"What you gave me was two years of pain!"
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There she stood before him, hands on her hips, so strong. She looked well. No, better than well, more like amazing. She was still gorgeous. No, he couldn't think that now. He wouldn't allow himself to think of her now. It took every ounce of will power Vegeta could muster to remain steadfast. Arms crossed, he stood erect and omnipotent. He was the Prince of Saiyans and no bitch could make him feel a lesser man.
During the entire episode of momentary shock and a time span of two years summed up by her own lips, Vegeta had stood proud. True, his first reaction was bewilderment, but he had soon regained control. After all, he'd known she was still alive, they hadn't.
Trunk's exit had been perhaps for the best. He didn't need to remain in the same room with the mother who left him. However, why had she lied to them? Vegeta couldn't understand that. Perhaps she was too ashamed to admit what had really happened. The dirty whore still had shame.
What Vegeta found particularly interesting was the fact that she was still with that animal. The enormous beast circled around her protectively. He wanted to shudder at the sight of it. Seeing it brought back memories. Awful thoughts that he battled to delete from his mind. Still he stayed calm and cool. Yes Vegeta had remained unwavering, until she began to power up.
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Bulma could feel the energy crackling in her palms as Chimera's power engulfed her body. It flooded her limbs and writhed within. The power she now possessed almost seemed to have a life of its own. However, Bulma could control it, and she did.
She continued to smile as more and more power was excreted through her pores. Goku's face showed obvious amazement. Gohan was stand nearby and Bulma watched his jaw quickly drop open, threatening to hit the floor. HIS eyes were wide open, and Bulma found herself surprised by HIS surprise. She giggled lightly and with her new powers boldly looked at him.
Oh Kami, she shouldn't have done that. His handsome features, so deeply engraved within her memory were now fully alive and in front of her. Dark charcoal pupils, straight chiseled nose and sensuous mouth. How she missed those.
Then she looked at his arms. Those rock solid, muscular arms that had once held her so close. So close that their hearts had beat together and they could feel each other breathe. She wouldn't cry though, she would not cry.
'Strength Bulma.'
She smiled once more. Thank Kami for Chimera. Then again, he had got her into all of this. She shook her head, no she was wrong. Galvan had done this. Her eyes narrowed as she saw the scheming power-hungry Effian once more in her memory. Galvan was to blame! With that thought alone, Bulma's power skyrocketed, as she literally inhaled the essence of Chimera.
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Goku stood back aghast in a mixture of awe and horror. The amount of power that Bulma now possessed was purely impossible! However, it was fact, she did have this strength. Could she use it? He couldn't tell for sure, but by the confident smirk she directed towards him, he could tell she at least had an idea of what she was doing. Her smug expression portrayed knowledge. She knew exactly what she was doing. For that, Goku respected her. He respected any fighter. He just never thought he'd come to think of Bulma like that. For the first time since seeing her, Goku smiled.
"Wow, Gohan! Can you believe this power?" Goku exclaimed, not even turning to his son for fear to take his eyes off of her.
"No way! I mean, she's almost more powerful then us, dad!" Gohan replied while gawking at her.
"She'll be a good match for Galvan," Goku said. Bulma laughed lightly and exhaled putting her hands down once more by her sides. She was done powering up, now she could show them all she knew.
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Vegeta couldn't believe the amount of power his former mate possessed. It was almost unnatural. If he hadn't sensed Galvan's power before, he would have thought it impossible. When she was finished powering up she sighed softly and seemed to relax.
"Ready?" She asked.
"Ready for what?" Gohan answered with his own question.
"Ready to see what I can do?" Gohan and Goku both nodded vigorously. Then suddenly, Bulma disappeared before their very eyes. Goku blinked, and then gasped as he was lifted from the floor. Bulma had snuck around behind and was now levitating him several inches off the ground by the neck, allowing gravity to fight her battle. Goku's powerful arms swung around sluggishly as she cut off his air intake. Then she dropped him before he fell unconscious. He landed lightly and heaved for air.
Even though his thick neck was now red he smiled through his spasmic breath patterns.
"She's gotta good grip!" He asserted, finally catching his breath.
"Is that enough?" Bulma asked. Gohan looked at her curiously, one eyebrow raised.
"So you are strong, and you can fly. We realize that you possess a great deal of energy. However, can you control and harness your ki?" Bulma nodded.
