HEY EVERYONE! I'M BACK!

This is the last chapter, folks. I know it's very long lol, but I didn't know how to end it so I just kept writing and writing until I found a good ending Let me know what you think!

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Chapter 13 – A Final Farewell

After three flights of stairs Vegeta finally led Caroline into the master bedroom. It was a big room with different shades of blue and white. Vegeta sat on the bed and pulled out a draw from the chest of draws next to the bed. Caroline sat next to him.

"Whatcha doing?"

"Getting something you'll recognise."

Something red glistened in Vegeta's hand.

"My God…it's the ring!"

"I did give it to Frieza. Obviously he didn't find it funny so I had it instead."

Caroline took the ring from him and placed it on her finger.

"After all these years, it still fits perfectly."

"Well I've no use for it."

"Neither have I. I certainly don't want it."

"What do we do with it?"

Caroline looked at him and gave him a big grin.

"You can use your Ki! Come on – let's destroy it!"

"What for?"

"We've no use for it…and looking at it definitely doesn't give us any happy memories. I've always wanted to see it destroyed anyway."

"If you want."

Vegeta received the ring from Caroline. He clutched it in his hand for a bit, then he tossed it in the air. A shining yellow Ki ball shone out of his hands and it flew into the air directly at the ring and the ring was destroyed in a puff of smoke. Tiny red and gold fragments fell onto the floor as the smoke evaporated. Caroline laughed in joy.

"Ooh I'll treasure that moment forever!"

Caroline looked around the room and noticed pictures of Vegeta, Bulma and a young boy with lavender hair.

"Who's he?" She asked.

"You don't know who Trunks is?"

"No I don't."

"He's my son."

"REALLY? Wow, that's great! Despite the lavender hair and the blue eyes he looks like you."

"Eh, a little."

"I'm really happy you've settled down now. That Frieza deserved to die."

"I'm sorry it wasn't me who killed him."

"It's ok. Who killed him anyway? Some guy from the future?"

"Yes. He came from the future to warn us about some Androids. In the future, I'm supposed to be dead."

"No!"

"Everyone is supposed be, apart from this guy and Bulma."

"Who was he?"

"My future son."

Caroline blinked.

"Are you making this up?"

He looked at her as if she was completely stupid.

"No…"

"Oh."

"So what's your family like?"

"I'll show you a picture."

She put her hand into her pocket and pulled out a photo. There was a picture of her, a man and two children: one girl and one boy. The man looked a bit older than her. He had tanned skin with blue eyes and dark brown hair. Their eldest child was a boy. He had his father's skin and hair, but had his mother's eyes. Their youngest, the girl, had her mothers skin and hair but had her father's ocean blue eyes.

"My husband's name is Ben. My son is Jack and my daughter is Charlene."

"How old are they?"

"Jack is fourteen and Charlene's ten. How old is Trunks?"

"A year older than Charlene."

"We should introduce them one time." Grinned Caroline.

"No way! I'm not having my son drooling around girl's yet."

"I was kidding."

They looked at each other and smiled, and then Vegeta returned the photo.

"Oh! Where's Raditz and Nappa?"

Vegeta put his hand to his mouth to stop him from cursing.

"Um…they're um…"

"What? What happened to them?"

"It's just that…"

"Did Frieza kill them?" She asked, frantic. Vegeta decided not to tell her what happened to them, it would only upset her. Obviously, if Vegeta agreed that Frieza killed them she would be upset, but knowing that two people in the same house as her killed her other two friends, she'd be even more upset.

"Uh…yes! Yes he uh…yeah he did."

"Oh no! Why?"

"Oh because erm…Frieza thought they were no use to him anymore…" He trailed off. Caroline looked at the floor.

"That's awful…"

"Yeah it's pretty bad. But oh well, we move on."

"I suppose…hey Vegeta, I have a question."

"What is it?"

"When Frieza died…why didn't you come and see me? You knew where I was."

"There are a few reasons to that. One, my heart had become cold and hated any sort of caring emotion or affection, and I'll admit that I ended up resenting you for weakening me. Two, because I wasn't sure if you would have stayed put or gone somewhere else. Three, I've been busy and never had the time."

