Disclaimer; Still don't own em.....
A/N; Ok firstly I'd like to apologise for the delay in the update of this fic, but I do have a valid reason, I wasn't just being lazy I promise. Anyway, here is the next chapter, I hope you enjoy it. ~D.B
And Then You'll Know
Chapter 9
Kakkarot landed on the ground outside the gate to his house.
"Good afternoon master Kakkarot" greeted the man who kept watch at the front gate.
Kakkarot smiled stupidly and shoved one of his hands in his pocket, he waved with the other. "Hi Logan," he said, then in an attempt to continue the conversation he asked, "Any mail?".
Logan looked down at his bench and picked up a few letters. "Here you go".
"Thanks" said Kakkarot and he took the mail and made his way up the driveway towards the house.
"Bill, bill, mother, father, father, bill," he said to himself as he sifted threw the mail. "Ah, here we go, 'to the males of the house". Kakkarot shrugged his shoulders, walked in the front door, put the other mail down on the table and ripped the one he was still holding, open.
This is official mail from the palace of Vegeta-sei.
Greetings. At present Vegeta-sei is required to go into battle by order of Lord Frieza. In order to determined who will be going into battle with the Sayian elites a lottery type system has been devised. On the attached notice you will find the names of all people eligible for the lottery and their pin number.
The instructions are as follows. If your number is drawn, you will pack your bags and be in the palace courtyard within the hour to await further details
The lottery will be televised on channel 33 at 7.30-p.m. next Tuesday the 11th.
Good luck
King Vegeta.
Kakkarot blinked and read over the letter again, then again after that. 'Wow' he thought to himself 'this is pretty big. I wonder if I'll be going to fight'. Just then Turles walked into the main hall.
"Turles" shouted Kakkarot. Turles stopped and rolled his eyes. "What?," he asked "I was just about to leave"
"Read this" demanded Kakkarot.
"It better be important" said Turles as he took the piece of paper
"It is" said Kakkarot. Turles read the letter, then like Kakkarot, read it again. "Wow," he said, then he looked at his twin brother "Well, see you later".
Kakkarot frowned at the spot where his brother had been moments before. "Wow. See you later" was that all he had to say. Well, he'd do something about that when he Turles got back. Right now though, he was going to go and see what Raddizt and his father had to say about this.
***
"Bulma! Are you here"
"Yes dad. What is it?" called Bulma from the other side of the lab.
"I think you should come take a look at this". Bulma grumbled and stood up from her work station. She had really been getting into what she had been doing, and being told to stop wasn't really what she wanted
"What is it?" she asked
"Look" replied Dr.Briefs. Bulma looked down at the blue liquid and gasped. What had once been a light blue, thin, water like substance was now transforming into a thick dark blue mess.
"What's going on?" Bulma asked her father.
"Well last night I added some fluorine to the mixture and this is what happened" stated the doctor.
"Fluorine!" exclaimed Bulma. "Why the hell did you do that? You know what fluorine does to things" Bulma shook her head and groaned, sometimes her father was just a little absent-minded.
"I'm gonna take a break ok," said Bulma as she took off her lab coat "I'll be back in half an hour". Dr Briefs nodded his head and turned back to the black-blue mess.
Bulma ran her fingers through her hair, she stopped in front of a big window and looked up at the sky. It was a beautiful day, the sky was blue and there was not a cloud to be seen. She sighed, it seemed the planet was mocking it's people by being so bright and cheery, a dark, stormy day would have suited the Sayians drab mood better.
Bulma heard footsteps she turned to see who it was, but it was no one she knew. Sighing, she continued on her way to the kitchen.
***
"Dodoria, is eating all you are any good at?" asked Zarbon.
"No," replied Dodoria "I'm good at lots of things" he retorted.
"Like what?". There was a pause as Dodoria tried to come up with a list of his talents. Zarbon sniggered and opened his mouth to say something, undoubtedly another insult for Dodoria, but the creaky kitchen door was pushed open, curious to see who it was, Zarbon kept his mouth shut.
Bulma cursed under her breath when she saw who was sitting at the big wooden kitchen table. She quickly walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a carton of chocolate ice cream. Then, grabbing herself a spoon, she sat down at the far end of the table and began to eat.
