Chapter 9
Death of Nappa
Vegeta and Talana's head snapped around at the sound. The first thing that popped into Vegeta's mind was that it sounded faintly familiar. His throat secede up tightening till it felt like he was choking. 'Bulma!' He thought racing from the room. He was in such a rush to get to the kitchen that he didn't even realize the meaning of his thoughts.
He could hear Talana weaving swiftly after him through the crowed of stunned people. The human eyes would have been to slow to fallow their movements but Vegeta felt as though he was going much to slow. Two other heads followed their moves but for two different reasons.
Tobias who had been trying to detach Marron from his arm with no success had looked to see what they were going to do and was now following at a much slower pace because of the blue hair wench attached to his forearm. The other person Goku watch with interest as the three zoomed to the kitchen. 'They my not be who they seem.' He thought carefully keeping all of them in sight.
Vegeta being the fastest at the time was the first to see well the sight. The door slamming into the wall was not enough to stop what was going on.
Yamcha was engaged in a battle with Nappa. His face was bruised and his legs were barley holding him up. While Nappa looked perfectly fine and was grinning evilly. A cracked ice pack was at the foot of the battle, obviously Yamcha had come into the kitchen to put something on the hand Vegeta had injured.
Vegeta turned his head as not only Tobias and Marron entered but Bulma too. Vegeta looked back at the sense and almost exploded from the waves of anger that were welling up in his body. Nappa's face had changed from he human to the hardened one of a vampire. The stupid bastard had come into this party to feed.
"Nappa!" Vegeta yelled stopping the towering man in his tracks. The red eyes glowing at him from under his mask looked confused. "You have out lived your usefulness. You are nothing more than a fool to get in my way. Say hello to the next dimension for me." With a quick flick of Vegeta's wrist he small Ki attack took Nappa's horrifed face and part of his jacket right off.
Vegeta heard the human's cries of surprise as the body burst into dust. Only something was odd, when the gray ash cleared a whit powder filled the air. Something in Nappa's poket was now filling the air as it burned.
"What the fuck was that?" Vegeta growled after the smoke had cleared.
"I think that was Tobias's experimental memory powder. It was made for low level vampires though." Talana said looking after them. "Do you think it works on humans?"
"Oh Kame Yamcha what happened?" Bulma cried dropping to the floor next to him pulling him into her arms.
"I don't really know Bulma I think I fell." He said painfully touching his hand to his head, he pulled back blood.
"I think it works." Tobias said leaning towards Talana.
"Oh are you alright?" Marron's empty voice said letting go of Tobias's arm to sit on the floor next to Yamcha. "Oh you poor sweetie, does this hurt?" She took a jab at his bleeding head. Yamcha dived away hissing in pain nodding.
"Tobias I think you're right." Vegeta said glancing over his shoulder at him. Vegeta did a double take, Tobias had vanished. 'Probably to get away from the slut. Oh shit she'll be looking for some one else soon.' Vegeta quickly moved out of the kitchen dragging Talana with him. Before she could respond it being dragged out of there Vegeta started talking.
"Ok Talana I don't care what you have to do but get Yamcha to that Star Elks-"
"Star Bucks." She corrected.
"Whatever, down the street by 11:00 p.m. tonight. He is getting out of the picture before he does something really stupid."
"Fine Veggie but I need a couple of drinks before I even touch that guy." She said shivering at the thought a grabbed a bottle of scotch. Vegeta watched her weave her way through the crowd with out even bumping anyone and sitting a crossed the room from the kitchen door. He even grinned when he saw her take a long swig from the bottle.
"So you're Vegeta." Said a gruff voice to his left. Vegeta was about it say something when he caught sight of the speaker. He had to be 7 feet tall, green, and had a turban on his head. Vegeta had never seen anything like him before, and he had seen some weird things in his long life.
"What the hell are you?" Vegeta spat glaring up at him. The man's sour face seemed to harden at the rude question.
"My name is Piccolo and I am a Namickain." He growled looking at Vegeta as though he was a bug of some kind.
"Figures an alien." Vegeta said half smirking at the things expression.