"You never had the time." Caroline lazily repeated. "Vegeta it's been YEARS! How could you have not had time?"

"Trust me. It's been more hectic than you think."

"Fine. Anyway, I should really be getting back now." She said, standing up.

"You haven't even stayed an extra hour!"

"I know, but my family will worry. I've been in space for three days getting to Earth and now I've got to spend another three days getting back."

"I see." Vegeta said.

"Well, it was absolutely FANTABULOUS to see you again! Maybe I'll call around another time. Hug!"

Caroline outstretched both of her arms wearing a big smile. Vegeta sighed, and he too, outstretched his arms lazily. Caroline ran into his chest and gave him a cuddle.

"I've missed you so much." She said as her hug on him tightened. "It's been so good to see you one more time."

They separated, and without Vegeta knowing she put something in his back pocket. Vegeta showed Caroline back downstairs and into the front lawn.

……………

"BYE!" Caroline yelled as her ship was about to take off.

"Bye! Come again soon!" Bulma cried as she waved her arms.

"See ya Vegeta! It's been great seeing you again!"

Vegeta folded his arms and gave a small smile as a goodbye. Trunks came out of the house and also started waving.

"Bye!"

"Bye Trunks! Be good for dad!"

And with that, the space ship took off. Soon, it wasn't even a dot in the sky.

"Aww, she was nice wasn't she?" Bulma said as she wrapped her arms round her husbands' neck.

"Yeah she is." He admitted as Bulma gave him a kiss on the lips.

"Oh please…" Trunks mumbled as he gingerly walked into the house again.

"Would you ever save me from the clutches of someone evil?" She asked as they separated. Vegeta followed Trunks.

"I wouldn't waste my time with you, woman!" He joked. Bulma laughed.

"That's a 'yes' then!"

……………

It was two in the morning. Vegeta had just showered after his intense training session and he made his way into his bedroom. Bulma laid there fast asleep in her bed, her cerulean hair spread out on her sky blue pillow. Vegeta smiled at her and began to get changed into his nightclothes. Since he had dried himself in the bathroom and got changed into his normal clothes before entering his bedroom, and took off his trousers and noticed something in his back pocket. Curious, he took it out. It was a note from Caroline.

'Hey Veggie!

It's only me. I left you a little parcel outside in the front lawn before I rang the doorbell earlier this morning. Before I came to Earth, I returned to Frieza's planet. Thanks to you, the space pod you put me in had already memorised Frieza's planet's co-ordinates. I did research on that Planet before I left, and found out it was abandoned. So I went there, in search of a tape. A tape of my wedding. You remember; you recorded it. I found it after many hours of searching (it was a total nightmare!) and I watched it. It was so sad…I don't even know why I'm giving it you. But I have, anyway…so if you want to watch it, it's in one of the shrubs by your front door. I didn't want to give it to you directly, it didn't feel right. So anyway, there you are.

Just so you know, after Frieza raped me a second time I didn't get pregnant. I was lucky that time. Frieza also gave me an S.TI which I found out as I got on my Planet. Luckily, my Planet has amazing science so they were able to cure it. It was such a miracle – I nearly died.

I didn't just come to see you because I just wanted to see you. I remember on my Planet, I was thinking about that S.T.I Frieza gave me, and thought "what if I really did die?" It made me realise life is too short. I came to see you before anything else happened. I would have hated to go and not know where you were, how you are and things. Don't worry, I'm not actually dying!

Anyways, I don't know when I'll call back. Maybe in a few more years. Until then – have a great life, take care and I will miss you.

I would thank you for saving me, but words just can't seem to show how grateful I am.

Caroline

Vegeta read it over again. A tape of the wedding? It was years ago, it still worked? Vegeta folded the paper up and put it in a draw. He flew out of the window in his night things and descended towards the front lawn.

"Rose bushes! Why the HELL did that woman put the tape in ROSE BUSHES?" He angrily said to himself. He had been searching for ten minutes with no success and had scratches on every inch of his body.

He finally found it – a badly wrapped up electric blue recorder. He picked it up and ripped off the brown wrapping, and inspected the recorder. It was scratched, rusty and looked slightly damaged. He pressed the "on" button and it worked. He brought it into the living room, fiddled about with a few buttons here and there and a picture projected onto the wall.