Zarbon watched her, captivated by her beauty. She was definitely exotic, never in all his years had Zarbon seen a blue Sayian. And despite her odd colouring, she was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen, he wanted Bulma, and he was a man who always got what he want, no matter who he had to take down.
Taking a deep breath, Zarbon scooted down the bench a little and re-positioned himself next to Bulma.
"Hi," he said "remember me?". Without moving her head, Bulma shifted her eyes across and looked at the freak known as Zarbon out the corner of her eye. "Unfortunately" she said.
Zarbon draped one of his arms over Bulma's shoulders and put his face uncomfortably close to hers.
"Aw baby," he said, "I know you don't mean that". Bulma tried to shrug his arm off "Like hell I do, get away from me you...you...Just get away"
Bulma got up to leave the kitchen, but Zarbon grabbed onto her arm preventing her from going anywhere.
"Get off me!" she shrieked, she flailed her arm about wildly to try and break Zarbons' hold on her, but it was to no avail, he was much stronger than she was.
"Let me go" she said again, her voice was much more lethal this time. All Zarbon did was laugh.
"I don't think so," he said "Your far to pretty for me to just 'let you go". Bulma was fuming, she looked across at Dodoria, who seemed to be enjoying the show immensely.
"I'm only gonna tell you one more time," said Bulma, "Let. Me. Go". Zarbon only tightened his grip on her arm and purposely dug his fingers into her creamy white flesh, causing Bulma's knees to buckle, she fell to the floor and cried out in pain. Bulma acted purely on Sayian instinct next, she saw her opponents' closest ligament, which in this case was his arm, and she sunk her teeth into it. The taste of blood filled her mouth and she quickly began to spit all over the floor.
Zarbon yanked his hand away from Bulma, her head hit the ground with a bang and she suddenly felt dizzy and nauseous.
"You bitch," he said, "that will cost you your life". All Bulma could do was shut her eyes as the sound of someone creating a ki ball filled her ears.
She didn't want to die yet!
Zarbon laughed wildly, he could feel the ki tingling his hand, and he could only imagine how much pain he was about to put Bulma through.
Zarbon was so caught up in his business that he didn't hear the kitchen door open again, and he didn't see the look on Vegeta's face when he saw what was about to happen. In fact, Zarbon didn't know Vegeta was in the room until his hands were clamped firmly around his neck, preventing breathing, or even thinking straight.
"Just what the hell do you think you're doing?" snarled Vegeta, his voice deadly. Zarbon only made gagging noises by way of reply.
"It's no fun being threatened within an inch of your life is it?" said Vegeta, then in one swift movement, he threw Zarbon to the other side of the room, where he collided with the shelves and pots and pans came crashing down around him. Zarbon didn't notice though, he was out cold.
Vegeta shot an angry glare at Dodoria, before he bent down to help the barely conscious Bulma to her feet. The first thing he noticed was the big gash on her head that was oozing crimson blood into her aqua hair.
"Am I dead?" asked Bulma meekly
"No women not yet. But you will be if I don't get you to the infirmary quick" replied Vegeta and he picked Bulma up and carried her out the room.
Some time later the two of them were sitting in a small room that contained nothing more than a chair and a bed.
"Why is it that you seem to have a habit of showing up just when I need to be rescued?" asked Bulma, who was now feeling considerably better. Vegeta just shrugged his shoulder.
"I guess I'm just lucky" Bulma answered her own question. Just then the heavy wooded door was pushed open and the doctor strode into the room, followed by Mr and Mrs Briefs. Bulma rolled her eyes, now she was in for it.
Vegeta smirked as he watched Bulmas parents fuss over, she seemed to be just about ready to blast them both to the next dimension, satisfied that she was going to be ok, he left the room.
***
It was a rainy, Tuesday afternoon, the mood through out the palace was a bad one. Everyone knew the lottery was to be drawn tonight, and everybody was hoping there name wouldn't be drawn. The elites had been training for weeks now, for they were obviously going, as were the kings two sons'. Krillen and Vegeta would be going to take down a planet that belonged to their very allegiance, and while Vegeta didn't seem to be to fazed by that fact, it was driving Krillen mental.
