Mai Mitsukai (My Angel)
By: Stacey Meyer a.k.a. Crazyhelga
Overall Rating: 'R'
'Chapter One' Rating: 'PG'
Warnings for 'Chapter One': None

It took nothing more than a little document that claimed our lives to be bound to each other for eternity or otherwise noted. That was how I came to be in the place that I am, married to the King of Vegeta-sei. I still don't understand why it happened, really. I just wish that I knew the truth about him and me. I do know what happened, though… Vegeta, that's what happened. He threw me for so many loops; it still makes my head dizzy to think about it.

There was a time in my life that the name Vegeta meant nothing to me except comfort and friendship, but now, now it's different. Back then we had no idea what they would force us into, what they would make us do. We both did what we wanted, neither of us knowing we were arranged to be wed to someone not of our choosing, and we definitely didn't know that we were to join with each other. Sure I thought it odd that I always had a bodyguard, especially since my mother and I were in a lower class of Saiyajins, but I always overlooked any odd happenings and just lived my life as any normal child would, with love and happiness.

And then I met Vegeta for the first time. He was a lot different at the age of nine than his now at the age of twenty-one. He had less on his plate and more love for the world around him. He actually cared about his people. That was a long time ago. We were nothing but carefree kids, looking for a true friend in a harsh reality where no one could be trusted. And that's what we had, the perfect friendship.

I'm not quite sure the exact details of the day I met Vegeta. I do know, however, that it was a warm day and that it was by Hoshi Falls. I was sitting on an old wooden swing and there was a pleasant breeze. I remember wishing my father was there to push me. I also wished that he would give me a chance, and to see that I wasn't exactly the worst news in the world for him. I still believed back then that being a good person would, in the end, always get you what you wanted.

I don't really remember why I was at the lake in the first place or what I was doing exactly, but that doesn't matter to me anymore. That was the day I found the other half of myself, the day I found the person who would turn out to be the best and worst thing to ever happen to me. I literally found Vegeta.

I was walking on the hidden path that lead to the cave behind the waterfall. Very few people knew about it, and it was the only place I could go to sit and just think about life without interruptions from anyone, even my bodyguards. However, while I was walking towards my destination, I noticed that it had been freshly used. Small boot prints leading towards the falls were still visible on the soft ground. That sparked my interest, to say the least, so I sprinted up to the cave and that's when I found Vegeta. He was sitting in the cave by himself, staring at the backside of the waterfall. I couldn't tell if he had noticed me or not, so I decided to let myself known to him.

"Hello?" my small voice called out to him. He turned slowly and simply looked at me.

"How did you find this place?" his soft boyish voice replied. Something troubled me about the way he was speaking and his stature.

"I followed the path; my Mama showed me where it was." He nodded his head in understanding and pulled his legs against his chest. "My name is Bulma, what's yours?"

"What's it to ya?" I looked at the boy and frowned.

"Nothing, I was just trying to be nice." He lifted his head a bit to get a better look at me.

"My name's Vegeta."

"Vegeta? As in 'Prince Vegeta'?"

"Yeah." I stuck my hand out to shake Vegeta's. He hesitantly accepted my greeting and I shook his hand for an absurd amount of time, seeing as how I was utterly ecstatic to meet the prince of my planet. "Geeze, would ya let go?" Vegeta pulled on his hand to escape my overly-happy hand shake. I blushed slightly and pulled my hand from his.

"Sorry, it's just that I've never met royalty before." He shook his hand a little and then turned his eyes to the ground once more. "What's the matter?" I asked without even thinking, as innocent minds don't know better than to question the obvious. He looked at me for a little time and then averted his eyes again. His small mouth opened to speak, but it snapped shut just as soon as it opened. I knew something was wrong with my Prince, but I was in the dark. So I did something any eight-year old would do, I hugged him. In turn, he did something completely shocking to me, he cried. That was the first and last time I ever saw my future husband and King cry.

After Vegeta's tears dried up a bit, I sat next to him, rubbing his back, trying to calm his shaking. He finally looked at me and his eyes went wide with horror. He couldn't believe that someone saw him in the state he was in, and it was a blow to his pride.

"Don't worry; it'll be our little secret." He nodded in acceptance. "Now, are you going to tell me what that was all about?"

"I-it was, I mean, my mother." His head dropped, "She's dead." I gasped in surprise and Vegeta seemed to be fascinated with the falls as he told me why he was here in the first place. The Queen was dead and Vegeta was obviously heartbroken. I hugged him again, but he put up his stone façade, trying to block out the pain and hurt.

"Vegeta," I looked into his eyes to show my sincerity, "I'm here if you need me." He smiled at me for the first time in our encounter and nodded.

From that day fourth, we were inseparable. Everywhere Vegeta went, I followed. I get the feeling that I was his only friend back then, and that makes this situation now ever worse than it was before. I need to know. Why me? And is it all just another façade, another one of Vegeta's tricks to get what he wants? I thought I knew the man better than anyone else, but now, I'm not so sure of that.

If this is all just another one of his sick games, and he didn't mean what he did for me or said to me that night, I'll never forgive him. On that, I am positive. If this was all intended from the beginning, plotted by the hands of his father and my mother so I wouldn't hate our being together, then I doubt we could ever have what we once had, if we ever even had anything to begin with.

Kami, Vegeta. What did you do to me?

A/N: Well, here's chapter one. What did you think? Sorry about the lateness, but It may just be one chapter a month. I have so much shit to do this summer it's not even funny. Doesn't even feel like summer time. Well, I hope you enjoyed! Peace!
Stacey Crazyhelga

Japanese Terms
Hoshi - Star