Chapter 4

The mansion she was brought to was like a palace for Hades. Every wall and every object screamed at Bulma as she walked through the hall. Here everything seemed violent and though the servants walked with grace you could see right through their masks of peace.

Finally the servant she had been following the whole way stopped and shoved Bulma into a room. She left the room and Bulma was left alone with all the screaming walls and objects. Dark red velvet lined most anything that didn't move. It served as curtains around the bed that was covered in crimson satin. Though it should have been a beautiful sight to her all she could think was it looked like a red prison.

A man flung the door open and walked over to Bulma making her jump and fall back to the floor. He laughed at the sight of her fear, "You're Vegeta's new girl aren't you? He could break you like that. He won't like you." As he spoke he reached out to touch her and she backed away using her hands and feet to crawl backwards. It proved to be a hopeless movement and she fell to the floor. The man laughed, "Maybe I'm wrong. He could have fun with you."

He grabbed her hair and arm and tried to pull her to her feet. She resisted as much as she could, making little cries with each tug from her throat. "Get up," he yelled throwing her back down. Her body shook with fear as she struggled to stand up. The man grinned and walked closer to her, "You sure are a pretty little pet aren't you. Worthless earthling."

As he grabbed her chin another man came in the door, "Get out of here Nappa! That's enough."

Nappa let go of her and walked past the man in the doorway. The man smirked at Bulma and walked over to her. He introduced himself as Vegeta.

18 sat on her windowsill and looked into the distance. It had been a long time since she had seen Krillin. He promised he would come back for her but it had been so long that she was doubting he would now. Still she had to keep positive or else the two girls would be sad. Ugh she hated having to do that. That's not who she was, but I guess no one could ever keep "who they were" at a time like this.

Chichi and Bulma were younger than her and she always had to take care of them. That was the worst part of being the big sister. At this time though she wondered what happened to Bulma and where Chichi wandered off to.

In spite of her fear of him Chichi really wanted to see Kakarot. Call it curious or just plain stupid but she felt drawn to him. She had snuck out earlier when 18 was distracted and she made her way to his house. Sure enough he was outside picking up a tree he had just knocked over.

He saw her and perked up, "Hi! I thought I scared you away."

She came closer shyly looking down at the tree, "I didn't think there were anymore trees left. Well I guess there's not now. Oh no you didn't scare me I just am a little unsure of you."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"You don't seem so unsure now."

"Well I don't know if I am right now or not. I think…well I really have been thinking about you a lot and I don't really know what it means. I've only known you for a day so I don't think I like you but then again I really don't know what that is so I guess I couldn't really-"

"Whoa. Hold on you're talking way too fast. I don't really know what you mean by like you. I like you. So what do you mean?"

"Um…never mind. Maybe I should stay with you to figure it out and then I will tell you."

He smiled at her, "Sounds good."

"Good"

He led her into the little shack he called his house. They sat down and talked for a while and both of them struggled to find things to say. This was the first time Goku had to actually think about something to talk about in his life.

"So," chichi said, "you said that you were Vegeta's cousin, isn't that the prince?"

"I think so."

"Why aren't you living with him? You are royalty aren't you?"

"I suppose but he had me thrown out when they found out that I was stronger than him. Now no one knows where I am and no one is suppose to talk about me I guess. Well it doesn't hurt me any, I never really knew any of them well any way," as he finished he put his arm around her and she put her head on his shoulder.

"Why are you guys here?"

"I don't know," he said nervously.

She looked up at him waiting for a better answer or a reassuring look but he avoided her eyes. After a short while he smiled and looked down at her but she did not seem reassured. His hand touched her lower back and he pulled her close to him. He felt really comfortable with her but since he had never been with a girl he really didn't know what that meant. Chichi looked up at him and pulled her head up to his and Kakarot got his first kiss.