-1Arms Of The Angel
Chappie 14
Weep Not For The Memories
By
Bulma
-Dream!-
-Bulma!-
A beautiful sunny day as Bulma laid in the arms of her beloved Yamcha. They were out for lunch on a picnic in the park. All around them was life. Children playing on the swings and jungle gym, joggers jogging, and couples like them spending quality time with their loved ones. Bulma laid her head on Yamcha's lap in the shade of a willow tree. The hanging leaves blowing softly in the wind as Bulma enjoyed the gentle breeze as she gazed into her loved one's eyes. Yamcha smiled down at her as he stroked and played with her blue locks as he framed her face with them. "Yamcha, I love you. Pretty soon we are going to be married and one day we are going to start a family." Bulma smiled up at him lovingly.
"Yes Bulma, you are going to be my wife. I love you with all my heart. I love you more than I have ever loved anyone in my life. Bulma, you are truly my soul mate." Yamcha leaned down to steal her lips with his own, but suddenly the sunny skies turned a deadly dark. Bulma noticed the life around her was destroyed. The children dead on the ground. The people walking the pets, the pets attacking their forms. Lovers and couples beating each other. Even the joggers stopped and turned almost zombie like. ("What is going on!") Bulma questioned. "Heh, you lose everything kitten. Didn't you know that?" a voice out of nowhere hissed. Bulma looked to see Yamcha with blood red eyes stare down at her.
But that was not the voice. Instead the voice came directly in front of them. It was a lizard creature. Something appeared in his hand and he shot it directly at Yamcha. His head completely blown off. A headless corpse held her sill as the creature weighted on the decisions of allowing her to share the same fate. Apparently, he decided for it as he built another glowing deathly orb in his hand and pointed it at Bulma. Bulma let out a terrifying scream that brought her out of the darkness of her dreams and into the reality world.
-Reality!-
-1 Week Later!-
-End Dream!-
Bulma shot up in her bed. A cold sweat had covered her body and she gasped for air. This was the 3ed time this week. The 3ed time that she had revisited this insane nightmare and being in this hellish place. "I need to get out of this room." Bulma told herself. She had been staying at Prince Vegeta's palace for a week. So far she had created a total of 3 inventions. An upgraded ki protection shield for the planet. A camouflage barrier, not even those who can sense Ki or even those who have scouters could see or sense the person using the device. And as of now, she was figuring out how to make a Gravitation Room.
The purpose of this invention was to take Vegeta-sei's gravitation and increased it. It is said that if you train in these conditions, you would indeed become stronger. Of course, Vegeta hearing about something such as this, was pushing for them to finish it ASAP! Bulma crawled out of bed. She put on a black with blue Capsule Corp logo hoodie, matching sweat pants, tied her hair in a messing ponytail and headed down to her labs. Bulma found it best that when she couldn't sleep, she found working in the labs seemed to make her feel a bit better after her nightmarish dreams. Bulma quickly headed down there so she could at least get another section of the G.R. done.
-Vegeta!-
For the past week, our Saiyan Prince hadn't been sleeping. As of late, he had been given this feeling in the pit of his stomach, screaming that everything wasn't as it should be. As if someone was in great distress or danger. He just couldn't understand his gut instinct as of late. Vegeta tossed and turned in his sheets, trying the best to ignore the feeling and get some rest. After all, it was the 3ed time this week. And to make matters worse, that insufferable girl, Bulma, had been on his mind since he first held her. He didn't know what he thought of that one.
Was she a genius or a fool? Some days he would find himself wanting to do things to her only lovers had the privilege of doing and on other days, he would love nothing more than to have her blood on his hands. But the thing that was certain, that she was most defiantly one French Fry short of a Happy Meal and he had to wonder, was he as well to be thinking such impure thoughts about her?
Finally, Vegeta couldn't stand to think such thoughts or this feeling any longer. ("I think I will go for a walk. Perhaps that will cure me of this wretched spell that witch has possessed over me.") Vegeta thought bitterly. Throwing on his rove, he set out to have a peaceful walk alone.
-Bulma!-
-Labs!-
Bulma had been working on the Gravity Room…but her mind was more on the pictures on her desk. One was of her Yamcha holding her and both smiling so happy and carefree. Another was of her 2 best friends just chillin together at her sweet 16-birthday party. The last was of the entire Z senshi and her 2 best friends in a group photo. So many happy memories…yet it ended so soon. Bulma continued to work as she was humming Green Days "Wake Me Up When September Ends" as it was playing in her CD player.
