Chapter 5
Bulma started feeling uneasy when Vegeta started talking about servants and how they are spose to be loyal, Bulma started thinking that ChiChi must have told them that she herself was nothing more than a servant, but if that were true he would have yelled at her or hit her already, wouldnt he?, she looked sideways at Vegeta and wondered if he was a violent man, he did look strong and mean but so far he hadnt shown any sign of anger, his hands looked hard and rough but she remembered how they felt when he nudged her shoulder to wake her, they felt warm and gentle.
His eyes were the most confusing of all, she had never seen someones eyes filled with so much hate and pain, but why?, he's a prince after all, why would he feel hate or pain?, the questions went through her head in a circle and she suddenly felt overwelmed by them and dizzy, "Are you ok?" Vegeta asked with a edge of concern as he looked at Bulma's shaken form, Bulma just nodded then after giving him her best fake smile they continued on their walk.
After a while they found themselves lost in the forest and Bulma had a sudden suspicion that they werent alone, Vegeta also thought that as he saw shadows moving from tree to tree from the corner of his eyes with one hand on his sword that hung at his waste he gently pulled Bulma closer, he kept walking faster ignoring Bulma's plea for him to slow down. "Please slow down I feel so tired" she begged as she tried to rid herself of his strong grip, "Vegeta stopped suddenly and Bulma had to dodge sideways so she wouldn't bump into him, Vegeta looked at Bulma and lifted a finger to his mouth, telling er to shut up he then looked around carefully and drew his sword, "Stay behind me" Vegeta ordered Bulma, but when he turned to make sure she heed his command he saw a fist fly at his face, he jumped back just as the ringed hand grazed his cheek drawing blood, he steaded himself and held his sword in front of him but couldn't attack when he saw Bulma being held with a dagger at her throat, "Unhand her!" he hissed, "I'm thinking not" the skinny tall man said as he pressed the blade closer to her throat, "Drop your sword and any other weapons you have and she'll go free" another said behind him, he looked around to see that he was surrounded by these thieves who had swords and sharp daggers drawn pointed in his direction, letting out a sigh he dropped his sword and then carefully he lifted his left foot and slid his hand in the side of his boot and retreived his jewel dagger which had been his twenty-first birthday present from his father, that to was thrown to the ground next to his sword, "Now unhand her" he calmly said looking into her eyes trying to give her some reassurance that she'd be alright.
Vegeta looked into her eyes and saw them go wide as she looked over her shoulder,she screamed to Vegeta to watch out but it was to late, Vegeta felt a jolt of pain go through his head a second before the world started spinning and he fell to the hard dirty ground unconcious.
"Dont worry darlin', your man will be fine" a three-toothed bearded man said as he motioned for his men to grab the unconcious Vegeta and tie him up, "What do you want with us?" Bulma asked shakily as he puched her towards where hers and Vegeta's horse stood, "Now now, there will be time for questions later" the guy said as he tied her hands behind her then hoisted her up onto her horse, then grabbing the reins of her horse he grabbed Vegeta's horses reins and tugged it over to where the men held Vegeta, "Put up here, thats it" he said as his men push Vegeta's still form half over the horse, "Everything will be just fine" Bulma kept thinking to herself trying to beleive the man's words as they were led deeper into the forest.
Vegeta groaned as he tried to sit up, his head pounded relentlesly, and his hands felt raw and burned, he opened his eyes to see a flaming fire infront of him, the theives sat around it and Bulma sat with them holding a small wooden bowl in her hand, sipping it slowly as she smiled at the men who were joking and singing, "That brat's enjoying this?" he thought angryly, while he was fettered she was having fun, after what seemed like ages she stared over in his direction and her eyes went wide when she saw he was awake.
'Are you ok?' she mouthed silently to him when no one was looking, he nodded, Bulma blew a sigh of relief, she wished she could go over and talk to him but she didnt know what the leader would say, or do, if he knew Vegeta was now awake. Bulma decided to take her luck, "Excuse me, Joe" she said to the man who had introduced himself earlier as the groups main man, Joe turned his head at hearing her sweet voice, "Would I be able to go and talk to Vegeta?" she asked quietly, Joe turned his head and saw that indeed the Prince was now awake, he thought for a minute then after seeing the strange urging look in Bulma's eyes he nodded then went back to talking to his men.
"Vegeta" she said as she approached him, he looked up at her and rose a brow, "Took you long enough" he grunted trying to sit up, "I'm not going to untie you" she announced softy, "What?" he demanded giving her his evil glare, "I cant even if I wanted to, the bindings are to tight" she said then sat down on the ground next to him, "Then why are you here?" he grunted and went back to watching the fire, "Well, I thought you would like to know why they didnt leave us with our horses" she said and looked at him puzzled at the way he seemed not to care, "Let me guess, they want to ransom me?" he asked non-concerningly, Bulma was taken back by how he knew what they wanted, "How did you know that?" she asked, Vegeta rose a brow to her question. "Are you daft woman or have you forgotten that Im a Prince?" he said laughing softly at her stupidity, Bulma was shocked at the insult, he was usually very kind, but now he was acting like a spoilt prince would act, "Well Im sorry to have bothered you then" she said ina huff and started to get up, "Wait" Vegeta said in a low voice, "Why?, so you can insult me some more?" she spat at him, Vegeta let out a long sigh, "Im sorry" he apoligised and waited for her to accept him, "Apology NOT accepted" she replied politely then walked back to the fire leaving Vegeta fuming.