He looked up at the clock, it was only 2, this had to be one of the longest days in history. He needed to do something to pass the time, but there was nothing he wanted to do. He knew he should train, but he just couldn't bring himself to do it, and besides, he was already many hundreds, or maybe even thousands time stronger than the average being from planets Sutek and Kiasom.
Turning his head slightly, he looked at the wall, he knew 18 was on the other side of it, he heard Chi-chi yelling at her before about something or other. A faint smile touched his lips, he seemed to like 18 more and more everyday, she was the one thing most commonly on his mind.
Suddenly he was snapped out of his thoughts by someone knocking on the door. He blinked a few times and stood up.
"Yeah?" he asked as he pulled the door open.
"The king wished to speak with you" said the lady on the other side, then she turned on her heel and walked off. Krillen stepped out his room and headed toward the throne room, he passed Chi-chi's room on the way and noticed the door was wide open, he could see 18 down on all fours, scrubbing madly at a stain on the floor, Chi-chi didn't appear to be in there.
"Pssst 18" whispered Krillen. 18 looked up, a dark scowl occupying her usually blank face.
"18, what's wrong?" asked Krillen from the doorway. 18 didn't reply, she just cast her eyes back to the floor and continued to clean.
"18 hey, look at me" 18 let go of the scrubbing brush and sat up, she looked Krillen directly in the eyes as he came further into the room, which he was absolutely not supposed to be in, and sat down beside her.
"Are you gonna talk to me or not?" asked Krillen.
18 opened her mouth to say something, but then stopped, as she though about what it was she exactly wanted to say.
"Don't think I'm mad at you, cause I'm not. I've just got a lot on my mind at the moment that's all".
"We've all got a lot on our minds at the moment. Trust me, if I told you everything I was worrying about right now, we'd be here for a good 40 years".
A small smile touched 18's lips, but it quickly faded. There was something about Krillen, he made all the bad things in her life seem not so terrible.
"I have to go now, my father wishes to see me, but if you're finished in here by 3, I'll be in the garden if you're interested". With that, Krillen got up and left. 18 felt a pang of disappointment wash over her when he left and she quickly forced herself to think of something else, but it was no use, within a few moments her thought were back on him.
She couldn't be falling for him could she? No it wasn't possible for her and her brother to feel those types of things was it? Was it? No. But maybe, just maybe she was. It was all so goddamn confusing, and in only a few seconds she had worked herself up into another bad and angry mood.
***
Krillen pushed open the huge doors to the throne room and stepped inside. His father and brother were already in there.
"Ah Krillen," said the king "glad you are here". Krillen raised an eyebrow, even his own father had never said that to him.
"Is this gonna take long?" asked Vegeta "I have things to do".
"No, I just wanted to give both you boys something before you leave" said the king and he handed each of the boys a small gold badge with the royal insignia on it. "Wear it with pride, remember who you are fighting for".
"We're fighting for Frieza" snapped Vegeta and he threw the badge to the ground and stormed out the room. Krillen picked up the badge and handed it back to his father, slipping his into his pocket he headed out to the garden.
Unlike his older brother, Krillen saw what his father had ment, it didn't have anything to do with fighting for the planet at all, the king was trying to thank his two sons for acting mature and responsible while their future was being threatened in front of their very eyes. Looking down at his watch Krillen noticed that it was almost 10 past 3, he had doubted 18 would show up right from the second he had asked her, but he had wanted to say goodbye to her properly before he left tonight. He tilted his up and looked at the dark sky, he didn't want to leave the planet. He wasn't even of age yet – only 18. If he had been anyone but the king's son he wouldn't have even been considered for this stupid mission. Why was he always so unlucky?
18 obviously wasn't going to show up, so Krillen got up off the bench he had been sitting on and turned to go inside.
"Wait"
Krillen turned around and saw 18 walking slowly down one of the garden paths "Sorry I'm late". He smiled and sat back down.
"That's ok".
"Look I can't stay long, I'm not supposed to be here and I'm already in enough trouble as it is". Krillen didn't bother to ask what she had done to get herself in trouble.