"If you want to see, I suggest we go outside. I love my house, wouldn't want it to be destroyed." She grinned and strode towards the entrance door. Goku and Gohan followed excitedly. Vegeta stood still, watching them exit and finally, after a short time, followed suit.
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"I hate her! How could she do that? I mean, sure, I'm fine, but what about Bra? Her youngest child, I mean how did she... Why would she..." Trunks spat out resentful words with ardor. Goten stood by looking slightly confused, but profusely sympathetic.
"Aw man Trunks, I know that you're mad but at least she's not dead! I mean, let's look on the bright side! She's happy too, or at least she looks happy, shouldn't that be good?"
"Yeah, Goten, she's soooo happy! She loves her life now that we're not in it! When I heard she died, I thought I wouldn't be able to go on. I thought that was it, my life was over, how could I be happy again with out my mom? And then I find out that she left us intentionally. Why did she leave? Because we bored her! That's right Goten! My mom walked out on our family because she was bored with us!" Goten opted for a grin.
"Don't feel so bad Trunks! You don't bore me! And besides, your dad didn't leave you did he? He stayed with you and took care of you and all that good stuff!" Trunks looked up at Goten and smiled slightly.
"I'm glad I don't bore you Goten, but you don't understand. Sure my dad stayed with us, but not really. He lost everything when mom left. He stopped being him. He wasn't angry anymore, or mean. He lost his edge, and stopped wanting to compete. He turned super pessimistic about his life and walked around like a zombie. Training constantly and eating here and there, that was his daily ritual. A small nod or a slight smirk, that was all Bra and I got from him, then he was gone again. No Goten, my dad was more dead then mom." Goten's optimistic face fell.
"Why didn't you ever say anything Trunks?"
"I dunno. I didn't want to upset you. Besides, I never really thought about it until now. I guess I just pushed it out of my mind so I wouldn't have to deal, you know?" Goten nodded his understanding.
"Yeah, when I'm really hungry, but mom's not ready with dinner yet, I sometimes think about something else so I don't have to remember how darn hungry I am!" Trunks laughed and Goten looked at him even more confused.
"What's so funny?" Trunks shook his head.
"You just understand me Goten, I'm grateful for that." Goten smiled.
Suddenly the two young warriors looked up.
"That's a lot of power!" Trunks exclaimed.
"It's coming from that palace!" Goten added. Trunks groaned.
"Great, now we have to go back." They both levitated high into the air and surged forward.
"Hey Trunks!" Goten said, flying parallel with him.
"What?"
"You gonna be ok?" Trunks looked over at Goten's worried expression and smiled his reply.
"Yeah, I'll be just fine."
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"Ok, so what do you want me to do?" Bulma asked. Chimera was lazing under the shade of a nearby tree, seemingly disinterested. Gohan considered her proposal and then finally looked up.
"It's easy. Just form a ball of ki and blast it at that tree!" He indicated the tree Chimera was under. The beast looked up, fully aware of what he had said and stalked over to Bulma. Gohan unconsciously took a few steps back as the big animal came near him.
"You shouldn't be afraid of Chimera," Bulma said. "He's not some dumb animal who is controlled by his instincts. Chimera's mind functions like a human being. You can talk to him, he'll understand you."
Gohan looked at Chimera with uncertainty.
"Oh come on Gohan, I know you're dying to ask him something!"
'Do you think it'd be wise to let him know I'm telepathic?'
'No, I think you should communicate through me for now. It would probably make them uneasy to know that you can search their thoughts.'
'That is true, you have a good approach.'
"So what do you want to know?" Bulma said, smiling down at Chimera and stroking his head.
"Umm..." Gohan said.
"What's his favorite color?" Goku asked. Bulma looked up in surprise and smiled at Goku's question.
'Well? What is it?'
'Green.'
"Green," she said.
"How do we know you didn't make that up?" Gohan asked, the scientist in him taking over.
"Well..." Bulma said, pondering a way to prove it. "How about we try something else. Umm... commands! Chimera sit!" Chimera sat submissively.
'Must I portray your mindless pet?'
'Sorry, that was a stupid one.'
"Chimera, go stand next to Goku, he's the big one." Chimera obeyed.
"Chimera, bow your head to Goku, then turn around and go to Gohan, the one with all the questions...Good, now bow to Gohan." Bulma smiled as Chimera did as she asked. "Ok Chimera, that's enough, you shouldn't have to prove your intelligence through stupid maneuvers." Bulma lifted a hand and allowed a small amount of energy to form in her palm. With it, she quickly zapped the tree Gohan had chosen and watched as it disintegrated.