Bulma started feeling uneasy when Vegeta started talking about servants and how they are spose to be loyal, Bulma started thinking that ChiChi must have told them that she herself was nothing more than a servant, but if that were true he would have yelled at her or hit her already, wouldnt he?, she looked sideways at Vegeta and wondered if he was a violent man, he did look strong and mean but so far he hadnt shown any sign of anger, his hands looked hard and rough but she remembered how they felt when he nudged her shoulder to wake her, they felt warm and gentle.
His eyes were the most confusing of all, she had never seen someones eyes filled with so much hate and pain, but why?, he's a prince after all, why would he feel hate or pain?, the questions went through her head in a circle and she suddenly felt overwelmed by them and dizzy, "Are you ok?" Vegeta asked with a edge of concern as he looked at Bulma's shaken form, Bulma just nodded then after giving him her best fake smile they continued on their walk.
After a while they found themselves lost in the forest and Bulma had a sudden suspicion that they werent alone, Vegeta also thought that as he saw shadows moving from tree to tree from the corner of his eyes with one hand on his sword that hung at his waste he gently pulled Bulma closer, he kept walking faster ignoring Bulma's plea for him to slow down. "Please slow down I feel so tired" she begged as she tried to rid herself of his strong grip, "Vegeta stopped suddenly and Bulma had to dodge sideways so she wouldn't bump into him, Vegeta looked at Bulma and lifted a finger to his mouth, telling er to shut up he then looked around carefully and drew his sword, "Stay behind me" Vegeta ordered Bulma, but when he turned to make sure she heed his command he saw a fist fly at his face, he jumped back just as the ringed hand grazed his cheek drawing blood, he steaded himself and held his sword in front of him but couldn't attack when he saw Bulma being held with a dagger at her throat, "Unhand her!" he hissed, "I'm thinking not" the skinny tall man said as he pressed the blade closer to her throat, "Drop your sword and any other weapons you have and she'll go free" another said behind him, he looked around to see that he was surrounded by these thieves who had swords and sharp daggers drawn pointed in his direction, letting out a sigh he dropped his sword and then carefully he lifted his left foot and slid his hand in the side of his boot and retreived his jewel dagger which had been his twenty-first birthday present from his father, that to was thrown to the ground next to his sword, "Now unhand her" he calmly said looking into her eyes trying to give her some reassurance that she'd be alright.
Vegeta looked into her eyes and saw them go wide as she looked over her shoulder,she screamed to Vegeta to watch out but it was to late, Vegeta felt a jolt of pain go through his head a second before the world started spinning and he fell to the hard dirty ground unconcious.
"Dont worry darlin', your man will be fine" a three-toothed bearded man said as he motioned for his men to grab the unconcious Vegeta and tie him up, "What do you want with us?" Bulma asked shakily as he puched her towards where hers and Vegeta's horse stood, "Now now, there will be time for questions later" the guy said as he tied her hands behind her then hoisted her up onto her horse, then grabbing the reins of her horse he grabbed Vegeta's horses reins and tugged it over to where the men held Vegeta, "Put up here, thats it" he said as his men push Vegeta's still form half over the horse, "Everything will be just fine" Bulma kept thinking to herself trying to beleive the man's words as they were led deeper into the forest.
Vegeta groaned as he tried to sit up, his head pounded relentlesly, and his hands felt raw and burned, he opened his eyes to see a flaming fire infront of him, the theives sat around it and Bulma sat with them holding a small wooden bowl in her hand, sipping it slowly as she smiled at the men who were joking and singing, "That brat's enjoying this?" he thought angryly, while he was fettered she was having fun, after what seemed like ages she stared over in his direction and her eyes went wide when she saw he was awake.
'Are you ok?' she mouthed silently to him when no one was looking, he nodded, Bulma blew a sigh of relief, she wished she could go over and talk to him but she didnt know what the leader would say, or do, if he knew Vegeta was now awake. Bulma decided to take her luck, "Excuse me, Joe" she said to the man who had introduced himself earlier as the groups main man, Joe turned his head at hearing her sweet voice, "Would I be able to go and talk to Vegeta?" she asked quietly, Joe turned his head and saw that indeed the Prince was now awake, he thought for a minute then after seeing the strange urging look in Bulma's eyes he nodded then went back to talking to his men.
"Vegeta" she said as she approached him, he looked up at her and rose a brow, "Took you long enough" he grunted trying to sit up, "I'm not going to untie you" she announced softy, "What?" he demanded giving her his evil glare, "I cant even if I wanted to, the bindings are to tight" she said then sat down on the ground next to him, "Then why are you here?" he grunted and went back to watching the fire, "Well, I thought you would like to know why they didnt leave us with our horses" she said and looked at him puzzled at the way he seemed not to care, "Let me guess, they want to ransom me?" he asked non-concerningly, Bulma was taken back by how he knew what they wanted, "How did you know that?" she asked, Vegeta rose a brow to her question. "Are you daft woman or have you forgotten that Im a Prince?" he said laughing softly at her stupidity, Bulma was shocked at the insult, he was usually very kind, but now he was acting like a spoilt prince would act, "Well Im sorry to have bothered you then" she said ina huff and started to get up, "Wait" Vegeta said in a low voice, "Why?, so you can insult me some more?" she spat at him, Vegeta let out a long sigh, "Im sorry" he apoligised and waited for her to accept him, "Apology NOT accepted" she replied politely then walked back to the fire leaving Vegeta fuming.