To Catch A DragonBall
Chapter 12
Alone again
Disclaimer: See previous chapters because I'm too lazy to repeat myself. ^_~
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Bulma stared up happily at the beast. It only floated in the air and regarded her, waiting for her wish.
Bulma was so overcome with happiness at finally being able to ask for her wish that it took her several moments to concentrate on talking.
"My wish is that my father will become healthy again and live for many years."
"Your wish is granted."
The words hung in the air as the dragon disappeared and the seven balls scattered over the earth. Bulma jumped into the air and waved her arms wildly.
"Yes! I got my wish!!"
She grabbed Goku's hands and started laughing and skipping happily. Just as she was beginning to calm down a loud scream of frustration and anger was heard behind them.
Vegeta walked towards them with a look on his face that clearly said he was pissed. Behind him came the black-haired man and the guards. He walked straight to Bulma and she was quite certain that her short-lived happiness was only going to have preceded her to death by a few minutes.
"Girl! You used the balls didn't you?! You will tell me how to find them. NOW!"
Bulma gulped and took a step back, though she knew that Vegeta would kill her before she got away. Goku stepped in front of Bulma and crouched into a fighting position, his tail wrapped around his waist but twitching sporadically.
"I won't let you hurt Bulma!"
Vegeta laughed and knocked Goku out of the way. Bulma tried to run over to help him but Vegeta grabbed her arm and held her in front of him.
"Tell me how you found the balls."
"Yo..you can't use them even if you find them. It will be a whole year before they are recharged and can be used."
Vegeta snarled at her and threw her to the ground by Goku. But where Goku could take a hit like that and get up, Bulma found her breath knocked out of her and herself unable to move. She knew she had hit her head and she could even feel a sticky substance that was most likely her own blood. She also knew that her back had hit the ground pretty hard and would probably be very bruised and sore for several days at the least.
She tried to raise her head but was engulfed in dizziness. The world spun black around her and she struggled to keep from passing out. Time seemed to stop as she held herself against the blackness. In the slow motion caused by her daze she saw a creature throw itself out of the darkness at Vegeta at the same time that Goku did. After that, she lost the fight.
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Bulma awoke lying on the ground. She slowly got to her feet and looked around her. This was the same place that she had made her wish and Vegeta had confronted them. Only....there was no sign of anyone still here. She walked around the perimeter of the smallish clearing but found no one. And worse yet, she couldn't find her capsules in her pockets or anywhere near her. How was she supposed to find Goku and get back home without her capsules?
Bulma wanted to start calling out Goku's name, but was afraid of what else, or who else, might answer that call. She walked into the forest surrounding the clearing and covered the area around it in a ten-foot radius. She extended it to twenty, then thirty, then fifty.
As the sun cast shadows about her Bulma began to panic. It just didn't seem likely that Vegeta would leave her behind. He had been furious with her and even when he got through beating poor Goku he would have dragged her back to torture her. He wouldn't have left her in the wilderness. Unless....
....he somehow knew that doing so would scare her and torture her greatly. She couldn't stand the thought of being left out there all alone. It was too much for her after all that she had been through in that day. Bulma sat down on the ground and started crying, most likely she wasn't too far from where she had broken down the first time. Except Goku wouldn't be there to reassure her and help her. She was alone.
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AN: Ok, before anyone starts screaming and chasing me with brooms ::looks meaningfully at a certain person:: I just want to say that I know this chapter is terribly, horribly, inhumanely short. I did this for a reason. What's the reason you say? Oh....well, I didn't think you'd ask...heh. No, no, the reason was because I felt it was a good place to stop for this chapter and I seriously think that my muse is coming back from hiatus. So that means that I will have another chapter out soon (I practically promise to but don't hold me to it!) and it will be longer. I'm still deciding on some basic things for the next chapter and how it's going to play out, but depending on how I feel, it might be out tonight as well...or it might be out tomorrow (depending on factors other than me) or patience may just have to continue being a virtue until Wednesday. But it will be much longer and it WILL have Vegeta in it. Promise. ^_^
Also, I have a mailing list for my DBZ fics and if you want to be on it then just e-mail me at hibari_heza@yahoo.com or leave a message, with your e-mail, in a review, I always look at them. ^_^
Selenity Jade: Well, I'm trying. I have to track down my muse. Thank you. I wasn't sure I liked this chapter.
Lady of Flame: Thanks. Well, they're always out as soon as I finish. I tend to write my chapters while I'm sitting on-line.