Pretty soon, Bulma couldn't work on the G.R. She seemed to making mistakes on the wires and misplacing proper things in all the wrong places. In frustration, she threw her wrench across the room as it hit the wall with a loud bang and she sank to her knees as it went with her. " I need a drink…" Bulma got up off the floor and went to her desk, and pulled out a bottle of her red wine. She poured herself a glass and grabbed a box in the bottom of her big drawer. It was labeled, 'Memory Box'. Bulma quickly changed the song to "Hear You Me" from Jimmy Eat World and sat on the ground.
As she opened the box, she went through the photos, past events, tickets to concerts and movies. There were knick and knacks, odds and ends, and such. But then…she came across a black velvet box. Bulma took a sip of her wine and se the glass down and reached for it. She picked it up and slowly opened it. Inside was a saffire locket. There were no pictures in it, she wanted to wait and put pictures of her family that she would one day have and one day give it to her first born when she had decided to bear children. Tears brimmed her eyes as she gazed upon it. Yamcha was gone and so was her dreams.
"I am so sorry Yamcha…but it looks like you were wrong. I cannot be your wife and one day have your family that we always wanted." she sobbed softly. The Prince was right, she had indeed lost everything and she needed to learn her place. That would mean she could no longer dream the dreams she so desperately longed for to be reality. Bulma cradled the box to her chest as she softly cried the much needed tears that finally gotten to mourn.
-Vegeta!-
As he roamed the endless halls, his feeling increased in size. Just what was he supposed to do? But as he turned the corner, he heard soft sobbing coming from the labs. ("Something is wrong…") he thought troubled. He cautiously entered the labs, as he got to the source of the sobbing, he came to find the back of a weeping softly Bulma. This shocked Vegeta. What was she doing up so late? Why was she here? And why the hell was she surrounded in junk and weeping? Whatever the reasoning for any of these questions, he would find the explanation soon enough.
He softly went over to her and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. Bulma about jumped out of her skin and almost dropped the velvet box. She, with widen eyes, turned to see Vegeta kneeling next to her and putting a hand on her shoulder. Bulma tried viciously to wipe and hide away her tears. Kami knows, she was going to get an earful from this asshole. "Pr-Prince Vegeta…what a surprise. I didn't hear you come in? I was just…um…taking a break from continuing to work on your Gravity Room." Bulma quickly tired to explain.
"Bulma…why are you crying? What is all of this? And what is in your hand?" Vegeta asked. Bulma bowed her head. She was embarrassed to say the least. "They…they are nothing. Is there something you wish of me?" ask Bulma. Gods, she'd give anything to be anywhere but there with this man. Vegeta looked around and noticed she had wine.
"Well pour me a glass of that wine and explain these…photos and that box in your hand and we'll call it even." Vegeta smirked. Bulma got a second glass and poured him some wine. Vegeta picked it up a photo of Yamcha and Bulma doing a funny face at the camera. "Who is this?" Vegeta asked in curiosity. Suddenly he felt the familiar ping of jealousy, but of course his outer exterior did not allow this to be seen. Bulma took a deep sigh. "This is me and now my dead boyfriend. We were having a picnic with my friends out on the beach." she explained.
"Dead?" "Yes, someone killed him and my group of friends called the Z senshi. They were Earth's 'Special Forces'. When someone showed up to demolish our planet, they were the saviors to protect us all. The leader of them was my best friend, Goku. He…I guess kinda was like you. He also had a tail and was very strong…but I'm afraid he wasn't strong enough. Before the day you rescued me, I came across all their bodies. Somebody had slaughtered them all. They didn't stand a chance." Bulma spoke softly.
"I am sorry to hear all of that. This is exactly what the Kold's have been doing to every race they come across, everyday…" There was silence again. "Hey…um…inside this box…well a while ago I bought it. I was planning on giving it to my first born…if I ever had a child…but it looks like it will never happen now. Look." Bulma handed him the box. Vegeta took it from her hands and looked at the precious locket inside.
"It's pretty…but I don't think it should be in that box. I believe it will be a lot more worth and love if it was on you." Vegeta smiled kindly. He took it out of the box and then placed it around Bulma's neck. Bulma was speechless, here was the jerk that was nothing but rude, mean, and unkind to her since day 1 and now he was telling her practically with her special locket that she would be beautiful with it on. Seriously, this man has issues. Not problems, issues. As Bulma turned to face him, their eyes met. Both couldn't very well stop gazing at each other. Pretty soon they both began to move in close. Their noses touching but their lips…both could feel the breath from the other. Bulma closed her eyes slightly and tilted her head as she about to make the other 10… "SIRE! THE PLANET IS UNDER ATTACK BY PRINCE COOLER'S ARMY AND PERSONALLY PRINCE COOLER HIMSELF!" Vegeta's Royal Guard Koji cried as he interrupted the moment and the 2.
C'ya
Bulma
P.S. MOMENT OF ZEN!
You laugh now…but will you be laughing when I crawl out from under your bed tonight?
Matt Say:….yes….