Tamed Heart
Author's Note:
Hey there to all my faithful readers. I am back and ready for a new chapter! I hope you guys are excited about this, I know I am. And this is only for one reason, I have BIG plans for this story, I promise you guys are in for a treat. Of course, things won't start bowling over till mid-story, or just to tell you, chapter five, but hey, that is coming up soon.
As you know, things have already started…honestly, I think you guys are going to love this story, well, it is the next chapter time. Hope you enjoy and Please Review.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, although I do wish I did, I think I'd be rich…
Last Time:
Yamacha and Bulma heated up their 'manager' relationship on the dance floor at the club while that same day, it was their graduation. That is right, they are graduated and it is time to start their new lives.
Chapter Three
New York, 2012
"That is how it started…" she said. It was a radiant woman in her late twenties, earlier thirties. Long blue hair with matching eyes that sparkled with her tears. "That was the happiest day of our lives."
"You mean your graduation?" Another woman asked.
"Yes, absolutely. The same day we get out of that hell whole was the quicker we got into the record label. We were happy and excited."
"Now, what happened between you and Yamacha? What about Vegeta?" she asked while she wrote in her notebook.
"Well, that is why I am telling you this right? The events that occurred after that night of celebration should not have happened. It is what started the lies, the cheating. And we were still excited to live our dream, we never expected to get as famous and popular as we had and so quickly; only to fall slow, and hard. It was traumatizing to the band…"
"What do you mean?"
"I cannot tell you now, we are just at the beginning," Bulma gave a faint smile towards the young female reporter. "The next few weeks was the most hardest, to us at least, in the sense that is was the beginning, shopping…getting a special style down, the photo shoots and the recording…"
New York, 2005
Bulma woke up the next day after their high school graduation, she was no longer a child, or a teenager. Senior year was over, high school was over and Bulma had a whole new life to look forward to.
She smiled at the thought, she had moved out of her house the night before and was now living in Vegeta's apartment for the time being, and it was Sunday. It was the day they started their new wardrobe and new style.
"Hey woman, are you up yet?" Vegeta barged into her new bedroom impatiently.
"Excuse you, this is my room," Bulma smarted off.
"And this is my apartment, now get up," Vegeta looked at her. "We need to meet Paris in about two hours at the mall downtown."
"I know, I am just so tired thought," Bulma laid down on her bed. Vegeta frowned, walking to her bed, looking down at her he smirked, "Get up. It is your fault you are so tired."
"I know, but still, we still have two hours to get there," Bulma smiled back.
"And I would like to get there soon, now get up and take a shower," Vegeta pulled off her covers.
"HEY!" Bulma screamed, trying to cover herself, barley wearing anything but a silk dress that went mid-thigh.
"Whatever," He rolled his eyes and threw her over his shoulders and walked to the bathroom. Bulma screaming and hitting his back fiercely, he turned on the water and placed her in the shower and left.
"Ugh, such an ass!" She yelled.
"Ha. Vegeta you are so mean to her," Goku said. Vegeta walked into the kitchen, Brolly, Goku, and Krillen were sitting at the table while ChiChi and 18 looked for something to drink.
"I wonder how you two are going to survive living here together," 18 giggled.
"Oh yea, you to are going to kill one another," ChiChi chimed in.
"Well I guess we will just have to find out huh?" Vegeta smirked, "Besides, once we start making some good money, she said she is going to move out."
"Well I guess that is okay, I think all of us are wanting to make a new home for ourselves when we all get some money."
"This is true," Goku said. "I plan on having a huge mansion and a pool."
"Yeah, me too," Brolly said. "I want to have a lot of things, maybe by the time we get started, I might find me a girl."
"Maybe things will all work out for all of us," 18 said.
"So, are we ready to go?" Bulma walked out with a smile. "I know I am, I am ready to make our dreams come true."
"You are such a dork, B," ChiChi stated with a laugh.
When the gang finally got to the mall, they waited by the front of the building waiting for Paris to show up.
"I hope she didn't forget about it," 18 stated.
"I doubt it, she is the one who set this stuff up," Brolly replied.
"Hey you guys, have you thought of a new name? I mean, for the band?" Bulma asked.