"It's alright. I wanted to say goodbye" said Krillen.
"Goodbye?"
"Yeah, I'm sure you know we're leaving tonight to carry out Frieza's stupid orders". 18 nodded her head somberly. Krillen stood up and took a few steps backward and a few deep breaths.
"Bye" said 18 quietly
"Bye. And oh yeah, if I come back alive, I think you'd make a great princess"
***
"Daddy that's not fair!" shrieked Chi-chi, she was acting like a 5 year old. The king was beginning to lose his cool with his only daughter.
"Chi-chi, I can not tell you who was selected because I simply do not know. You are going to have to wait just like the rest of us"
"But daddy, I want to know now. You are the king, you should know these things.
"Chi-chi, I'm not going to argue with you any longer, I already have to many problems and I don't need to add you to the list. So will please just go and wait like the rest of the palace. I'm sure Bulma is over there".
Chi-chi caught a glimpse of her father's eyes and saw all the emotion there, he really did look like he was about to cry. "Ok daddy" she said and she turned and left the throne room.
Sure enough, Bulma was sitting on the front steps of the palace waiting for the first arrivals of the lottery, which had been draw about 10 minutes earlier. The first few men should be arriving any minute now, since they only 30 minutes to arrive.
"Hey B. How you feeling after this morning?" asked Chi-chi as she took a seat next to her friend.
"I'm feeling ok. Daddy said I hit my head pretty bad, but I think I'm gonna survive" Chi-chi smiled and put an arm around her friend, in a hug that was really designed to try and make her feel happier instead of Bulma. Bulma, being the genius she was, picked up on this almost instantly.
"It's ok Chi, I know how you must be feeling. It's not fair"
"I know" said Chi-chi and a single tear slipped down her cheek
***
17 was sitting on the floor opposite the big wooden doors that lead outside to the hall, he was waiting for his sister, she should have been back hours ago.
Suddenly the big heavy doors were heaved open and 18 walked into the cold room.
"Hi," she said sleepily "What are you doing in here all by yourself?". 17 stood up and gave his sister a quick hug, "Just thinking".
"Seems everyone's being doing an awful lot of that lately" said 18 as she pushed her dirty, messy blonde hair off her face, today had been a particularly hard days work and 18 felt just about ready to fall on the floor and die.
"Hard day huh?" 17 asked sympathetically. 18 looked at her brother, her big blue eyes told him more than her word ever would "Yeah". Tarie chose that moment to walk into the room, she saw the twins and walked over to them, putting on arm around 17's waist in an affectionate hug.
"Hey the guys have started arriving" she said. 17 raised an eyebrow, "Already?" he asked. Tarie nodded her head. "Hey I have an idea," she said "Why don't we go watch, I mean, it's not hard for us to sneak around, we probably know this palace better than the king himself".
17 laughed at Tarie's last statement, it was so true. "Well I'm game," he said "You with us 18". 18 shrugged her shoulder, maybe some snooping around was exactly what she needed to take her mind off all things named Krillen. "Sure, why not" she said, and the 3 of them headed for the door.
***
More and more men arrived in the court yard, despite the fact most of them didn't know each other, they were all happily talking away, getting to know each other before they went off into battle, where they were most likely to soak in each others blood. Chi-chi and Bulma still sat on the step watching in awe, it was beyond the girls how these men could be so cheery when they knew what was going to happen in a couple of hours time. Suddenly Chi-chi's eyes locked on to one body, he was dressed in a simple orange gi and he had a red duffel bag slug over his shoulder. "Oh my god, no" muttered Chi-chi, then she stood up and raced over to the person.
"Oh hey Chi, what are doing out her, it's cold, you should be inside". Chi-chi stopped short, what was she supposed to say to that?
"You're not going are you? Please say your not going" Chi-chi thought desperately
"Huh, yeah, I'm going, sorry" said Kakkarot. Chi-chi looked up at the older and taller man and blinked, had she really said that out loud. Damn it, she had.
"Well, maybe I can talk to daddy, then you won't have to go" said Chi-chi, more to herself than to Kakkarot.
