Chapter 2: The Engagement
She awoke the next morning to the sound of her maids bustling about her room, picking up the clothes thrown on the floor and straightening out her many objects that lay scattered around the room.
After deciding that she wasn't going to get much more sleep, she pushed herself up into a sitting position upon her bed with a sigh. When one of the maids heard this, she quickly turned her attention to where the young heiress sat perched, an irritated look upon her lovely face. The maid gave a smirk, "Finally sleeping beauty. You know Yamcha is coming to visit you today, so time to get up!" she laughed, throwing her dust rag at Bulma's head. The princess caught it with little effort, giggling to herself as she flung it back. "Argh! As you wish, Chi Chi. Hey, aren't I supposed to be the one who gives the orders?" She returned with a smirk.
Rolling her eyes, the young maid left the room to prepare the bath. Meanwhile, the rest of the maids helped her strip down (even though she disapproved) as she walked over to where her bath awaited her.
He awoke with a startle as he realized it was just his horse nudging him gently with its nose. With a sigh of relief, Vegeta reached out petting the soft, black nuzzle. After what he assumed was a few minutes, he stopped and leaned back, using his hands to support him as he looked up at the sky. The sun was just beginning to peak over the horizon with little clouds blocking its way.
Slowly, he got to his feet, dusting himself off and began to pack up all of his stuff. As he bent down to roll up the blanket, an arrow shot by his ear and hit the tree of which is horse was tied up to. Quickly turning into the direction of which it came from, he discovered two men riding up to where he was. Squinting his eyes, Vegeta saw that he recognized these guys and put his sword away reluctantly.
"We finally tracked you down, Vegeta. Lord Frieza wants his money or your life, whichever you can give to him first." The greasy-looking solider barked out, and then gave an evil grin – showing off his dirty and yellow teeth. Vegeta wanted to puke at the very sight of him but somehow held it in and kept his gaze. "Tell him I'll get it to him soon. I promise." Vegeta answered, never breaking eye contact.
The solider eyed him up with a frown then scolded back, "How much more time are we to give you? Frieza wants it NOW!" Vegeta stood his ground, hardening his gaze as he replied, "You tell Frieza to meet with me himself and not to send anymore pathetic goons to do the work for him." With that being said, Vegeta climbed upon his horse and quickly rode off in the opposite direction, leaving the solider gaping in the distance.
"OUCH!" The blue-haired princess shouted, lifting a hand to where her hand was being pulled violently in attempts to make it look halfway presentable. "Not so hard Chi, that hurts!" She complained, gazing at herself in the mirror with a scowl on her face.
"Well, quit moving and we'll get this done sooner!" Chi Chi retorted, still tugging at the blue locks of hair. "I want you to look somewhat nice for the prince. Now hold still…" She trailed off as she pulled harder on another lock of hair, trying to form it into a bun on top of the princess's head.
Giving up, Bulma folded her arms in a pouting formation, still glancing at the mirror when she responded, "Yamcha won't care what my hair will look like anyways. He'll be staring at my ass or my chest."
The dark-haired servant let out a giggle then quickly recovered saying, "Now now Bulma, behave yourself." She managed to say, still with a grin on her face.
"But it's true!" Bulma argued, grinning herself as well.
"Well…" Chi Chi trailed off, then triumphantly stood back, gazing at 'the masterpiece'. "Finished!" She shouted excitedly.
"Ugh finally!" Bulma grumbled as she stood up, then taking a glance at the mirror her mouth dropped slightly. The hair was 'piled' atop her head, curls loosely hung from the bun as two light blue chopsticks painted with flowers were stabbed inside. "Chi, it's beautiful!" Bulma gasped and quickly gave her friend a hug. Chi Chi gave a smirk and replied, "Of course its good! I did it." Bulma rolled her eyes playfully as Chi Chi gave her a shove out the door "Get moving before the prince decides to leave!" Bulma quickly ran out the door turning around and sticking out her tongue then waved as she parted.
"Princess Bulma, you look astounding!" Prince Yamcha said, taking her hand and kissing it eagerly. The heiress blushed and nodded as a 'thank you', then turned to take his arm as he lead her to the dining room, all the while thinking. She knew he was going to propose tonight, in front of her and her parents, but was she ready?
'Of course I am!' She thought angrily, but then again, was this the life she wanted? There is that question again, she cursed. 'Stop living in fantasy world. You're never going to meet a samurai!' She scolded herself.
Finally she realized that they had arrived in the dining room and quicker than she thought. She gave Yamcha an elegant smile as he pulled her chair out for her then seated himself next to her. Bulma glanced across the table at few other guests that were seated then at her parents, whom were seated on at one end of the table and the other at the other end.
It was dead silent and an eerie silence crept through the room, making it extremely uncomfortable for everyone, especially for Bulma. "Well, let's get started." Bulma's mother said, smiling giddily as food started to arrive carried by servants.
Dinner went by quick and easy, thank the gods, and now the night was coming to an end as guests began getting drowsy. Bulma let out a sigh of relief when she thought Yamcha had possibly forgotten about the engagement. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him stand up walking slowly over to her. 'Damn it! Too soon to tell!' She cursed as she saw him getting down to one knee. Turning slightly in her chair, she managed a small, fake-innocent smile.
"Bulma Brief. Daughter of King Kinushu and Queen Sayuri; do you take me, Prince Yamcha to be your husband?" He said taking her hand.
Time stopped. Funny how that happens when you don't expect it to she thought. Glancing around, she noticed the eager smiles on her parents' faces as well as the unknown guests, whom were leanly slightly over the table to get a closer look. She knew that if she refused him, her father would be furious as well as her mother. Who knows? They might even disown her as a daughter, where she would be forced to would as a servant or even a slave. No, she couldn't let that happen. All her of luxuries and riches, gone.
Slowly, she turned her attention back to the man now knelt before her, a worried look now forming on his brow and face. Her smile returned to her face as quickly as it had left and she took his hand in hers as well. "Of course I will." She said excitedly, as Yamcha got to his feet and picked her up, swinging her joyfully around the room.
The guests now were also standing as well as her parents, all looking extremely pleased and clapping excitedly for the new couple.
After all the guests had left and her parents were retiring off to bed, Bulma walked Yamcha to the door after what seemed like the longest night of her life. Turning to his new fiancé, he smiled "Bulma, you have made me the happiest man in the world. We will live together, have kids together, and rule together for ever and ever and be the happiest people on the whole face of the earth." He said joyfully, kissing her lightly on the stunned heiress's cheek then departed, waving in the distance as he hopped onto his white horse and rode away.
Taking a step back, she leaned against the wall, sliding slowly down then threw her face into her hands. 'What have I done…'
Hey! It's me again! Long time, no see, I know! Soooo sorry about not updating, slight writer's block but now, I'm getting really into the story and I have it all planned out so hopefully I will start getting these chapters out again as soon as next week… hopefully! Also, the context or whatever you might wanna call it might seem a bit off but I was having a rough time writing the beginning of this so just ignore it and I promise the next chapter will be better, more exciting, and hopefully longer. And one more thing, thank you to all of my reviewers! You guys/gals keep me going and thanx for sticking with me even though I'm lazy (hehe ) and take forever when it comes to updating. Keep reviewing!
Have a good holiday break!
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