"Mr. Piccolo-son there you are! I was wondering if you were going to come." A small boy said coming stand next to Piccolo with a large smile on his face. Vegeta recognized him as the boy that was standing with Goku. 'Great Kakarrot's brat.' Vegeta thought distastefully. Kakarrot was a very.well insulting way to say weakling in another language.
"There are worse things." Piccolo said putting his hand on the boys back he lead him away from the stunned Vegeta. "What the hell was that suppose to mean?' Vegeta thought angrily. 'If he really knows what I am my plans could be ruined.'
"Has anyone seen Marron?" Vegeta heard the man known as Krillin call. Vegeta cased out his senses looking for the emptiest head in the house.
"Try the up stairs closet." Vegeta spouted evilly. Vegeta didn't know why but Marron's mind was in a state of shocked horror and an image of Talana kept popping up. Krillin looked at him a bit uneasily but started for the stairs anyway.
'Talana what did you do to Marron?' Vegeta thought carefully directing it to his sister.
'She kept hitting on Yamcha. I had to do something to get her away form him.' Her innocent voice answered.
'Oh shit! Can't you keep a low profile for minute?! That's way I had you bring Tobias. Fine you know what I don't care, just tell me where you are with Yamcha.'
'Well my hand is just going down his-'
'STOP!' Vegeta almost shouted out loud.
'To sum things up he'll be passing an excuse to Bulma in just a minute.'
Carefully Vegeta moved so that his extraordinary hearing would pick up what was going to happen.
"I'm just saying Bulma that he's not to be trusted. He's stronger than the Dark Flame, something doesn't add up." Piccolo said quietly. To Vegeta it was as loud as if he was standing right next to him. Vegeta noticed that the brat was nowhere to be found.
"So he's a good student that doesn't make him untrustworthy. What did you hear anyway?" Bulma asked glancing up at the green giant. 'Fuck what did that freak hear?!' Vegeta thought franticly.
"Something about getting out of the picture before he does something stupid. And the woman said she needed a drink to touch him." Piccolo said simply.
"Well that's not much to go on now is it? I'll keep my eyes open but I really don't think Vegeta's all that dangerous." She said sighing uneasily. 'Shows what you know.' Vegeta thought a small grin on his face.
"Hey Bulma I was thinking, Sine I fell down and all I was thinking of going home early." Yamcha said appearing on Bulma's right. At the sound of his voice she seemed to lighten up from her mood, it almost made Vegeta gag. Yamcha was a poor excuse for him and Vegeta couldn't wait to visit what was left of him after Talana was through.
"Sure Yamcha I see you soon alright." She said taking his hand in her's for a minute. His face seemed to stiffen at the touch.
"Yeah whatever." He said quickly dropping her hand and walking away with out a second glance. Vegeta could almost feel her disappointment from a crossed the room. Her face stiff but her eyes were soft and full of pain. She knew she was loosing him.
Vegeta decided to make him move now. Letting himself go very slowly through the room he moved so he walked just pasted her.
"Hey Vegeta wait up!" She called leaving Piccolo behind her. Vegeta stopped walking but made it clear that he wanted to be going as soon as possible. "Do you mind if we talk a little?"
"Yes but there is no way to stop you so if you want to talk you can follow me." Without another glance he headed through the kitchen and out the back door. The cool air blasted his face and the calm noises of the night greeted him back home. Vegeta took a small amount of air into his lungs tasting the fresh smell on his tongue.
"What do you think you're doing Vegeta?" Bulma said coming out of the house her hands rubbing warmth into her bare arms. Her silver and white dress caught the moonlight making her look even more like an angel. 'Yes the angel and the dark prince.' Vegeta thought looking at his own black and red clothes.
"Getting some coffee, coming?" Vegeta said holding out his hand. For a second he thought she wouldn't take it she just looked him in the eye. Vegeta could see her deep pools of gleaming in to dark at him. Then she gently placed her hand in his her eyes never leaving his.
In one swift movement he placed one arm around her and with the other swept her off her feet into the air. To Vegeta's surprise she didn't scream if he was into a vampire he wouldn't have heard her small yelp. He was very aware that her arms were wrapped around his neck and that she was pressed close to him. Her body felt warm and smooth almost life porcelain.