"It's ok Chi, I'm going to go and serve my planet". Chi-chi smiled; this guy really was something.
"Well then promise me your going to come back ok". Kakkarot smiled goofily and took Chi-chi's hands in his. "I promise" he said. Chi-chi felt her knees go weak and she had to remind herself to stand up, she had never felt like this before. Her heart was beating faster, and she felt an unbelievable urge to kiss the man standing in front of her. But she couldn't do that. Could she?
***
King Vegeta stood at the window and sighed deeply, from here he could see the courtyard and all the men gathering there. He could also he his daughter and the son of the Son's, that brought a smile to his lips, it was his first smile in days.
He was very aware of what was about to happen, his men were going to go head on in to a bloody battle and it wasn't going to be a pretty sight. Both of the races they were to go up against were considerably larger than the Sayian race. And one planet had amazing technology and weapons, while the other had fighters that could almost challenge the Sayians a smirk appeared on the king lips – 'almost'.
"It's a beautiful night, is it not" came a husky voice out of nowhere. The king jumped and spun around only to be face to face with his self-proclaimed archenemy, the so-called lord of the universe Frieza.
"Yes, it is. Pity half of these men won't be coming back to see another night like this". King Vegeta turned his gaze out the window, a large number of these men had young families with them, and they were sharing emotional farewells.
"Depends on how you look at it" said Frieza, his voice emotionless as usual, yet his eyes told another story, they were alive with excitement. The king was almost sick when he realised. The bastard was actually enjoying this, he was looking forward to hundreds of men dying in battle.
"What do you mean?" asked the king, his voice full of hate.
"Well you see it as your men dying in battle, right?" asked Frieza. The king nodded stupidly "Well the way I see it, it's just a few less Sayians to worry about". A cold shiver ran down the king's spine, how could someone be so heartless.
But one look into those cold, dark eyes answered his question. It was simple; he had no heart to begin with.
***
"Tarie are you sure we should be doing this?" asked 18 doubtfully, thought she had to admit, the trio had a superb hiding spot, it was a dark little corner that conveniently had a large bush in front of it. They all fit behind it easy and if they were down on their knees it was just the right hight to poke your head over.
"Hey 18, isn't that you 'boss' over there. With the huge guy?" asked 17. 18 looked at her brother and raised an eyebrow, then she turned her gaze to the ever growing crowd. Just how many people had been drawn anyway. Then she saw it, Madam Chi-chi getting all mushy with the tall guy. It wasn't what 18 wanted to see. She didn't enjoy seeing other people happy when her own life was so horribly miserable, it just made it even worse.
"Well?" 18 was snapped back into reality by the sound of her brother's voice. "Huh," she blinked a few times "oh yeah, it is"
"18 you just haven't been yourself lately. Are you feeling ok?" asked Tarie. 18 was very tempted to form a Ki blast in her hand and blow Tarie into the next dimension, sure it would have blown their cover, but 18 was willing to bet she could give these Sayians a run for their money, she was not just some weak slave girl.
None the less, 18 forced a smile to her lips and aimed in Taire's direction. "I'm fine" she said, lying through her teeth and hoping Tarie was to dumb to realise. As it turned out, luck was on her side, Tarie smiled warmly and genuinely at 18 "ok then, just take care of your self ok. It's not easy to be us". 18 rolled her eyes, compared to her Tarie was living the sweet life.
Tarie sighed quietly and rested her head on 17's shoulder. She saw the look 18 gave her, but she chose to ignore it like she did so often, she felt 17's arm snake it's way around her waist and she smiled. Then on impulse, she pounced on 17 and began to tickle him. 18's eyes widened, they were gonna blow their cover for sure!
"Tarie stop it!" 17 squirmed and giggled as he tried to get out from under her. Eventually he did, and his first instinct was to get away from her and her fingers. He scooted backwards a few feet, apparently forgetting where he was. "17 stop" warned 18 in a loud whisper, but he didn't hear her. And the next thing 18 remembered was hearing the ear-piercing scream that left her lips.
Everyone who was present jumped a mile and covered their ears at the sudden sound, soon their attention turned to the man who still had his index finger outstretched from the blast he had just fired. He looked shocked, like he hadn't actually meant to do it, it had just been a reflex. Then their eyes turned to the recipient of the blast.