"Not really," ChiChi said.
"Well, I think we need to come up with a name soon," 18 said.
"Yeah, they might name the band entitled, Bulma Briefs and Band," Vegeta said.
"Well if you are so smart about what they are going to name us, why don't you come up with one," Bulma said.
"I will," Vegeta smarted off. "Besides, we are not your band."
"No, but I am the singer," Bulma replied.
"Whatever, without us you would never be here."
"And neither would you," Bulma said.
"Both of you, stop fighting," ChiChi looked at them. "You two fight like cat and dog."
"And to me, it is quite obvious that we do not need to argue as to who made us what," 18 said. "And besides, we all have contributed to this band."
"But Bulma is right, and so is Vegeta, we need to come up with a name before name us something we don't want," Brolly said.
"And I personally feel that we have grown out of our first name, the Fearful," Krillen stated. "We need something new, like the Used, or American Hi-Fi."
"You guys don't need to worry about a new name," Paris walked up behind the gang. With a smile she continued, "Radditz and Yamacha think they have come up with something."
"But-"
"Now don't worry, it is not going to be titled with Bulma's name," Paris smiled at them. "I think we need to get a shopping, especially seeing as though I was late, we need to get this started."
"What exactly are we looking for? And if it is expensive, who is paying?" Krillen asked, slightly doubtful of their situation.
"Don't worry young man, the label is paying for all the things you guys need, at least until we start making money. When you guys make your first record, if it goes good, we start booking shows and concerts. When that happens, in about a year, the record company will no longer buy your things," Paris said.
"Well that is pretty cool I guess," Brolly said, looking at his friends.
"Okay, the look that we are going for is basically anything," Paris stated. "You guys are a punk rock band, so you need to dress casual, anything you feel comfortable in and it has to be a name brand. A lot of times, the guys like to wear skater clothes and black. The girls can wear pretty much anything, but remember, you need to stick with a certain brand."
"Why?" Bulma asked.
"Look at some of the other artists, they always stick with a certain type of clothing, most times it is because they look good in it. Other times, they plan on starting a clothesline and things like that. You need to be organized."
"I understand," ChiChi said. "So, you guys, what should we wear?"
"Well, I was thinking maybe the guys can wear the darker clothes and we can all wear the skater look," 18 said.
"This is true, and their clothes are comfortable, and maybe later on, we can change into different clothes…"
"Sounds good, let's get started," Paris said with a bright smile.
The gang went the whole day in the mall, shopping aimlessly throughout the stores trying to figure out what to buy. Of course, the band took Paris' advice and conformed to a certain style, seeing as though it was in the best interest of the promotion of the band image.
They even went to the instrument stores and picked up new gear, Paris also ended up taking the liberty of having the drums and guitars specially made.
By the end of the day, the band and Paris had split and went in separate ways; Paris went back to the office to get things set up for the following day and the weeks events while ChiChi, Goku, 18, Brolly, and Krillen went home and Vegeta and Bulma went to their apartment.
"Wow, now that was a lot of work, can you believe it?" Bulma asked.
"Whatever, it wasn't that bad," Vegeta said as they walked inside the apartment. "Now remember, we have a schedule this whole week. No more sleeping in woman."
"I know mommy…" Bulma smiled at Vegeta.
"Ha. Ha. It says on this here that we have a eight o'clock recording tomorrow, then a photo shoot at twelve, then back into the record studio…that is for the whole week."
"Good gravy, this is going to be a long week huh?"
"Oh yeah, and don't forget, Paris said we are all on a diet…"
"That is the part I don't get, she says we need to watch our weight and start going to the gym, we are we suppose we do that?"
"On the schedule it says that there is a private gym we need to go to from six and stay till nine, she also will have us seen by a nutritionist so we can find out what we can eat."
"I cannot see why 18 needs to go on a diet, she is beautiful, you know it?" Bulma sat on the couch.
"Go to sleep woman," Vegeta said smugly, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight," Bulma said. "See you in the morning, please wake me up."
Monday
It was only six o'clock and both Bulma and Vegeta were up and about in the morning. Both ready and excited to get to work.