"There, now both I and Chimera have proven our worth, does that suit you?" Goku and Gohan nodded. Vegeta, who was standing farther back, nearly nodded himself.
"Wow! Hey Trunks, did you see what your mom just did?" Goten exclaimed as he and Trunks landed near the others.
"Yeah," Trunks said coldly. "Really great." Bulma sighed and looked down.
Suddenly, they all felt another presence. Every body turned towards the direction of that sense and saw before them Galvan Marquish. He smiled and then suddenly, his eyes widened.
"Why Bulma Briefs! My my, it's been SO long! Did you miss me dearest?"
"You bastard piece of shit!" Bulma asserted, stepping forward. Chimera pounced in front of her, with a growl, and snarled revealing his imposing fangs.
"Chimera!" Galvan said. "Oh how wonderful to see you again! You and that whore cheated me out of a great deal of power you know!" Bulma smirked.
"At least we did that much," she said. "If I'd had my way, we would have done a lot more!" Galvan shook his head.
"I just don't understand you Bulma! I mean, I was so very hospitable to you! I gave you a lovely suite and comfortable clothing. Why I even gave you Chimera!"
"What you gave me was two years of pain!" Bulma snapped back, taking another furious step forward. Galvan smiled.
"I'm so glad I chose this planet! How lucky is that? After all Bulma, you've become quite popular in the universe! Working for Sed and all! They give you the big targets don't they? Why just the other day I received word that you took care of two nasty Corinths on Adria. I must say, good show!"
"Yeah, I fried their asses, and I'll do the same to you!" Galvan smirked.
"Believe me sweetheart I look forward to it! If you don't beat me, which you won't, I promise I won't kill you! The only reason I didn't have fun with you before was because I couldn't spoil you for Chimera. However, now that that's impossible, I think I'll resume where I left off. After all, I've always longed to obtain perfection." Galvan looked to the others who remained silent.
"You were all unaware weren't you? Never knew that Bulma was a perfect being. I pity you pathetic Earthlings. To have grasped within your hands the epitome of rare perfection and to have discarded it so easily." Galvan sighed.
"Bulma, I never discarded you! I knew your worth, and I still do!"
"Shut the fuck up and fight me!" Bulma challenged, lifting off the ground several inches. Galvan shook his head.
"I'm afraid that for now I cannot. My people have within their hands quite a contemptible problem that we must sort out. It will probably take more then a few days. I'm sure you'll like this and use it as a time of preparation for your inevitable end."
"I'm going to destroy you Galvan!" Bulma said, blue eyes filled with determination.
"Know this Bulma. I do not doubt your will power, for you have a plethora of strength. However, it is impossible to defeat me and even more impossible to shun me. After all of this is over, I will possess you like a doll." He turned to leave, but then paused and turned back around. "And Bulma, when I say it's time to play, we'll play forever." He disappeared after that leaving an angry Bulma to fume. She gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. Looking down at Chimera, her countenance fell.
'I hate him so!'
'As do I.'
Her pent up rage and frustrations brewed at the base of her stomach and slowly boiled up through the rest of her body.
"Bastard!" She proclaimed and released two ki balls of energy which flew off and created identical craters in the landscape. She rubbed her hands over her eyes and then sighed. Finally after collecting herself she turned around.
"He said he won't be back for awhile, so I'm guessing you'll need a place to stay. Follow me and I'll show you your rooms." She strode off with Chimera at her heels. The only thing that the others could do then was to follow. And so they did.
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Author's Note: My apologies. I said that there would be a Bulma/Vegeta confrontation and alas there was not. However, it shall be soon I do promise you! Do not worry my dears! I shall add on! However, I must write a new chapter to A Get Together! Once that's done, I shall return! I hope this chapter was longer then the others have recently been!
Special Note: If anyone didn't understand when Bulma was discussing HIM I would like to clarify. I want to make it absolutely clear that Bulma has promised herself to never acknowledge Vegeta by his own name. That means she refers to Vegeta as him or he and never EVER as Vegeta. Vegeta still thinks of her as Bulma, though recently he's taken a liking to calling her whore or bitch or the ever present "woman".
Extra Special Note: If Hidden_Angel thinks she can write such a tension filled chapter and not update soon, she better know that JZero intends to track her down and force her! Either that, or make my next chapter of A Get Together really short!
Anyhoo, much luv to everyone who likes chocolate milk! That is all ~JZero