could, in fact, take care of herself.
"Well then, awesome. But, just one thing, do you think you'd mind if
we walked in the right direction? Cause it's gonna take a LOT longer to
get there if we go that way, like we'd have to walk around the world long.
And IF we have to do that, I don't think we'll make it to where I'm going before
sunset, and I reallllly wanna see the sunset. So, let's go this way, k?"
Goku blurted in one long breath, his face turning a slight shad eof blue before
he got it all out.
"Um, ok, I suppose we can do that...Um, if I tell you something, you promise
you'll listen, and you won't get mad? Please?" She practically
begged him, tears welling up in her blue eyes.
"Of course I'll listen, that's something I'm good at. Yep yep yep.
Soooo...start talking." He replied cheerfully
"Vegeta...Vegeta got mad at me one day, and he hit me, nothing major, you
know, I just crossed the line, and so he smacked me. That was the first
time he had ever hit me, and it hurt like hell, so I was really careful not to
piss him off like that again. One day he came inside, and I had been
really sick, so I hadn't made his dinner. He hit me again, only this time
I tried to fight him back. HE said something about putting me in my place,
so he shoved me into the closet, and locked me in. I guess he figured that
as long as I was scared of him, then he had control over me, so he would hit me
for the smallest little things, and then he would lock me in the closet without
any food or water for what seemed like an eternity. It got to the point
where it was like he couldn't even look at me without getting mad, so he used to
beat me almost to death, then he would lock me in the closet for a day or so
just so that he could do it again. I guess that was where he got his sense
of power from. Kinda like you get yours from helping the people you love.
Well, he gets his from hurting them. That's the best explanation I can
think of at least." She turned to Goku, only to find him right behind her,
a shocked expression on his face.
~*Its not right,
but it's not wrong*~
"Is that what you think? You think that's love? Bulma, you're
smarter than that. Vegeta doesn't love you! Someone who loves you
could never do this to you! I mean, I can hardly stand ChiChi sometimes,
but I could NEVER touch her like that. Look at your face Bulma. I
don't care what you did to him, I can guarantee that it wasn't anything to
deserve that. That's not love Bulma, that's fucking sick." HE nearly
shouted at her, before he caught himself and lowered his voice
"But, if he didn't love me, then who will? He was my last cance in
this world, Goku. I don't know if I could ever stand to be around another
man. Not like that anyway. It gives me chills just thinking about
it. I think he probably would have killed me today if you hadn't shown up,
and to tell you the truth, I was hoping he would. somethings are just too
painful to have to endure for too long Goku, that was one of them, and now
everytime I close my eyes I still see him. I don't think that's ever going
to go away. I wish you would have just let me die. That's what I
wanted. I want to die. I want to stop hurting, I want to be
somewhere that it doesn't hurt anymore. And you took that away from me,
you didn't mean to, but you did." Bulma replied, her tears falling freely
now.
~*Theres no time, move along
But I've come much to far,
and I know whats in my heart*~
"What? You don't want to die Bulma, believe me, it isn't everything
it's cracked up to be. It hurts more than anything to see the people you
love sad because of you. It nearly broke my heart to see you all cry when
I died. It hurt so much to know that I had caused so much pain.
That's something that you don't want Bulma, believe me."
"No one would cry for me Goku, I'm just another woman that was too weak to
protect herself from her husband. I don't even deserve to be here.
And stop giving me that look, name one person that would be truly sad that I was
gone, Goku, just one." She shouted to him, her bottled up emotions from
the past week overwhelming her.
"Are you that blind Bulma? I would be sad, hell, I'd be downright
crushed. And you'd have to be blind or stupid not to see that.
You're my best friend Bulma. You always have been, and you actually think
that I wouldn't be sad that you were gone? Jeez, what do you take me for?
A monster? I'd miss you so much that ChiChi would probably leave me
because of it." He added thelast part with a grin.
