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A Bulma/ Vegeta A/U. Dr. Briefs' newborn baby girl is born with a deadly disease. In order to save her life he makes a wish with the Dragon Balls. Sixteen years later the Sayains arrive, what will they do when they meet Bulma?
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Chapter Eight: High School Blues§
Bulma woke up bright and early the next morning, today was the first day of school on Vegeta-sei. She showered and dressed in her new uniform, brushed back her aqua curls and slipped into her shoes. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her capsule case, she removed a capsule and opened it, before her on the ground was a brown leather backpack. Checking her reflection once more in the mirror she smiled and walked out her room locking the door with the key Vegeta gave her the night before.
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Bulma looked at her watch again and sighed she had been wondering the palace halls for fifteen minutes!
"Oh!" Bulma groaned. "I know I'm going to be late for class, this is not going to make a good first impression."
Bulma saw a tall man walking down the hall in the opposite direction, she called out to him.
"Excuse me, do you think you could point me in the right direction, you see I'm looking for the school."
"The school? Girl that's on the other side of the palace, you won't find it if you keep going in that direction." The Saiya-jin said.
"Could you show me where it is?"
"Sure. It just so happens I was on my way there, I'm the training instructor there during the day, I work in the science department at night."
At the mention of science Bulma's eyes lit up. "The science department huh?"
"Yep I'm the head of science on Vegeta-sei." He looked her over. "I've never see you before and I think I would remember a blue Saiya-jin."
Bulma blushed. "Let's just say I'm new around here, my name's Bulma Briefs what's yours?"
"Commander Bardock."
"It's nice to meet you Commander." Bulma smiled up at the taller Saiya-jin.
Reminds me of Kakarotto.
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Bulma arrived at the high school just in time, she thanked Bardock again before entering the building and heading in the direction of her first class.
The room that was once filled with teenagers talking and gossiping fell silent when she stepped into the classroom. She stopped and looked them, they stopped and looked right back. She gulped and rushed to take a seat in the front row.
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At the same time Vegeta was meeting with his father in his quarters. As he entered he noticed the female that stood beside his father.
"Brat, there's someone I want you to meet."
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"Whoa! Who's the new girl?" A girl asked she had short spiky hair that was cut just above her ears she was a pretty girl with a few muscles here and there.
"I have no idea, Tofu." Another girl said she had long straight ebony hair that fell past her shoulders, her dark eyes roaming over Bulma.
"Is she Saiya-jin?" A tall boy with wild hair and eyes asked.
"For your 4-1-1, her name is Bulma Briefs, she arrived here on Vegeta-sei yesterday with Vegeta no Ouji. She is Saiya-jin by the way." A skinny boy with thick glasses said.
"If she just arrived yesterday how do you know so much, Kinji?" Chi-Chi, the girl with the straight ebony hair asked.
"I hear things…"
"Let's go over there and get to know her better." He licked his lips.
The girl beside him smacked him upside his head. "Ouch! What was that for Miso?"
This girl was shorter than all the rest with semi-long hair and dark eyes.
"Bento you were staring at her like she was a piece of meat!" She snapped.
"Whatever."
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Bulma knew everyone was staring at her and she was beginning to get upset.
At that very moment Kakarotto walked in the class a goofy smile on his face. Bulma brighten when she saw him and called out to him, "Kakarotto, over here!"
"Bulma-San, hey I didn't know you were in my class!" He waved and walked over to her.
"Vegeta---Sama didn't tell you he was setting me up in school did he." It wasn't a question.
Bulma almost slipped by mentioning Vegeta formally.
"Hey Bulma you want to meet my mate and some of my friends?"
"Your mate's in this class?"
"Yep."
"Okay, I've been meaning to ask you to introduce us."
They walked to the back of the class, Bulma still felt some eyes on her back she growled and glared at them. They backed off some.
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"Chi, I want you to meet someone, this is Bulma Briefs, we crash landed on her planet."
Chi-Chi extended her hand to Bulma who returned the gesture.
"It's nice to finally meet you, Kakarotto told me a lot about you."
I wish I could say the same, Kakarotto hasn't told me a thing about you."
"Bulma these are our friends, Tofu, Miso, Bento, and Kinji." Kakarotto said pointing to each as he said their name.
"Nice to meet you Bulma." Miso extended her hand to Bulma who took it and shook it.
Anything else they were going to say would have to be put off for later because the teacher had entered the room.
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At lunchtime Bulma was once more questioned from Kakarotto's friends.
"Are you a fighter Bulma?" Miso asked.
