A/N: I feel it's necessary to add some new information here, for anyone who is curious on the current Power Levels. I'm using Kanzenshuu's Power Level Guide, as well as my own theories. Rage adds 100 - 1000 points
Zenkai/Launch Healing Boost adds anywhere from 1,000 - 10,000(Gemini Only)
Planets Boost adds 5,000 - 10,000
Oozaru = 10 times Strength
Raditz
1,500 Beginning Power
1,600 Enraged
+5,000 Boost #1: Fight with Piccolo and Goku
6,500 New Base Power
6,600 Enraged
Ōozaru: between 30,000 and 150,000
+10,000 Boost #2: Fight w/ Tien - Near Death Hit in last injury, healing by Launch
16,500 New Base Power
16,600 Enraged/Bulk-Up
Vegeta
Base Power: 18,000
Enraged 19,000
False Super Saiyan 300,000?
Fight with Grenada 250?
Ōozaru: between 40,000 and 180,000
New Base (Unstable ki): 18,250
Rage: 19,250
Nappa
Saiyan Saga Base Power: 4,000
Enraged: 5,000
Zenkai Boost from Battle of the Great Blue (Torpedo Blast, Reikitzen) +2,000
New Base Power: 6,000
Rage/Berserk? 7,000
Ōozaru: between 20,000 and 140,000
Thoughts? Hope that answers any questions you may have had. :) I know power levels aren't that important, I just like to keep track.
There was a crackle and boom in the air as two warriors met one another with a flurry of blows, Vegeta laughing cockily as Raditz was blasted backwards.
"I suppose I do feel a slight difference, but you still have a long way to go before you can hope to harm me!" Vegeta sneered, seeming entertained by Raditz's tumble.
"I'll show you exactly how much pain I can inflict!" Raditz growled back, clearly irritated.
He rushed forward to bear hug Vegeta into submission, but only scooped the empty air as Vegeta ducked. His agile opponent darted down and pummeled his abdomen with two fists, causing Raditz to crouch over. Raditz clasped his own fist then brought them down on Vegeta's head.
This time, Raditz was the one cackling cruelly as Vegeta rubbed his head angrily. The Prince shook off the dizzying feeling and attacked him with even more gusto, wrapping himself around Raditz's back and yanking his tail up, at the same time as he wrenched his head back by his hair painfully.
"You little cretin! You still fight just as dirty as before!" Raditz grunted as Vegeta laughed and tugged hard enough to arch Raditz's back. Raditz turned his head and sunk his teeth into Vegeta's fingers, snarling viciously. Vegeta clutched Raditz's skull and tore him away, holding his bloodied fingers then clenching them into a fist.
"How dare you, third class scum! You'll die choking with the taste of my elite blood in your throat!" Vegeta growled, glaring at the man who quickly backed away and snickered maliciously, totally unphased by Vegeta's empty threat.
"I may be third-class scum to you, but I do not stoop low enough to drink the growth-stunted blood of puny princes, Your Highness...With all due respect, I have no wishes to diminish my height." Raditz sneered, cracking his knuckles.
Vegeta could only bellow out an enraged growl as he blasted towards Raditz, taking his anger out on the hard, offending flesh. The two then became a whirling dervish of fists and legs as Bulma and Launch watched, dumbfounded.
"You! You oversized hedgehog!" Vegeta cried out as Raditz finally escaped his wrath, slinging him over his shoulder so that he was face down and sputtering, disgusted by his proximity to Raditz's exposed backside.
Vegeta smirked and tweaked him in an area the girls couldn't see, then Raditz shot up howling in pain and whirled around to face him, his eyes bloodshot with anger.
"That was completely unnecessary!" He spat and strained as his muscle quivered, sweat beading his body, his long hair began to lift from his back. After all the sneak attacks and taunts they were both growing tired of childish games, sharing a similar boost of energy fueled by rage.
"It is necessary, because you're much more entertaining to fight when you're pissed off!" Vegeta responded in an amused voice as he brought forth another wave of power without even breaking a sweat.