~*And I know, what I feel
I can tell when it is real*~
"Yeah, you'd be sad, but you'd have ChiChi to take care of you, and soon
you'd forget all about me. I'm not important Goku, I can't fight, all I
can do is sit back and watch you guys risk your lives to save us. Let's
just face it Goku, I'm just one of those people who's expendable in this world."
She turned away from him for a split second, before feeling herself being lifted
into the air. "Ack! Put me down! You know I'm terrified of
heights! Besides, I thought we were walking to some secret spot or
something." Bulma pointed out as she buried her head into his muscled
chest.
"No, no more walking today. You need to see this now. It'll show
you what I mean. Just hold on tight, and don't look down, ok?" He
told her before unconciously pulling her body closer to his.
"ACK! What'd you have to bring me so high up for? There's
gotta be a better way to get there than this." she screamed to him, her
cries sounding slightly muffled from where her head laid against his shirt.
"Jeez Bulma, I told you not to look down...And nope, sorry, there's no other
way to get there that I know of, we have to fly." He let a small smile
cross his face as he felt her tiny muscles relax against him.
~*It's ok, be afraid
Its alright*~
They landed a few moments later inside of what looked to be a small canyon
with a large waterfall cascading down the side. The waterfall dumped into
a aprkling clear lagoon, and it was all Bulma could do to keep from jumping in
head first at the sight of it.
"So, you like?" Goku asked her upon seeing the childlike wonder on her
face when they landed.
"Gee, how'd you guess?" She shot back at him. "ChiChi must love
this place. I mean, the water's so clear, and...it's just plain
beautiful!"
"ChiChi's never been here. As a matter of fact, you're the first
person I've ever shown this to. And don't laugh at me, but I've got
something to show you, keep in mind that it's been there since I was like 12
though, ok? He took her by the hand and led her to a small clearing where
a lone tree stood. Engraved into the trunk of the tree were the letters
S.G. -N- B.B. inside of a large heart.
"AWW...That's so sweet. Did little Goku have a crush on me?" she
teased and pinched him on the cheek, only causing Goku to turn even redder
"I..um..well...um..yeah, I did..heh." Was all he could manage to
stutter out from his embarassment.
~*You just take that fear, turn it in to your strength
It's called life, and thats why we're here*~
"Ok, you're right, I do feel better now, I just wish you would have told me
that then Goku, who knows, maybe we would have ended up together instead,
wouldn't that have been something?" She couldn't help but giggle at the
sight of his red face, that seemed to grow brighter every minute.
"Yeah, we could've saved ourselves a whole lotta trouble, huh? Heh
heh. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go for a swim, care to join
me?" He asked her, changing the subject from him as fast as he could.
"Actually, that does sound good, but there's only one problem, you forgot to
tell me to bring anything with me to swim in, so I guess I'm outta luck, you go
ahead though, I'll just watch you." She answered rather sadly.
"Bah! Clothes are over-rated anyway. Strip down and hop in!
I promise not to peek." Goku said kindly.
"Um, Goku, I don't know if I should. I mean..um..I" She
stuttered back at him, once again averting her eyes to the ground when she
talked.
"Hey, what was that whole conversation about just now? You're supposed
to trust me Bulma, I won't hurt you, I promise, I just want you to swim with me,
ok?" Goku appeared hurt by her sudden withdrawl from him, and then he
shamed himself for it. *you're in this for her, not you. She needs
your help, remember?* He reprimanded himself. "Aww jeez, sorry, I
shouldn't try to force you into swimming Bulma, I'm just worried about you is
all."
~*Now I've come much to far, and I know whats in my heart
And I know what I feel, and this time I know its real*~
"No, actually, you're right. I shouldn't be taking this out on you.
Besides, the water looks really good, just no peeking, ok?" Bulma sat
still until he turned around and she quickly undressed and ran to the water's
edge. She tested the water with her foot, and finding it suprisingly warm,
she ran in. "Ok, I'm in, you can come in now. Goku was about to come
in with his shorts on, but Bulma caught him before he could reach the water.