"You do realize, Paris said no make-up and dress comfortable," Vegeta said as Bulma walked out of the bathroom in a towel.
"Oh shot, that's right…" Bulma walked into her closet and pulled out some tight gray, flared sweat pants and a white halter-top. She slipped into a pair of flip-flops and grabbed her bag and walked into the living room where Vegeta was waiting. "Does this look okay?"
"I really do not care," Vegeta said, rolling his eyes at her naïve personality. "Let's get going, the band is probably already there."
"Okay…" Bulma and Vegeta left.
At the studio that morning, Radditz, Paris, and Yamacha sat in the studio while ChiChi, Goku, Brolly, 18, and Krillen stood talking to them.
"When Vegeta and Bulma get here, we can get together and discuss what is going to happen and how we are going to do things," Radditz said as both Bulma and Vegeta walked into the recording room. "Good, I am glad you two made it here safely."
They joined their band and waited for Radditz to speak, "Now, today is going to be a busy morning, as for the rest of the week. We have decided to make your old CD the demo and you are going to re-record the old music and that should only take this week. Now, with that said, we are on a tight schedule. Pictures and photo shots will be taken today, Wednesday, and Friday…and then on Thursday and Tuesday you will be shooting two videos. So, after this demo hits the chart and the videos start doing good, you will be promoted that CD only to start recording new songs…any questions?"
"Umm, yes sir, Paris said that we did not have to worry about our new name, and I was wondering what we would be called?" Bulma asked.
"Ah yes, sorry for not have told you, we have all come up with something…The Doubtful or The Shockers? You guys pick…"
"I personally like The Shockers," Bulma said. "But it is up to everybody else."
"Well, I think we could go for that…" Goku said, everyone nodded in response.
"Well then it is settled…let's get started…" Radditz said. "This is my vocal manager, he will do some warm ups. You guys will be splitting up; Vegeta you are up first in the recording area…"
"Alright," Vegeta walked into one of the separate rooms and sat at his new drums. Vegeta looked at them quickly, he smirked. The drums were a silver sparkle with chrome bars and black drums.
"Now Vegeta, place on the headphones and we'll get started," Radditz said.
Vegeta did as told, placing on the headphones over his ears and picking up the drumsticks. "From the top, and you do not need to add in the screaming, we'll add that in Wednesday I think…" Radditz stated. "Now, count to five and the music will start and you play on queue."
"One, two, three, four, five," Vegeta heard Bulma's voice and then began playing. The rest of the gang was sitting in the room behind the mirror, watching Vegeta play, Bulma smiled, it was coming together.
By the end of the first two hours, everyone in the band had played their parts besides singing. It was around twelve thirty before they could leave for a quick lunch before meeting with their nutritionist and then photo shoots and back to finish up the first four songs for the day.
"Wow, now that was awesome," 18 said.
"I know right," Goku said in reply. "Oh B, when you get in there to sing for the songs, you are going to love it!""
"I know, but we're not adding in the singing until Wednesday," Bulma said.
"True, but that is not that bad. We have already finished five of the songs instrumentally and Wednesday and Friday we are back to finish up the last three," Krillen said.
They walked up to the building where they were to meet up with Paris, "Hey there you guys. You guys having fun?"
"Oh yeah, this is going great!" ChiChi said.
"I am glad…well anyway, this is Tara, she will be your personal nutritionist. And I know what you are thinking, a diet, me, no…well it is not what you are thinking. She will personally ask you what you like to eat and you can eat whatever you want, but we are just limiting what you eat. I promise, this will not hurt at all, and that is another reason why we will be having you guys work out a little," Paris said.
At lunch, they all sat down and talked with the nutritionist and Paris, "Now I am sure you guys are going to love what I have planned, you will have no need to starve yourselves, you will look good and feel great."
"Well that is good I guess," Bulma said.
"Oh trust me, you will feel great," Tara said. "Now, I need a favor from all of you, I would like for you to write down what you like to eat, I mean everything and anything. Chicken, salad, chocolate…What type of gum, just anything you can think of."
"Does that sound good?" Paris asked, they nodded in response. "I'm glad. Now me and Tara are going to head back to the studio and I will be you in an hour for the first photo shoot."
