CHAPTER 8

Soon after our Prince awoke. That was the best sleep of his life but he knew that his

pride would never let him stay, but his heart would never let anyone, including

himself, harm her.

So he picked up his sleeping beauty and carried her off into the sky towards his little

"hideaway." Of course not forgetting to bring along the two dragon balls.

They arrived at a small valley, it was full of wild flowers. The only kind that grew on

Namek which were as blue as Earth's oceans with a wild rose pink center. Their

sweet scent was intoxicating and invigorating, reminding him so much of the sleeping

woman.

Lying her in the bed of Armillas, he went down to the lake shore to catch some fish.

Diving into the cool waters he swam down to the very bottom. Scooping up dozens

of fish as he went. He pushed off the bottom, after catching as much fish as his hands

could hold and still be able to swim, sending himself, his catch and a huge wave up to

the surface.

Breaking the calm surface of the water he sent up a spray of water as he took a

large intake of fresh air.

Crawling out and dragging his dinner along behind him, he looked up to see 2 huge

blue crystalline orbs staring back at him.

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"Krillin, Gohan wake up!" cried a very panicky Kione.

Krillin's eyes just cracked open when he felt something quite heavy land on his

stomach. "Ughhhhh..... Yea, what is it Kione?" Krillin asked as he got over the rude

awakening.

"Krillin there are four spaceships heading here now," Kione replied.

Krillin bolted upright, "Are they here now? How do you know? Is it more of

Frieza's men?" Krillin demanded as he jumped out of bed running to pull on his gi.

He was wearing only his smilie boxers.

"Guru told me that they will arrive on Namek within 12 Earth hours. He also said

that they were very evil and to be careful of them," Kione relayed the message to

Krillin.

"12 hours, 12 hours. We have 12 hours to get the dragon balls............" Krillin

mumbled to himself as he ran into Gohan's adjacent room.

Krillin grabbed Gohan by the shoulders and began shaking him roughly. "But mom,

it's too early to study. I want to sleep just a little bit longer," he murmured as he

rolled over and fell back to sleep.

"Arghhh! These saiyanjins and their sleeping habits," Krillin grumbled as he sucked

in a lung full of air and screamed, " Gohan wake up! Vegeta is torturing ChiChi!"

right into Gohan's left ear.

At this Gohan jumped straight up into his fighting stance. "What? Where's mom?"

Gohan asked confused of his surroundings. "Oh," he said a little embarrassed as a

light pink color touched his cheeks and he scratched the back of his head,

remembering all that had happened.

"Gohan we have to act fast! We need to somehow find the rest of the dragon balls,

get the wishes granted, find a way to save the people of Namek, find Bulma and get

off the planet within 12 hours!" Krillin explained the whole situation to Gohan as he

got dressed.

"Krillin, not to be negative or anything, but that sure sounds like alot to do in 12

hours," Gohan pointed out.

"I know that baka, that's why we have got to hurry!" Krillin shouted as he pushed

Gohan, Kione and the elder out the door.

"Okay Kione, would you and the elder like to stay here or go to Guru's house?"

Krillin asked hurriedly.

"I guess we could stay here as long as it's all right with you Krillin- san," Kione

answered innocently looking up to Krillin.

Krillin's worried face softened, "Sure kid," he replied putting his hand on Kione's

head in an affectionate sort of way. "We've got to go now. Gohan do you have the

dragon radar?" Krillin asked as the two took to the air.

"Hai, the nearest dragon ball is to the south-east. Frieaza has got the two to the

west and Vegeta must have the other two in the east," Gohan pointed out. "And we

have these two and will soon have another one, YEAH!" Gohan cried as he put on a

bit of speed.

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Bulma lay starring up at him as he emerged from the water. * Why? Why did he

bring me here? Why do I feel so safe instead of threatened? Why is it that the way

he looks at me makes me feel like I could take on a hundred Friezas?*

*Why is she looking at me that way? Why doesn't she fear me like the rest do?

Why can't I get her out of my head?*

Looking down Bulma noticed all the fish Vegeta had caught and her stomach

growled involuntarily. She looked away in embarrassment.

Vegeta smirked as he walked over to the rosy cheeked Bulma and sat down beside

her. Bulma's eyes widened a moment in shock when Vegeta handed her a handful of

fish.

As Bulma reached over to take the fish she looked up into Vegeta's eyes and smiled

warmly. Her hand and eyes lingered a moment longer before she sat up and hungrily

fried each fish with her ki then gobbled a few down.

Vegeta chuckled. Bulma looked back at him questioningly, her cheeks bulging with

fish. Swallowing what was in here mouth and reaching for another couple of fish she

asked "What?" then shoveled those in waiting for his answer.

"Woman, you eat like a saiyanjin," Vegeta replied as she looked back at him again

with her mouth stuffed. "I do?" she asked.

"Yes you do," Vegeta answered quite seriously now just starting to eat his fish.

"Oh," was all Bulma said. *I wonder if that's good or bad. He's saiyanjin so it must

be good.* Bulma's thoughts brightened as her eyes caught sight of a fish which

wasn't quite dead yet. Instinctively she pounced on the fish and sunk her canines into

the flesh.

*Interesting.* Vegeta thought as he watched Bulma's reaction intently.

After a moment or two of the fish's flopping around Bulma came to her senses.

"What the hell am I doing?* She asked herself as she sat back again and picked up

the now dead fish. Looking back at Vegeta, to see if he had noticed, she saw

something very disturbing. Instead of his usual mask Bulma could clearly see

everything on his face. There was a mixture of shock, understanding and unbelieving.

Bulma quickly turned back around again very embarrassed by her actions and her

cheeks went red.

After finishing off the last fish Bulma stood and began walking towards the

crystalline waters. *I guess I could take a dip. It would be nice on a day like this.*

She looked up at the twin suns shading her eyes with her hand as the suns rays beat

down on her.

She waded into the water up to her waist. *Ahhhhh.......... this feels great.* she

thought as she sucked in a breath of air and dove under the surface.

It was so beautiful down there. The suns were shining down through the surface, the

hundreds of different colored and different types of fish. She swam down to the floor

of the lake where she found something that strangely resembled coral. Looking at all

the different species living in it she made her way over to a gigantic shell. It was

abandoned and it was big enough for her to walk right in. *This is amazing!* she

thought.

After another few minutes of looking around Bulma quickly swam back up to the

surface of the water. Breaking the surface with a small splash she looked towards

the bank where she saw Vegeta standing there. The look of relief in his eyes so

apparent that she thought she could have cried.

*I didn't know that humans could hold their breath that long,* Vegeta thought.

Soon the look of relief began to disappear replaced by the look she had seen earlier

with a little of something else in it. Longing? Loneliness? She didn't know exactly but

it was almost as if the thing he was thinking of, he thought was unbelievable but he

was longing for it to be real. Almost NEEDING it to be real.

*Could she be?........... But how?................... There's no way................. is

there?..............*

to be continued..............

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