……………

Bulma dressed herself into her pink silk dressing gown and entered the living room.

"Vegeta it's half past three in the morning." She groaned. "Can't you watch videos later?" She wearily asked not taking notice of what Vegeta was watching.

"No." Was his answer.

"Oh my God…" She said as she saw a sixteen year old Caroline crying on the wall. "Is this her…her wedding?"

"Yes. She left this tape for me."

"My goodness…that's so sad…"

The young Caroline looked directly at the camera lens and a tear rolled down her face. She then faced the floor and said "I do."

"I'm not going to watch this." Bulma said. "I'm off to bed. Come up soon."

Vegeta grunted as a reply. He heard Bulma's footsteps go up the stairs and continued to watch.

……………

Vegeta now laid in bed rubbing his eyes. It was five in the morning and he had not been able to sleep. Images of the tape kept flashing in his brain and he could not get them out.

'I don't know why I'm getting so emotional!' He angrily thought to himself. 'It was years ago! She's safe now! Get a grip!'

He swung his legs to the side of the bed, leaned over and put his head in his hands. Bulma felt him moving and woke up.

"What is it this time?" She moaned as she stretched. She sat up and looked at him worriedly when he gave no reply. She crawled to him and put her hands on his shoulders. She leaned her head onto his left shoulder and talked to him.

"What is it, honey?"

He looked at her. His eyes were stinging from holding back tears and his eyes were red and sore from trying to stop the tears from flowing.

"What's wrong? She asked softly. "Was it the tape?"

Vegeta wiped his eyes and looked down on the floor again.

"I don't why I'm getting so emotional." He admitted. "It was years ago."

"Maybe you're sad because of what Frieza did to her. I know you're the type of person to try and move on but…your past nightmares still haunt you and while you think 'It's all in the past so let's worry about the future', you still cling on to your past because something terrible happened and you can't forgive or forget. When you watched the tape…Caroline was an innocent sixteen year old. She had no idea what was in store for her on that day and maybe that's what got you upset. Perhaps you also feel guilty because you couldn't stop Frieza's actions and…"

"I promised her I would kill him, but that promise never happened." He finished the sentence for her. "I've been a failure all my life."

"No you haven't."

"I have."

"No. You're always so negative about things. I know you love to succeed – I do, too – but when something goes wrong, you can't let it get to your head. You have to count your blessings. There's more to life than just fighting."

She kissed his neck and he moaned softly and smiled.

"Do you always have to come up with such good explanations, woman?" He asked gently.

"There's a reason why I'm a genius." She grinned and they both gave each other a small kiss. She got off the bed and held out her hand.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Take my hand and find out."

He took her hand and they both walked to the balcony. She opened the double doors and they both went outside. The stars had faded and the sky was slightly pink and orange.

"Look at the sky, Vegeta."

He looked up to the waking horizon.

"How many times have you looked up to the sky, wondering how she is and how she's getting on? Wondering if she's still alive, even?"

"Countless."

"Now, how many times in the future will you look up to the sky and think 'She's ok'?

He looked down and looked at his beautiful wife. She looked at him too, and she wrapped her arms round his waist as he put his arms round her neck. Her head leaned perfectly into his chest as he kissed her on the head.

"Is this your way of saying 'thank you'?" She asked.

"It's my way of saying 'I don't know what I'd do without you'."

……………

3 Days Later…

A loud crack was heard in the sky and a medium sized spaceship crashed into the ground, creating a large crater.

"She's back!" Everyone yelled, as they ran to the edges of the crater, gossiping. The doors opened, and there stood Caroline, looking slightly tired from the journey but happy, nonetheless.

"Hey everyone!" She said to her friends, and they all cheered back at her.

A small boy no more than thirteen ran away from the crater. He ran between the alleyways, through a field and into a small town. In the centre stood a large house, and the small boy rang the doorbell. A boy, a year older than the other boy, answered the doorbell.

"Conner! What is it?" The fourteen year old asked.

"Hey Jack! It's your mum! She's returned!"

The fourteen year old, now known as Jack, grinned happily as his eyes glistened in joy. He ran back into the house.

"Dad! Charlene! Mum's back!"

