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A/n: yay new chapter to the linking song lol. This is for you 'Vegetasmoon'
The linking song
Bulma woke up with an aching head from the hard bench she had it laying upon. She got up hoping top hear more of the flute, but heard nothing.
"He must be asleep. I wander what time it is?" Bulma looked to her wrist as if expecting to see a watch there but saw nothing and groaned. She looked at the small lake in front of her and walked over to the water.
Dipping her toe into the water, she felt the water was warm and decided to take a small swim to get her mind off things. Like Vegeta. Actually it was only Vegeta. He was all she could think about. She wandered about him and why he played the flute and who taught him.
"I really wish I could ask him about it but I don't know if he will get all defensive about it. Well I know he will honestly." She started to strip off her clothes but not before looking around to see if anyone was looking.
Bulma slipped out of her clothes quickly but not as quickly as she entered the water. She felt like everyone on Vegeta-sei was watching her.
"I'm starting to feel way too vulnerable like this" she thought but her mind was quickly soothed by the perfect heat against her skin. She dunked her head under the water and came back up letting the water drip down her face and tickled her back.
She could feel the bottom had a sandy floor and it felt good on her feet.
"I should go see Vegeta. I feel a deep need to be with him right now. Like something's egging me on to get out and get the feeling of protectiveness I do around him." Bulma's eyes opened slightly. "Did I just say that?"
She got out fast and grabbed her things entering her bathroom to get changed. The bathroom smelled like lilacs.
"Chichi must have sprayed something in here. She such a neat freak." Bulma took a brush to her wet hair, making it perfectly straight. She looked into the mirror staring at her complexion then at her blue eyes.
Bulma closed her eyes as a small breeze hit her skin giving her the chills. "How could anyone possibly think Riley is a legend? That kinda freaks me out that people believe that."
"You should and you better bitch!"
Bulma opened her eyes quickly to see Riley standing behind her in the mirror. Bulma tightened the grip on her towel and turned to her. "Riley? What do you want? Did you get in through the garden?" She tried to be nice by talking in a soft voice. She knew the only reason she was doing that was because she was scared. She was extremely scared of Riley. Bulma knew she was stronger then her.
Riley grabbed Bulma by her hair and started walking toward the garden door. Bulma tried to reach for her clothes but couldn't reach them. She started screaming for Chichi but when Riley shut the door she knew Chichi wasn't going to hear her.
"Just cause killing you wouldn't satisfy me so I'm going to do it slowly." She pulled Bulma up to look at her as Bulma tried not to scream from pain or show she was scared. "So I'm going to start with emotional pain." Just as she said that she ripped Bulma's towel off and started dragging her down the trail to the front of the garden where Riley had blasted a hole to get in.
Bulma started yelling as soon as the towel was off, holding in the tear that she hadn't cried in years. She was extremely modest and this was absolutely horrible for her. "Please Riley I don't understand! Why this I'd rather be killed."
"Exactly why I'm not going too." As she said this she brought her hand in an upper cut into Bulma's abs.
Bulma cringed in pain then felt her hair get grabbed again and she was pulled around.
"You may have a great body but I'm sure a lot of other Saiyan would think so too and you know you can't marry the prince if you're not a virgin."
Bulma knew she shouldn't have said anything but she knew embarrassment was already on the way and Bulma planned on doing what she was used to which was blacking out anyways. "Well then we know YOU will never make it with him."
Riley stopped suddenly and brought her tear stained face up again to look at her. "You wish you were half the girl I am!" With that she brought her knee into Bulma's stomach. "You embarrassed me in front of the prince! ME of all people!"
Bulma felt her stomach turn and she almost threw up. Bulma tried to cover herself as much as possible as she thought she heard people talking in the distance. She didn't want anyone, not even riley, to see her so exposed.
Finally it hit her. Riley wouldn't do anything to Bulma in front of people. Not after the incident with her and the prince earlier. Unless Riley was really that stupid. She would get kicked out of the palace as soon as someone realized Riley had done this to her.
Riley took Bulma through some back woods and finally up some stairs. Bulma had no idea where they were going and what she had exactly planned on doing. She felt her stomach and abs finally become sore and start to swell a little. Luckily they hadn't seen anyone….yet.
Finally once they reached the roof of the building they were climbing the stairs in. Bulma finally realized her true intention.
"SHES GOING TO THROW ME FROM THE ROOF!" Bulma screamed in her mind. Bulma started to fight back clawing with all her might at Riley's face. Bulma saw people walking the streets from the 2 story building she was standing on.
Riley then threw Bulma by her hair off the roof, but not before getting Bulma's nails dug deep into Riley's face leaving a huge gash.
Riley grabbed her face as she watched Bulma tumble to the ground with a sickening crunch. Before Bulma hit the ground she replayed Vegeta's song over and over in her head and even after she hit the ground before she past out she keep thinking of it to sooth her.
Riley looked back at her hand as she walked away which was covered with blood. "Damn her!"
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Bulma awoke a few hours later. She was lying on a huge bed with black silk sheets. She immediately shot up and covered herself thinking she didn't have any clothes on, but she did.
She was in a comportable white t-shirt with no bra and some black gym shorts. She noticed the way the room looked and realized it was like the inside of the palace.
"Finally you're awake. I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep in my own bed tonight." Prince Vegeta said walking over the bed.
"Wait a second! Why am I not injured" Bulma asked looking all over her body for marks.
"I had you in the regeneration tank for about an hour." Vegeta said pointing to the opened door across the room in which Bulma could see the tank.
"Where did you find me?" Bulma asked extremely worried now. Her eyes widened greatly not really wanting to hear the prince's response.
"Kakkorot brought you to me. He said he found you laying on the ground badly beaten in the market place."
Bulma breathed a sigh of relief but then thought about Kakkorot. "Oh God"
"Now I would like an explanation." Vegeta said sounding irritated.
"Just look at Riley's face. I did that. Then ask her what happened." Bulma said extremely embarrassed. She wandered if Kakkorot dressed her before taking her to Vegeta but didn't want to know. She also hoped Kakkorot was the only one who saw her. "Vegeta?"
"What?" Vegeta said almost aggressively.
"Will you train me?"
"I am training you."
"No I mean in strength like teach me proper positioning and make me stronger so I can protect myself." Bulma said holding her arms across her chest as if she were still naked.
Vegeta was deep in thought again.
"So is that a yes?"
"Fine. Go get some sleep and I'll wake you up and take you to the training area in the morning.
"What time is it?"
"2:00 Am"
"It's been a whole day?" Bulma got up off the bed. "I love this bed it's really soft. Well so is mine but damn."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes a little but didn't speak. Bulma thought about his song and wanted to ask him more question but decided to slowly make progress with that as they trained while stay completely oblivious to what she had just implied about his bed. Instead a better idea came to mind.
She made her way over to Vegeta and looked into his eyes. After a moment when it look like he was about to say something she lightly pressed her lips to his in an almost butterfly kiss. She was happy to see he didn't have a horrible reaction when she pushed back. She turned away without saying a word and started towards the door feeling empowered.
"Bulma?" She heard Vegeta question softly.
Without turning around she merely stated. "As a thank you for your beautiful music, I wanted to kiss the lips that could play it."
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A/n: Wow this was kind short and maybe strange but I think it was kinda an extreme chapter. I've been dying to get a kiss in here somewhere with them and I love that last sentence she says.
Thank you to Android 18 for sending that email a long time ago and me coming upon it again and getting my want to write back! Sorry for the delay!
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