When Paris and Tara were gone, they began eating, "Can you guys believe it, this is going to be great," ChiChi said.
"I just cannot wait till the video shoot tomorrow…" Krillen said. "I wonder what songs they want us to do?"
"Who knows, probably something that will pop out, a catchy song maybe," Bulma said.
"I just cannot wait for us to go big, can you imagine the impact?" Goku said, stunned as he began to think of what it will be like.
"The groupies…" Vegeta said with a smirk.
"You perv," Bulma said playfully.
"I wonder what pictures and things they are going to have us do," ChiChi said. "Paris was saying earlier that they were going to take about ten of each of us alone and then a good ten or fifteen of the group."
"Well that is good I guess," Bulma said. "Brolly, why are you being so quite today?"
"I don't really know, I am just waiting for something big to happen I guess, I am just bored."
"I know what you mean dude," Vegeta stated.
When lunch was done, the band headed out to the photo studio beside the recording studio.
"There they are, these are the new band, The Shockers. We are hoping to get them out and about by next week. Radditz sees big things for this band," Paris said. She was standing beside a tall man, somewhat skinny with black hair and a camera. "This is Brad, he is the photographer for this week."
"Nice to meet you guys, Paris here has been bragging non-stop about you guys," Brad said. "By the way Paris, how is your father, I have not spoken with Radditz since The Used made it big and sued him. Poor guy."
"Well, he is doing great actually, that band was filled with pathetic men who thought they knew everything, idiots. But father thinks these guys are going places," Paris smiled at them.
"Well then, let's get started," Brad laughed. "Now, this is my team of perfectionists and I promise they will make every want you. We will take about twenty pictures of each of you alone and then thirty as a band. Now, they are going to do make-up, hair, and my two stylists will pick out your clothes with Paris."
They were dressed in a hurry, all the guys were powdered as much as the girls. Vegeta was dressed in a pair of loose-faded skater jeans with white wife beater and white skater shoes. Brolly, Goku, and Krillen were dress in different shirts, black, white, and blue with the same pants as Vegeta. ChiChi and 18 were wearing black pants while ChiChi wore a white tank top with a loose black one over top hanging over and 18 wore a red halter-top. Bulma was dressed in a pair of tight blue jeans and black, no-shoulders' shirt which showed off her belly and a black belt and black high heels.
The girls hair was straighten while the guys were given quick haircuts and spiked up. (Krillen has hair!) When they were done, Paris took a look at them.
"So these are the first outfits?" She asked, looking at Brad.
"Yes, we have something more darker in the next selection," He said. Paris was pleased, "Okay, let's get Bulma in first."
Bulma walked over to the photo scene. It had a black background and had a bedroom, gloom kind of look to it. Dark wooden frames, Bulma walked into position.
"Now, Bulma, I want a to stand here," Brad moved Bulma over, "Now I want you to move, look sexy and do not smile…"
Bulma did as told. Brad took many pictures of her, she would move around, circle, look over here shoulders. She looked speculator.
When it was time for the group pictures, they made a whole new photo scene, a plane black screen. They made them stand together, a fan blew while they stood in position.
"Perfect," Paris was looking over the photo shoot pictures. "Brad, you are a genius. Radditz is going to love it. I think we will use these here as posters…and this group pictures as the cover with the design we were planning on and where there are the lyrics to their songs, we'll have these individual pictures for each."
"You guys did perfect, I will see you Friday," Brad said. "Oh, and you are allowed to keep the clothes…at every shoot I do, I let the bands keep the clothes."
"Thank you," They said.
"Now, it is time to finish out the day," Paris smiled at them. "Four more days, and you guys will be ready for the public."
Next Time:
Making the Video, and then, they are hitting MTV! What will start happening to the band? And what was future Bulma saying, 'we never expected to get as famous and popular as we had and so quickly; only to fall slow, and hard. It was traumatizing to the band…'
Author's Note:
Well, there you have it! The third chapter is done! Finally! Good gravy! I am exhausted…The problem with this story is that I have everything that I want to do with it, but it is hard to type it…does that make sense? Probably not…but the next chapter is going soon! One more chapter till everything goes BIG!
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