Sally: Well I'm sorry! I said I felt uninspired and I was forcing myself to write that chapter. I'll try not to take so long to update. But you know, when you don't feel like writing you just don't want to. ^_^
Chapter 12
Alone again
Disclaimer: See previous chapters because I'm too lazy to repeat myself. ^_~
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Bulma stared up happily at the beast. It only floated in the air and regarded her, waiting for her wish.
Bulma was so overcome with happiness at finally being able to ask for her wish that it took her several moments to concentrate on talking.
"My wish is that my father will become healthy again and live for many years."
"Your wish is granted."
The words hung in the air as the dragon disappeared and the seven balls scattered over the earth. Bulma jumped into the air and waved her arms wildly.
"Yes! I got my wish!!"
She grabbed Goku's hands and started laughing and skipping happily. Just as she was beginning to calm down a loud scream of frustration and anger was heard behind them.
Vegeta walked towards them with a look on his face that clearly said he was pissed. Behind him came the black-haired man and the guards. He walked straight to Bulma and she was quite certain that her short-lived happiness was only going to have preceded her to death by a few minutes.
"Girl! You used the balls didn't you?! You will tell me how to find them. NOW!"
Bulma gulped and took a step back, though she knew that Vegeta would kill her before she got away. Goku stepped in front of Bulma and crouched into a fighting position, his tail wrapped around his waist but twitching sporadically.
"I won't let you hurt Bulma!"
Vegeta laughed and knocked Goku out of the way. Bulma tried to run over to help him but Vegeta grabbed her arm and held her in front of him.
"Tell me how you found the balls."
"Yo..you can't use them even if you find them. It will be a whole year before they are recharged and can be used."
Vegeta snarled at her and threw her to the ground by Goku. But where Goku could take a hit like that and get up, Bulma found her breath knocked out of her and herself unable to move. She knew she had hit her head and she could even feel a sticky substance that was most likely her own blood. She also knew that her back had hit the ground pretty hard and would probably be very bruised and sore for several days at the least.
She tried to raise her head but was engulfed in dizziness. The world spun black around her and she struggled to keep from passing out. Time seemed to stop as she held herself against the blackness. In the slow motion caused by her daze she saw a creature throw itself out of the darkness at Vegeta at the same time that Goku did. After that, she lost the fight.
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Bulma awoke lying on the ground. She slowly got to her feet and looked around her. This was the same place that she had made her wish and Vegeta had confronted them. Only....there was no sign of anyone still here. She walked around the perimeter of the smallish clearing but found no one. And worse yet, she couldn't find her capsules in her pockets or anywhere near her. How was she supposed to find Goku and get back home without her capsules?
Bulma wanted to start calling out Goku's name, but was afraid of what else, or who else, might answer that call. She walked into the forest surrounding the clearing and covered the area around it in a ten-foot radius. She extended it to twenty, then thirty, then fifty.
As the sun cast shadows about her Bulma began to panic. It just didn't seem likely that Vegeta would leave her behind. He had been furious with her and even when he got through beating poor Goku he would have dragged her back to torture her. He wouldn't have left her in the wilderness. Unless....
....he somehow knew that doing so would scare her and torture her greatly. She couldn't stand the thought of being left out there all alone. It was too much for her after all that she had been through in that day. Bulma sat down on the ground and started crying, most likely she wasn't too far from where she had broken down the first time. Except Goku wouldn't be there to reassure her and help her. She was alone.
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AN: Ok, before anyone starts screaming and chasing me with brooms ::looks meaningfully at a certain person:: I just want to say that I know this chapter is terribly, horribly, inhumanely short. I did this for a reason. What's the reason you say? Oh....well, I didn't think you'd ask...heh. No, no, the reason was because I felt it was a good place to stop for this chapter and I seriously think that my muse is coming back from hiatus. So that means that I will have another chapter out soon (I practically promise to but don't hold me to it!) and it will be longer. I'm still deciding on some basic things for the next chapter and how it's going to play out, but depending on how I feel, it might be out tonight as well...or it might be out tomorrow (depending on factors other than me) or patience may just have to continue being a virtue until Wednesday. But it will be much longer and it WILL have Vegeta in it. Promise. ^_^
Also, I have a mailing list for my DBZ fics and if you want to be on it then just e-mail me at hibari_heza@yahoo.com or leave a message, with your e-mail, in a review, I always look at them. ^_^
Selenity Jade: Well, I'm trying. I have to track down my muse. Thank you. I wasn't sure I liked this chapter.
Lady of Flame: Thanks. Well, they're always out as soon as I finish. I tend to write my chapters while I'm sitting on-line.
Sally: Well I'm sorry! I said I felt uninspired and I was forcing myself to write that chapter. I'll try not to take so long to update. But you know, when you don't feel like writing you just don't want to. ^_^