At that news, the three children and the parent ran out of the house to welcome back Caroline.

……………

"…He opened the draw and took out the ring! I couldn't believe it!" Caroline explained over a large table of food with her family.

"He had the ring?" Her husband, Ben, asked. She nodded. A grandfather clocked chimed nine o'clock in the distance.

"You know what that means Charlene. Off to bed."

"Ohh!" She moaned. "But I wanna hear the rest of the story!"

"You can hear the rest tomorrow. Besides, you have school in the morning. Jack, take your sister to bed, will you?"

"Yes mum. Night."

Jack held his little sister's hand and walked through the doors. Ben got out of seat, stood behind Caroline and wrapped his arms round her neck.

"I'm so glad you're back." He said between kisses. "I really missed you."

"I missed you, too."

"Feel like going to bed?" He asked, as he smiled.

"I'd love to go to bed." She grinned back, as they both got up and headed upstairs.

……………

It was five o'clock in the morning and Caroline couldn't sleep. She got out of bed and put her white silk dressing gown on. She walked over to the large French window and stared outside. The sky was slightly pink, and the morning glow radiated against her hair and skin. Ben rolled over in his sleep, and noticed Caroline wasn't there. He woke up and saw her out of bed.

"What's the matter?" He asked.

"I'm not sure."

He too, got out of bed and put on his boxers. He walked towards her and put his arms round her waist.

"It's Vegeta, isn't it?"

"It just seems so weird…after all these years…I finally met back up with him again, but only for a short amount of time…It just didn't seem enough."

"At least you know where he is now, though."

They both stood there, staring out of the window. Caroline's head leaned into her husband's shoulder and he began to kiss her.

"Caroline, we've been married for several years now."

"Fifteen to be precise."

"That's the one. Anyway, it used to worry me when you just kept looking at the sky all the time. Now I know what you were thinking."

"Go on then, Mr. Psychic." She smirked.

"You were thinking about Vegeta."

She moaned softly in response.

"Wondering where he was…if he was alive, even…but at least now you can look at the sky and think 'He's ok'."

She tore away from his grip and looked at him. They both smiled at each other, and Caroline wrapped her arms round his neck and gave him a passionate kiss.

"Is that a 'thank you'?" He asked, when they finished.

"It's a 'I don't know what I'd do without you'."

……………

Back on Planet Earth…

Vegeta sat cross legged in a forest. His eyes were closed and he seemed to be mediating. The trees behind him swayed softly in the summer breeze but his meditation was disturbed when a woman behind him was screaming "VEGETA!"

His eyes snapped open and he rolled his eyes.

"What do you want now, woman?" He growled as he kept sitting in the same position. A woman with cerulean hair came ripping through the trees carrying a basket.

"There you are! I've been looking all over for you!"

"What for?" He asked as he shut his eyes again.

"You forgot your lunch. I'll just put it here."

She put the basket next to him and sat down beside him.

"I've tried meditating before."

"Then you should know I'm not meant to be disturbed."

She looked at him and smiled.

"I always found my mind kept wandering off. Daydreaming."

Vegeta's eyes opened and he looked at her. Bulma began to talk again.

"Meditating isn't really a good idea when a big thing such as getting in touch with your long lost best friend happens. Your mind keeps thinking about it."

"So I noticed." He said.

Bulma sat up and picked up the basket.

"Come on, let's head back. We can have a picnic with Trunks. If we leave now we can make it home in time for one o'clock."

"I'll be right with you." He said as he got up. Bulma exited through the trees behind him.

Vegeta looked up the clear blue sky.

"You're ok." He said, smiling, as he followed Bulma through the forest.

……………

It was a beautiful summer afternoon. The lake was clear with dragonflies hovering above the lilies. Caroline was sitting on the grass in her own back garden with her feet in the water. She picked a small flat stone and through into the water. She watched it bounce onto the other side.

"Hey, Caroline!" She heard Ben yell. She turned round to face him.

"What?" She called back.

"There's a festival in town. I thought maybe we should go?"

"I'll be with you in a second."

Ben ran inside the house again. Caroline got up and straightened out her linen skirt. She looked up to the sky above her. The sky was clear with not a single cloud in the sky.

She smiled.

"You're ok."

The End.