"Uh uh buster, if i don't have the privelage of clothes, then neither do you.
Now STRIP!" She laughed good naturedly before turning around to give him
his privacy. She waited for a minute and still there was no sound of him
coming into the water, but afraid that he was still undressing, she didn't turn
around. Suddenly, something yanked her under the water, barely giving her
enough time to suck in a quick breath before pulling her down. When she
emerged, she glanced around a bit frightened, only to see Goku come up a few
feet away.
"Oh, sorry Bulma, didn't see you standing there." He laughed at her,
before noticing that the water had washed away her makeup revealing the bruises
underneath. He swam toward her slowly, and reached a hand up to touch her
neck, suprised that she didn't flinch at his touch like she had earlier.
"Oh..damn." Was all he could mutter
as he ran his fingers gently over the bruised skin. He reached his hand up
and touched her face, wiping a wet strand of hair away from her eye. The
black and blue had been replaced with green and yellow, a sign that it was
healing, but that didn't help his anger any. He had to fight with himself
to keep from going super saiyan, but his eyes flickered teal once before he
managed to get it under control.
~*My time has come
And like the road below me*~
Bulma noticed the change in him, and when she saw his eyes flicker, she was
about to turn and run, but for some reason, she didn't. There was no trace
of hate in his eyes, only hurt. She turned her head to look away, but he
gently pulled her face up to look at him.
"Don't you dare be ashamed of it, you understand me? It's not your
fault, if anything, you should be proud that you were strong enough to last
through it, ok? Hey, let's get off this depressing subject, shall we?
I wonder how deep the water is here?" Goku tried desperately to change the
subject, but to no avail.
"Goku...Do you think I'm pretty? I used to think I was, but since I
met Vegeta, I don't really know anymore. I guess he just has a tendency to
bring out the worst in me." She looked him dead in the eyes this time,
suprised at the emotions that played across his face at that questions.
"Do you actually have to ask me that? Surely even Vegeta told you
that... Bulma, if I told you that you were pretty, I'd be lying." He
nearly laughed when he watched her eyes fall from his, but he held it in for the
grand finale. "Nope, you're not pretty at all. You're just plain ol
gorgeous. Guess that'll have to do, huh?" He did laugh when he saw
the happiness flash across her face, and he grinned from ear to ear when she
jumped up to hug him. That was, until he realized that his best friend was
naked, beautiful, and pressing herself against him in a VERY enjoyable fashion.
It was then that he decided that it was time to change the subject, and fast,
before he lost all control, and decided to "rise" to the occasion.
~*I know I'll touch the sky above
A million footprints surround me*~
"Um, Goku, are you ok? You look kinda pale. Did I do something
wrong? If I did, then I'm really sorry. Goku? Earth to Goku,
come in Goku." Bulma said as she waved her hand in front of her eyes.
She used his shoulders to pull herself up eye level to him, and planted a kiss
on his cheek, startling him back to reality. "Jeez, there you are, I was
beginning to wonder if you had zoned out on me permanently." She said, not
realizing that she was still almost completely out of the water.
"Ok, you know what? I'm trying really hard not to peek here, but
sticking your boobies in my face isn't exactly what I would call helping the
matter." He managed to choke out, trying as hard as possible not to tilt
his head down to take a look.
"Huh? You mean you'd actually WANT to look? That's good to know,
I suppose.
I mean, I guess it's a little weird that my best friend wants to oogle my tits,
but I suppose it's reassuring none the less. Ok, ready, you've got 3
seconds. ready, set, oogle." Bulma laughed.
"W...what? You mean, you WANT me to look? I don't know if that's
such a good idea, I mean, wouldn't you feel kinda...I dunno weird later?"
Goku asked her back, wanting to look, but then again, almost forcing himself not
to.
