A Wish To Live
By Shari Celestine
A.K.A
Serenity
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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 Saiya-jin's arrive, what will they do when they meet Bulma?
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Chapter Ten: Aio (Blue) Kaminari (Thunder) Kōgeki suru (Attack)!
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Kakarotto, Chi-Chi and a zoned out Bulma entered the training room and were surprised to see the other people who had gathered. Vegeta-Ou, Vegeta-Ouji, Nappa, Radditzu, and Commander Bardock were the only people Bulma recognized; the others were unfamiliar to her.
"My King." Chi-Chi and Kakarotto said getting down on one knee placing their fist over there heart. Chi-Chi looked over at the still standing Bulma and pulled her down next to her.
"Get down here!" She whispered fiercely.
Bulma blinked, "What? Where am I?"
Chi-Chi rolled her eyes, "What a fine time for you to come out of your daze Bulma!"
"You may stand." Vegeta-Ou said.
They did so.
"The reason I have called you here is simple, Commander Bardock has told me of your unique fighting skills Onna, and I am curious to see how a Saiya-jin who wasn't brought up on Vegeta-sei fights."
"Wait, you want to see me fight? Who?"
"My best pupil, my son Kakarotto." Bardock said.
Bulma looked at Kakarotto who looked as shocked as she felt.
"Nani! You want me to fight Kakarotto? No way, he's my friend I couldn't possibly-"
"I'm sorry did it sound like I was asking you a question, Onna?" Vegeta-Ou said in a sickly sweet voice.
"No."
"Good, now here are the rules: Don't hold anything back, Ki attacks are allowed – you do know how to use Ki don't you?"
To answer his question Bulma formed a large ball of blue Ki her hands.
"- You will fight until your opponent is unable to defend herself or she gives up." He grinned.
"She? Are you trying to say that I'm going to lose!"
"No of coarse not." Vegeta-Ou said in a mock apologetic tone.
Bulma growled softly as she glared daggers at the King.
He chuckled, "Aright enough of this, let the battle commence!"
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Bulma and a reluctant Kakarotto stepped forward into the center of the room. They took fighting stance.
"Begin!" Bardock said signaling them to start.
Bulma jumped into the air hovering above Kakarotto. "You don't mind if we do this in the air do you?"
Kakarotto smirked, "No, I'm better at aerial attacks anyway."
Kakarotto jumped into the air and the two began the match.
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Down on the ground the King watched the battle with a fascination, a smile forming on his lips.
"She is fast, very fast but she lacks in strategy." The king mumbled to himself. "Kakarotto is more experienced, concentrating on finding a hole in her attack. Ah, there's one."
At that very moment Bulma fell out of the air landing hard on her backside. She rubbed the spot she fell on glaring up at the smirking Kakarotto.
"Alright round two!"
She jumped back into the air and the two Saiya-jins became blurs again.
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Bulma backed away from Kakarotto whipping the sweat off her brow.
He's good. No he's really good. But so am I, why can't I hit him? Bulma thought.
'Because your weak, you know that. They will never accept you as one of them.' A voice spoke in her mind.
No that's no true, Vegeta said-
'Vegeta? Ha, he doesn't care for you; you heard how he dumped you for another. I didn't expect it to be so soon, it's only been a few days.' The voice laughed.
Shut up! That's no true, I know Vegeta cares about me and he would never do that to me.
'Oh, correct me if I'm wrong but I distinctly remember him telling you he could never love you. Now he's in the arms of some other woman, isn't that a bit…odd?'
No shut up! It's not true I know it's not! Just get out of my head!
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Bulma suddenly screamed powering up. The force of the energy she was emitting was enough to knock a coupe of people off their feet. King and Prince Vegeta took a step back as the energy hit them before raising their Ki to shield them. Kakarotto was thrown off guard and slammed into the wall, his body making cracks in the wall.
A blue aura surrounded Bulma's body as she continued to power up. Slowly the aura began to gather in her cupped hands in front her body.
"Bulma, what are you doing?" Kakarotto asked removing himself from the wall.
"Aio Kaminari Kōgeki suru!" She yelled as she let the energy she was gathering go. Her hands trusted outwards towards an unsuspecting Kakarotto. The blast was fast. Kakarotto screamed out in pain as the attack hit him slamming through the wall this time.
The room was dead silent as they watched and waited for Kakarotto to come flying back through the wall and attack Bulma. He never came.
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A medical unit rushed into the training room. Shoving their way past the witnesses they crouched down next to their patient.
"What happened?" The Saiya-jin in charged asked checking Kakarotto vital signs.
"H-he was fighting. A Ki attack I-it caught him by s-surprise." Chi-Chi sobbed.
"I see. Get a stretcher in here, I need to take him to the medical wing."
A stretcher was brought in and Kakarotto's limp body was lifted on top of it.
Chi-Chi reached out with a shaking hand and held Kakarotto's larger hand in her own.
"I want to stay with him."
"I'm sorry, I can't let you do that. I need you to let go now we have to move him."
"But I'm his mate!"
"I don't care lady, if you want him to have any chance of surviving this let him go and let me do my job."
Chi-Chi reluctantly let go of her mate's hand as he was rushed off to the medical wing.
Chi-Chi spun on her heals and stomped over to Bulma who was on her knees crying.
"What the hell were you thinking? I though Kakarotto was your friend, is this how you treat your friends on Earth! Well I don't want any part of it, if he dies I'll-"
"It was an accident alright!" Bulma screamed catching everyone's attention.
"I don't know what happened okay, I was angry and I let that anger control me. It never happened to me before…" She finished weakly.
"I can't believe he cared so much about you, your no true Saiya-Jin. You're a joke, that's what you are. You never should have come here maybe it would be best if you left Vegeta-sei and returned to Earth." Chi-Chi said softly but severely before turning her back on Bulma.
Standing up on shaking feet Bulma ran out the training room, the sound of her boots hitting the marble floor echoing in the training room.
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END
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Ohhh, it that a cliffhanger I see? Yep It is! I'm having fun again! I hope you don't hate me for the fight scene in this chapter it was hard for me to write it. That little voice in her head was really mean but it had to be said. And what about Kakarotto? Will he make it through or are we going to lose our warm hearted Saiya-jin? Review and the answers may come faster than you thought.
Review Responces:
Dally's Chick - Nappa VS Bulma? That sound like a lot of fun, I'll look into that. Vegeta will get his one way or another, trust me I have the next two chapters worked out in my head…after that is a blank. Sweatdrop I need help minna, and I mean it this time. It's been so long since I've written that I've forgotten most of my plot. I really need your input for all my stories, don't be afraid to talk to me I won't bite, honest!
Onto other news: I'll be starting college in the next few weeks so I'll have to figure out my new schedule, don't worry keep writing. Just enjoy this update for a bit. Bye!