"Yep, I've been training ever since I was able to walk. I also like to build training equipment to further my abilities." Bulma said proudly.
"You're an inventor?" Kinji asked.
"Hai, my father runs the most important factory on Earth. As his heir I was expected to take over in his footsteps," She shrugged. "Besides I love to work on new inventions it's in my blood I think."
"Do you have any inventions with you?"
"Not on me at that moment."
Kinji frowned slightly; he was really looking forward to seeing her work.
"But I'm sure you've heard of one of my inventions. You know that ship Kakarotto back in?"
"Yeah the one that was built from four Saiya-jin space pods, what about it?"
"I built that, in one week too!" Bulma smirked.
"Nani?"
"Yeah, she built it in her spare time that and the Gravity Room Vegeta-Sama seems to love so much."
The bell picked that moment to ring.
"What's a Gravity Room?" Kinji asked.
"I'll tell you later, I have to report to my training class. Bye!"
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Bulma fidgeted in her training uniform, it was an exact copy of the outfit Vegeta made her put on before they landed on Vegeta-sei. Another reason why she could be fidgeting could be because of the other students that were staring at her and whispered things behind her back. Bulma knew it had some thing to do with her odd coloring and it was beginning to make her feel like an outsider among her own kind.
"What's with all this standing around, get with your partners and start training!" The teacher said as he walked in.
Everyone immediately stopped talking and paired up to train, that left Bulma by herself in the center of the room feeling once again like an outcast.
Now I remember why I hate the first day of school.
"Your Bulma Briefs am I right?" A familiar voice asked.
Bulma turned to look into Bardock's dark eyes. "Commander Bardock?"
"Hai Bulma-San?"
"You're my teacher?"
"I did say I was the training instructor did I not?"
"Hai you did, I guess I forgot."
"Hn. Kakarotto, come out here, you will be training with Bulma from now on she's your new partner."
Kakarotto smiled at Bulma.
Bulma blinked. "Kakarotto, what are you doing here? I didn't know you were in my class."
"Yeah, well this is really my free period but my dad wants me to get as much training in as I can so I joined his class."
"Wait, you mean Commander Bardock is your father?"
"Yep!"
Bulma looked from Kakarotto to Bardock and back again. "No wonder you reminded me of Kakarotto, you're his father." Bulma laughed.
"Yes well be that as it may, class has begun spar with my son, we can talk after class."
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Bulma blocked another one of Kakarotto's kicks and dogged the punch he delivered to her head. She crouched down and kicked his feet sending him crashing to the ground.
Kakarotto smirked up at her as he stood up and crouched down into his fighting stance again.
"Okay, round two!" he announced advancing again.
This time the pair took to the air sending a blur of lighting fast kicks and punches at one another.
"Alright you two, that's enough for one class, save all that energy for tomorrow." Bardock called from the ground.
At that moment Kakarotto and Bulma had powered up for one final blow, they both punched and connected with the other's face. They knocked each other out of the air landing hard on the ground below.
"Not bad Kakarotto, but I noticed you were holding back," Bulma panted.
"Your one to talk, you were holding back too!" Kakarotto wheezed.
They were both holding back? Bardock thought with awe.
I must inform the King of this.
"Alright everyone hit the showers class is dismissed." Bardock said.
Bulma stood up to leave when Kakarotto called out to her, "Hey Bulma-San, are you coming to the assembly tonight?"
"Nah, I have a lot of work to do. Tell me about it tomorrow okay?"
"Sure thing. See you later."
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Every Saiya-jin seemed to be present at the assembly that night, all but one blue haired Saiya-jin at least. The king stepped forward his son at his side.
"Welcome, thank you all for coming on such short notice. I know it is late and you all have work to get back to so I will make this as short as possible." The king began.
"A month back I met with Commander Ninjin, he offer his daughter's hand in marriage to my son. Yasai is a perfect match for my son, she will make a perfect Queen for Vegeta-sei."
At that moment a woman in Saiya-jin armor stood up from the crowd and walked up to the platform Vegeta and his father stood on. The crowd cheered their approval of Vegeta on Ouji's mate to be; after all she was beautiful by Saiya-jin standards.
The Onna's not going to like this.
Bulma-San's not going to like this.
Kakarotto and Vegeta thought simultaneously
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Author's Note: So what do you think of that Chapter? I hope that answered your question about Bulma's fighting ability, she's a good fighter but not as skilled as Kakarotto but she makes up for that with her speed which you will see more of in later chapters.
Ninjin is the Japanese word for carrots.