~*Tell me it can be done, my time has come
Now I've come much to far, and I know whats in my heart*~
"No, I want you to. I wanna know if they look good too, or if they're
droopy and stuff I guess..Heh, nevermind, I guess it's just nice to know that
guys can still look at my body and like what they see, that's something I
haven't had in awhile, ya know? Sorry, I guess I shouldn't have said
anything, cause now you're all weirded out, and that's going to make everything
weird now. I'm really sorry." She went to lower herself back into
the water, only to be lifted up by the strong saiyan.
"No no no, I sure as hell don't mind, just um, don't tell ChiChi, ok?" He
looked down slightly, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head. *Ok,
keep control here Goku, they're just tits, BIG tits, BIG perky tits. Ugh.
I hate my life I hate it, hate it, hate it!* He screamed to himself.
For some strange reason, unknown to him, he brushed his hand across he hard
nipple, nearly jumping when he heard her moan slightly. "Ok, ok, ok, this is
bad, I should stop now, yeah, stop.....hmmm." He cast one more look
downward, before looking up into her face again.
"SO? Are they good? Bad? Ugly? What? Don't just sit there,
tell me." Bulma whined the suspense nearly killing her."
Goku lowered her back into the water slowly, making sure to take his time
and let her stomach rub against his hardened member. "Tell me, does that
tell you? Or should I try to put it into words?" He asked as he
looked away from her.
"N..no..I think that does it pretty well. Um, you're not mad at me,
are you? Cause I'm sorry if I made you look when you didn't want to.
I really didn't know you were gonna react like that. God, you must think
I'm such a whore now, huh?" Bulma rattled, panicked that Goku would look
at her as trash.
"Bulma, you didn't make me do anything, I just did it. But tell me, do
you have to have such a fucking good body? I don't think this damn thing's
ever going to go down now. You make my life hell, you realize that, right?
I'm going to be walking around with a perma-stiffie for the rest of my life!"
He laughed good-naturedly to her.
~*And I know, what I feel
And this time I know its real...
I know that I just gotta keep movin on*~
"Seriously? You're not mad at me? You don't think I'm a whore?
Oh Goku! I love you, you know that?!" She cried as she jumped back
up into his arms, this time wrapping her legs around his back.
"See what I mean, you're not going to be happy until I fuck the hell outta
you, are you?" His voice said it as a joke, but his eyes told otherwise.
They had a mischievious glint to them, and they sparkled with a fire that Bulma
had never seen before.
"Ok, I'll leave you alone, ChiChi's probably worried sick about you, and I
need to get home. Oh jeez Goku, what if he comes back tonight? I
hadn't even thought about that. He's gonna come kill me in my sleep, and
no one will even know until they come to check on me weeks later....."
Bulma talked more to herself than she did Goku, working herself into a panic.
"Ok then, what would you rather have happen? You can stay at my house,
or I can stay at yours, it's your call. Personally, I'm rooting for your
house, I need a break from my loving wife...." Goku let his voice trail off at
the end.
"Ok then, Capsule corp it is, but um, would you help me get rid of the bed
that's in my room? I don't think I could ever sleep on that thing
again...Please?" She asked him, her voice cracking at the end, as if she
was about to cry.
"Hey, no problem, it should only take a minute to get your bed switched, you
look like you could use some rest, anyway. Now, let's get outta this
water, you're starting to turn into a prune."
"Hey. Goku, one more thing..." Bulma called after him
"Yeah?" He asked as he turned around to face her
"Made ya look." She taunted as she walked from the water, exposing her
backside to him, which in turn caused his mouth to fall open a full 2 feet.
~*I know whats in my heart
I can feel it
My time has come*~
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Boy, that was a long sucker, wasn't it. I hope I didn't make Bulma sound
like a slut too much there, I just wanted to show the obvious chemistry between
the two, along with the fact that Bulma's not just going to roll over and die,
not matter what, see, there's a method to my madness, come on people!
review my story! The more reviews I get, the more it inspires me to write!
Hint hint!!! Till next time...Buh bye!!