Bulma was having similar problems. Her head was pressed against his cool solid chest. His sent filled her noise drowning away her other thoughts of Yamcha earlier. 'What's going on with me I love Yamcha, not Vegeta. Sure he's good looking up he's never shown any interest in me at all.' She took a quick glance at the man above her.
His face was hard and cold focused on where they were going. His cold features made him look older than he was, maybe 25 or at most 28. He wasn't even looking at her, to him she wasn't there. 'Fine I didn't even like him anyway.' Bulma thought resting her head against his chest again.
"We're here." Vegeta's cold voice said suddenly dropping out of flight and landing on a dimly lit street. Not to many people were out at this late hour so they were pretty much alone. Looking at the sign above her Bulma saw that it was a Star Buck's they were at. This Star Bucks had table with large windows all around. What Bulma saw through those windows almost made her cry.
Yamcha was there, not at home where he said he was going, but with his hand crawling up Talana's thigh. Two cups of coffee lay forgotten next to them; they didn't even change from what they were wearing from the party.
At first she was shocked, then came the pain. It felt like she couldn't breathe, couldn't move, stabbing at her from all sides. She wanted to scream the pain was so great, tearing at her soul. She didn't even feel the tears that were pouring down her face, chilled by the wind.
Then the anger. She felt it snap inside her, pouring over to boil and hiss. The rage controlled her face, her teeth bared, clenched tight. It pushed at her moving down the sidewalk to the entrance. She growled as a powerful arm grabbed her from behind, not scared, mad. But Vegeta didn't let go.
"Let's see what they're talking about." He breathed in her ear. She relaxed. 'Yes lets see what they lying piece of shit has to say.' More controlled she pulled open the door.
'Talana make sure he doesn't see us." Vegeta thought quickly leading Bulma to a near by table behind the two.
'Thank Lucifer, I was just about to break this numskull's hand.' Talana thought back relived. Vegeta could feel her mind stretch out to cloud the half-drunk man's mind. Picking the seat with his back to the site the sat down at the table. Bulma took the seat a crossed from him her eyes never leaving the pair.
"Are you really a vampire, cause that just scary." Talana said using her best airhead voice.
"Ah hell no! I just did that to meet Bulma, I don't even think vampires exist." He said laughing easily. Vegeta didn't move he watched Bulma. Her face was a blaze with fury; slowly she rose to her feet. Vegeta rose with her watching carefully as she strolled over to Yamcha's table.
"Hi Yamcha." She lightly. Vegeta stared at her. Her voice had taken on a calm, low, soothing tone. 'The calm before the storm.' Vegeta thought tacking one step back.
"Bulma!' Yamcha cried almost falling out of his chair. He realized to that this was going to be dangerous.
"What do yeah know I go out to get a drink and I find my boyfriend trying to jump another woman in public." Her face was now dark and full of hatred, her voice even lower.
"I was just.well I was going to.-"
"No Yamcha don't. You've lied to me too many times to me. You are the worst excuse of man I have ever met and I hope that you die just as badly as you have live." Her eyes were watering by now and she was trying not to cry.
"Oh Bulma." Yamcha croaked getting up to hold her but he never got the chance. Mustering the last of her anger Bulma pulled back and kicked Yamcha right in the balls. Running out of the shop she never got the chance to see him fall to the floor in a hopeless heap. Vegeta and Talana didn't move just watched as he rolled around on the floor moaning in pain. Slowly Vegeta squatted down next to him.
"Oh Yamcha I forgot to tell you, I'm the Black Flame." He whispered his face inches from his face. Vegeta flashed his eyes red and let his fangs grow to their full size. Yamcha's face twisted in horror unable to speak. "You messed with things you had no knowledge of and now you're going to pay. I'm going to leave you with my little sis now, have fun, I know she will."
Vegeta stood up then, leaving the petrified being on the floor he strolled out very smug. Pushing open the door he pulled in another deep breath savoring his victory.
"Kame why me?" Someone right around the corner sobbed. Small whimpers reached Vegeta as he turned to investigate the sound. Bulma was shacking from head to toe her head buried in her lap. Vegeta knew he didn't make a sound but she looked up anyway. "Oh Kame Vegeta.take me home."
She scrambled up from the ground throwing herself into Vegeta's stunned arms. Vegeta didn't think he transported them back home.