One man out of the entire group rushed straight to the scene.
"17!" 18 shrieked, her entire being was consumed by fear, her brother was bleeding everywhere, she quickly jumped up from her spot and crouched down behind her brother, she carefully placed his head in her lap, her bare legs were instantly covered in blood. She looked up at Tarie, who looked absolutely mortified, there were a few seconds of silence before 18 began her verbal assault.
"What the hell were you thinking, you complete idiot. I can't believe you. I hope you know this is all your fault" screamed 18, the tears pouring down her face, she had never really cried before, this was all so new to her and she didn't like it. Tarie fell to her knees beside 17, but 18 would not have it.
"No way in hell, get up now. You are going to go and find help this second" demanded 18
"No, I have to stay hear" Tarie's voice was barely a whisper.
"No, this is your fault, you go and get help right now, or 17 is going to die" stated 18 bluntly.
"I know that," Tarie suddenly found her voice and used it full force "but I love him".
"Yeah well so do I, so I suggest you go get help". Tarie suddenly came to her senses and ran across the silent courtyard towards help.
18 wiped her cheek with her bloody hand, but it did nothing to stop the tears. Suddenly a figure crouched down next to her. 18 looked to her left and saw two shining black eyes. It was Krillen.
"It'll be alright" he said. 18's eyes widened considerably. "All right. Are you insane?" she asked desperately "how can this be alright"
Krillen smiled gently, and for a second 18 actually believe he was right "just trust me".
17 coughed and spluttered up a large amount of blood and his eyes began to roll back in his head, he was losing concisions fast. "Oh god, he's not gonna make it" muttered 18, as a fresh batch of tears welled up in her eyes.
Krillen saw what was happening and quickly took off his shirt, folded it a couple of times and pressed it firmly to the wound.
18 watched him as he tended to her only family, and she silently thanked who ever it was that felt sorry enough for her to give her her very own guardian angel to watch over her.
"18! 18 move" called Tarie as she came running towards her, with Nison close behind. 18 rested her brother's head on the ground, he screamed out in pain and 18 felt it surge through her body.
Nison dropped to his knees and his hands began to glow. 18 watched on, her knees felt weak and her whole body was shaking. It seemed to take forever for Nison to do what he had to do. 18 realised that the feud they had been having was silly, he was saving her brothers life, she owed him for ever.
It took about 10 minutes, but 17's wound healed and 18 was able to breath easy again, 17 was going to be ok, he had lost a lot of blood and he would be out of action for a while, but he would be fine.
"Thank-you Nison," said 18 as she knelt beside her brother "thank-you so much"
"Hey don't mention it" said Nison
"Can I do anything to re-pay you?" she asked
"How about we just forget about out little disagreement". Suggested Nison. 18 smiled "Sure"
17 opened his eyes and moaned. 18's attention was instantly back on her brother, she took his hand and held it firmly. "It's ok," she said "it's gonna be ok now"
Tarie fell to her knees and ran her finger gently down 17's face "I'm so sorry baby. I'm so sorry"
"Hey, it's all right, don't worry about it".
18 hung her head, her hair was covering her face. "Tarie, Nison, can you help 17 inside please?" she asked quietly "and do it gently" she warned, her voice now venomous.
Very quickly and very quietly Tarie and Nison helped 17 up and carefully helped him inside. 18 didn't move, she kept her position in the pool of sticky drying blood. Slowly everyone moved away, continuing to prepare to leave.
Krillen came back over to 18 and crouched down beside her. "C'mon 18, get up. You can't stay out here all night, you'll get cold and sick" he said, trying to comfort her.
"I'm already cold and sick" she snapped, not moving a muscle. "And besides, I've got to clean up this mess"
"No you don't"
"You might be living the easy life, never having to life a finger. But I'm not, if I don't clean this now, I'll just be forced to do it after, trust me."
Now it was Krillens turn to feel ashamed, 18 was right, her and her friends were all treated wrongly. They didn't even have proper clothes to wear or beds to sleep in.