Vegeta and Talana's head snapped around at the sound. The first thing that popped into Vegeta's mind was that it sounded faintly familiar. His throat secede up tightening till it felt like he was choking. 'Bulma!' He thought racing from the room. He was in such a rush to get to the kitchen that he didn't even realize the meaning of his thoughts.
He could hear Talana weaving swiftly after him through the crowed of stunned people. The human eyes would have been to slow to fallow their movements but Vegeta felt as though he was going much to slow. Two other heads followed their moves but for two different reasons.
Tobias who had been trying to detach Marron from his arm with no success had looked to see what they were going to do and was now following at a much slower pace because of the blue hair wench attached to his forearm. The other person Goku watch with interest as the three zoomed to the kitchen. 'They my not be who they seem.' He thought carefully keeping all of them in sight.
Vegeta being the fastest at the time was the first to see well the sight. The door slamming into the wall was not enough to stop what was going on.
Yamcha was engaged in a battle with Nappa. His face was bruised and his legs were barley holding him up. While Nappa looked perfectly fine and was grinning evilly. A cracked ice pack was at the foot of the battle, obviously Yamcha had come into the kitchen to put something on the hand Vegeta had injured.
Vegeta turned his head as not only Tobias and Marron entered but Bulma too. Vegeta looked back at the sense and almost exploded from the waves of anger that were welling up in his body. Nappa's face had changed from he human to the hardened one of a vampire. The stupid bastard had come into this party to feed.
"Nappa!" Vegeta yelled stopping the towering man in his tracks. The red eyes glowing at him from under his mask looked confused. "You have out lived your usefulness. You are nothing more than a fool to get in my way. Say hello to the next dimension for me." With a quick flick of Vegeta's wrist he small Ki attack took Nappa's horrifed face and part of his jacket right off.
Vegeta heard the human's cries of surprise as the body burst into dust. Only something was odd, when the gray ash cleared a whit powder filled the air. Something in Nappa's poket was now filling the air as it burned.
"What the fuck was that?" Vegeta growled after the smoke had cleared.
"I think that was Tobias's experimental memory powder. It was made for low level vampires though." Talana said looking after them. "Do you think it works on humans?"
"Oh Kame Yamcha what happened?" Bulma cried dropping to the floor next to him pulling him into her arms.
"I don't really know Bulma I think I fell." He said painfully touching his hand to his head, he pulled back blood.
"I think it works." Tobias said leaning towards Talana.
"Oh are you alright?" Marron's empty voice said letting go of Tobias's arm to sit on the floor next to Yamcha. "Oh you poor sweetie, does this hurt?" She took a jab at his bleeding head. Yamcha dived away hissing in pain nodding.
"Tobias I think you're right." Vegeta said glancing over his shoulder at him. Vegeta did a double take, Tobias had vanished. 'Probably to get away from the slut. Oh shit she'll be looking for some one else soon.' Vegeta quickly moved out of the kitchen dragging Talana with him. Before she could respond it being dragged out of there Vegeta started talking.
"Ok Talana I don't care what you have to do but get Yamcha to that Star Elks-"
"Star Bucks." She corrected.
"Whatever, down the street by 11:00 p.m. tonight. He is getting out of the picture before he does something really stupid."
"Fine Veggie but I need a couple of drinks before I even touch that guy." She said shivering at the thought a grabbed a bottle of scotch. Vegeta watched her weave her way through the crowd with out even bumping anyone and sitting a crossed the room from the kitchen door. He even grinned when he saw her take a long swig from the bottle.
"So you're Vegeta." Said a gruff voice to his left. Vegeta was about it say something when he caught sight of the speaker. He had to be 7 feet tall, green, and had a turban on his head. Vegeta had never seen anything like him before, and he had seen some weird things in his long life.
"What the hell are you?" Vegeta spat glaring up at him. The man's sour face seemed to harden at the rude question.
"My name is Piccolo and I am a Namickain." He growled looking at Vegeta as though he was a bug of some kind.
"Figures an alien." Vegeta said half smirking at the things expression.
"Mr. Piccolo-son there you are! I was wondering if you were going to come." A small boy said coming stand next to Piccolo with a large smile on his face. Vegeta recognized him as the boy that was standing with Goku. 'Great Kakarrot's brat.' Vegeta thought distastefully. Kakarrot was a very.well insulting way to say weakling in another language.
"There are worse things." Piccolo said putting his hand on the boys back he lead him away from the stunned Vegeta. "What the hell was that suppose to mean?' Vegeta thought angrily. 'If he really knows what I am my plans could be ruined.'
"Has anyone seen Marron?" Vegeta heard the man known as Krillin call. Vegeta cased out his senses looking for the emptiest head in the house.
"Try the up stairs closet." Vegeta spouted evilly. Vegeta didn't know why but Marron's mind was in a state of shocked horror and an image of Talana kept popping up. Krillin looked at him a bit uneasily but started for the stairs anyway.
'Talana what did you do to Marron?' Vegeta thought carefully directing it to his sister.
'She kept hitting on Yamcha. I had to do something to get her away form him.' Her innocent voice answered.
'Oh shit! Can't you keep a low profile for minute?! That's way I had you bring Tobias. Fine you know what I don't care, just tell me where you are with Yamcha.'
'Well my hand is just going down his-'
'STOP!' Vegeta almost shouted out loud.
'To sum things up he'll be passing an excuse to Bulma in just a minute.'
Carefully Vegeta moved so that his extraordinary hearing would pick up what was going to happen.
"I'm just saying Bulma that he's not to be trusted. He's stronger than the Dark Flame, something doesn't add up." Piccolo said quietly. To Vegeta it was as loud as if he was standing right next to him. Vegeta noticed that the brat was nowhere to be found.
"So he's a good student that doesn't make him untrustworthy. What did you hear anyway?" Bulma asked glancing up at the green giant. 'Fuck what did that freak hear?!' Vegeta thought franticly.
"Something about getting out of the picture before he does something stupid. And the woman said she needed a drink to touch him." Piccolo said simply.
"Well that's not much to go on now is it? I'll keep my eyes open but I really don't think Vegeta's all that dangerous." She said sighing uneasily. 'Shows what you know.' Vegeta thought a small grin on his face.
"Hey Bulma I was thinking, Sine I fell down and all I was thinking of going home early." Yamcha said appearing on Bulma's right. At the sound of his voice she seemed to lighten up from her mood, it almost made Vegeta gag. Yamcha was a poor excuse for him and Vegeta couldn't wait to visit what was left of him after Talana was through.
"Sure Yamcha I see you soon alright." She said taking his hand in her's for a minute. His face seemed to stiffen at the touch.
"Yeah whatever." He said quickly dropping her hand and walking away with out a second glance. Vegeta could almost feel her disappointment from a crossed the room. Her face stiff but her eyes were soft and full of pain. She knew she was loosing him.
Vegeta decided to make him move now. Letting himself go very slowly through the room he moved so he walked just pasted her.
"Hey Vegeta wait up!" She called leaving Piccolo behind her. Vegeta stopped walking but made it clear that he wanted to be going as soon as possible. "Do you mind if we talk a little?"
"Yes but there is no way to stop you so if you want to talk you can follow me." Without another glance he headed through the kitchen and out the back door. The cool air blasted his face and the calm noises of the night greeted him back home. Vegeta took a small amount of air into his lungs tasting the fresh smell on his tongue.
"What do you think you're doing Vegeta?" Bulma said coming out of the house her hands rubbing warmth into her bare arms. Her silver and white dress caught the moonlight making her look even more like an angel. 'Yes the angel and the dark prince.' Vegeta thought looking at his own black and red clothes.
"Getting some coffee, coming?" Vegeta said holding out his hand. For a second he thought she wouldn't take it she just looked him in the eye. Vegeta could see her deep pools of gleaming in to dark at him. Then she gently placed her hand in his her eyes never leaving his.
In one swift movement he placed one arm around her and with the other swept her off her feet into the air. To Vegeta's surprise she didn't scream if he was into a vampire he wouldn't have heard her small yelp. He was very aware that her arms were wrapped around his neck and that she was pressed close to him. Her body felt warm and smooth almost life porcelain.