18 took hold of the dirty, torn, rag that was supposed to be her shirt and ripped a section off the bottom, she began to mop up the sticky mess with it.
"18" said Krillen, 18 paid no attention what so ever to him. "18 look at me".
She looked at him, and waited for him to talk. "What?"
"When I get back, things are going to be different for you. I promise". 18 raised an eyebrow and resumed her task, "I highly doubt that" she said.
***
Bulma landed back on the ground, her mouth hanging wide open. That had definitely been one of those things you don't see every day. Chi-chi was in much the same state as she landed beside her friend.
"What the hell is going to go wrong on this stupid planet next?" she asked.
"I don't think father would appreciate you calling his planet stupid, sister" came a gruff voice from behind Chi-chi
"I don't care Vegeta" said Chi-chi and she walked off to find Kakkarot, making sure she walked as royally as she could, so that all the other men would know she was better than them.
Bulma looked up at Vegeta and smiled slightly. He was holding a black duffel bag and was dressed in his blue spandex, it showed off every single one of his muscles, and he had yet to put his armour on, so she really did get the best view.
"Did you see what just happened?" asked Bulma.
"It was hard to miss" replied Vegeta with no emotion what so ever "are you feeling any better?"
"Yeah, I'm ok now, my head still hurts a little"
"Trust me woman, as soon as I get back, I'm going to beat that Zarbon into the ground". Bulma felt her heart leap. Did that mean he cared about her?"
"I don't think you should do that, Frieza wouldn't like that"
"I don't give a fuck what Frieza thinks. Nobody lays a finger on one of the few people I can stomach and gets away with it" with that Vegeta walked off and boarded the ship, like a few other men
***
"Hey is that guy alright?" asked Kakkarot, he was genuinely concerned.
"Yeah, he'll be ok. He just needs a few days of rest"
"And what about the girl?"
"I think she'll be okay, she suffered a bit more emotional damage than her brother"
Kakkarot was quiet for a few minutes while he though over what he had just witnessed. He looked over at the guys who had caused the damage, he was very pale and shaking, Kakkarot wondered how he would be able to go into battle and kill people, when he was acting like this and he had only wounded one.
Suddenly he saw Chi-chi pushing her way through the crowd to get to him.
"Hi" she said when she arrived.
"Hey Chi, I want you to meet my new friend, his name's Krillen". Chi-chi shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"Kakkarot, that's my brother, remember, he was at my birthday party".
"Oh yeah," Kakkarot blushed "Sorry"
"It's ok" said Chi-chi.
"I'm gonna go board the ship now ok" said Krillen as he picked up his green bag and armour, "we're leaving in 5. See ya Chi".
"Yeah bye" she murmured. "Well I guess I'll see you when you get back huh?"
"Don't worry I haven't forgotten my promise.
"Good" she Chi-chi, "There's just one last thing I want to do before you go"
"What's that?" asked Kakkarot. Chi-chi smiled and stretched up onto her tiptoes, then she planted a kiss on Kakkarot's cheek. Kakkarot blushed a deep red and smiled at her, "Bye Chi" he said.
"Bye".
***
Bulma and Chi-chi stood in the courtyard looking up at the huge ship that contained the 450 men that were going to go and save their planet in a roundabout way. Bulma had her arm slung over Chi-chi's shoulders in a comforting gesture.
Chi-chi was looking up at one of the porthole windows, she could she Kakkarot smiling face, he was waving like an idiot, Chi-chi waved back and blushed when he blew her a kiss.
"Ooooh, somebody like you" teased Bulma.
"Shut up" said Chi-chi playfully.
Soon a loud hissing noise could be heard coming from the ship and smoke began to appear. Then the ship began to rise, it went up and up and up until it was no more than a speck in the sky.
"Well there they go" said Bulma as she began to head inside side, when she noticed Chi-chi wasn't following she stopped. "You coming?"
Chi-chi shook her head and blinked a few times. "Yeah" she said and she followed Bulma back inside the palace.
A/N; heavy stuff? What did you think? I'd love to know in a review. And if you feel like it check out my other new K/18 one shotter called 'Not For You'. Next update will be sooner than this one. ~D.B