Bulma was having similar problems. Her head was pressed against his cool solid chest. His sent filled her noise drowning away her other thoughts of Yamcha earlier. 'What's going on with me I love Yamcha, not Vegeta. Sure he's good looking up he's never shown any interest in me at all.' She took a quick glance at the man above her.
His face was hard and cold focused on where they were going. His cold features made him look older than he was, maybe 25 or at most 28. He wasn't even looking at her, to him she wasn't there. 'Fine I didn't even like him anyway.' Bulma thought resting her head against his chest again.
"We're here." Vegeta's cold voice said suddenly dropping out of flight and landing on a dimly lit street. Not to many people were out at this late hour so they were pretty much alone. Looking at the sign above her Bulma saw that it was a Star Buck's they were at. This Star Bucks had table with large windows all around. What Bulma saw through those windows almost made her cry.
Yamcha was there, not at home where he said he was going, but with his hand crawling up Talana's thigh. Two cups of coffee lay forgotten next to them; they didn't even change from what they were wearing from the party.
At first she was shocked, then came the pain. It felt like she couldn't breathe, couldn't move, stabbing at her from all sides. She wanted to scream the pain was so great, tearing at her soul. She didn't even feel the tears that were pouring down her face, chilled by the wind.
Then the anger. She felt it snap inside her, pouring over to boil and hiss. The rage controlled her face, her teeth bared, clenched tight. It pushed at her moving down the sidewalk to the entrance. She growled as a powerful arm grabbed her from behind, not scared, mad. But Vegeta didn't let go.
"Let's see what they're talking about." He breathed in her ear. She relaxed. 'Yes lets see what they lying piece of shit has to say.' More controlled she pulled open the door.
'Talana make sure he doesn't see us." Vegeta thought quickly leading Bulma to a near by table behind the two.
'Thank Lucifer, I was just about to break this numskull's hand.' Talana thought back relived. Vegeta could feel her mind stretch out to cloud the half-drunk man's mind. Picking the seat with his back to the site the sat down at the table. Bulma took the seat a crossed from him her eyes never leaving the pair.
"Are you really a vampire, cause that just scary." Talana said using her best airhead voice.
"Ah hell no! I just did that to meet Bulma, I don't even think vampires exist." He said laughing easily. Vegeta didn't move he watched Bulma. Her face was a blaze with fury; slowly she rose to her feet. Vegeta rose with her watching carefully as she strolled over to Yamcha's table.
"Hi Yamcha." She lightly. Vegeta stared at her. Her voice had taken on a calm, low, soothing tone. 'The calm before the storm.' Vegeta thought tacking one step back.
"Bulma!' Yamcha cried almost falling out of his chair. He realized to that this was going to be dangerous.
"What do yeah know I go out to get a drink and I find my boyfriend trying to jump another woman in public." Her face was now dark and full of hatred, her voice even lower.
"I was just.well I was going to.-"
"No Yamcha don't. You've lied to me too many times to me. You are the worst excuse of man I have ever met and I hope that you die just as badly as you have live." Her eyes were watering by now and she was trying not to cry.
"Oh Bulma." Yamcha croaked getting up to hold her but he never got the chance. Mustering the last of her anger Bulma pulled back and kicked Yamcha right in the balls. Running out of the shop she never got the chance to see him fall to the floor in a hopeless heap. Vegeta and Talana didn't move just watched as he rolled around on the floor moaning in pain. Slowly Vegeta squatted down next to him.
"Oh Yamcha I forgot to tell you, I'm the Black Flame." He whispered his face inches from his face. Vegeta flashed his eyes red and let his fangs grow to their full size. Yamcha's face twisted in horror unable to speak. "You messed with things you had no knowledge of and now you're going to pay. I'm going to leave you with my little sis now, have fun, I know she will."
Vegeta stood up then, leaving the petrified being on the floor he strolled out very smug. Pushing open the door he pulled in another deep breath savoring his victory.
"Kame why me?" Someone right around the corner sobbed. Small whimpers reached Vegeta as he turned to investigate the sound. Bulma was shacking from head to toe her head buried in her lap. Vegeta knew he didn't make a sound but she looked up anyway. "Oh Kame Vegeta.take me home."
She scrambled up from the ground throwing herself into Vegeta's stunned arms. Vegeta didn't think he transported them back home.