There was a gust of wind as they rushed past, sending a mist over Bulma and Launch as they shrieked and shielded themselves from the whipping air. Bulma looked up, gulping. "Is Vegeta... really that strong? I can't even see where they went!" She gasped, now fully drenched from the shockwave. Launch lifted one hand from the water, brushing back her hair so that she could watch as well.
"They're right over there. You didn't know how powerful he was just by the feel of his energy?" She said, narrowing her eyes. Launch was still getting accustomed to her new senses. She wasn't sure if that was the right way to describe the immense power she'd felt brewing within him, but it was too unmistakably strong to ignore. She was used to the steady, controlled pressure of Raditz's energy. She knew that he was strong by his own right, but this other saiyan was ridiculously full of fluctuating ki.
"No... I didn't know... Oh wow." She said with a dreamy sigh, and Launch chuckled, lifting her tail out of the water, then squeezing water from it.
"There's a lot of things I found out about being a Saiyan once I was awakened. Even though I'm only a half-breed, my strength is inhumanly high. Not to mention, lots of other interesting things..." She mused, placing one hand on her cheek and blushing coyly as she watched the two fighters. Her emerald eyes followed Raditz as he was encased in a ruby aura now, in a close-range battle of blows with the other saiyan.
Bulma looked at Launch and smirked, "You like him. In more ways than one..." She said and giggled. Launch shook her head and snapped herself out of her fog.
"What?! That pervert? He's a creep! A-A caveman!" She blushed even fiercer, her hands covering her now red hot cheeks.
"Besides, he likes me much better when I have blue hair...I'm just not his type!" She said, squeezing her eyes shut and ignoring the feeling of Bulma suddenly shaking her by her shoulders.
"You know that's not true! I'm sure he likes you either way!" Bulma had seen the way Raditz showed her off proudly, that was a clear enough sign that he valued both versions of her friend.
Launch shrugged, "...I just know he looks at her a lot differently than he looks at me. It's not as if he can cheat on someone who I share the same body with, but... sometimes that's how it feels, like I'm just a third wheel." She said morosely and began walking out of the water.
Bulma followed, trying to think of words to say that would comfort her.
"Launch, don't say that! How do you know that's how he feels? If he wants to be with her, he has to accept that you are a part of her!" She protested while having to run after Launch who, just walking, was moving much quicker than her at her very fastest.
Launch went inside, slamming the door behind her and Bulma followed, huffing for breath. "Launch!" Bulma yelled, pulling the door open and taking after her, causing Raditz to turn his head and lose focus. Vegeta took advantage and socked him in the jaw. Raditz allowed himself to fall back, holding one hand out before himself haltingly as he scented the air.
"That girl, she's-" He furrowed his brows together, his hand weakening as he was distracted.
"Fight me, right now!" Vegeta growled and blasted at Raditz with a blue ball of ki. Raditz shook his head and dodged, returning his attention to the fight, sending out a flurry of ruby ki blasts back in Vegeta's direction.
...
What am I doing? Am I that freaking stupid? Launch asked herself as she ran upstairs to her bedroom and fell onto the bed, sobbing.
I'm such an idiot! Why did I get it in my head that if I tried to be more like her, he would like me?! When I kissed him earlier, he didn't even kiss me back. He kissed me on the head! Like I'm a little kid or somethin'!
She punched the bed as she buried her face in the pillow, squeezing it and screaming into it as her tail fuzzed up and lashed wildly around her back.
I feel so weird! Like I'm going crazy! I must be nuts if I wanna jump his bones! Not only that, but cuddling? Yuck!
There was a soft knock on the door, then she heard Bulma calling her name in a worried tone. Launch sat up, rubbing the tears from her cheeks violently and huffed, "Come in."
The door creaked open and the pretty azure-haired girl Launch knew as her one and only girl friend came in and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Are you ok?" She asked while tucking a long strand of hair behind her ear.
"I...I don't know. Maybe I'm just feeling under the weather, you know? Chick stuff." Launch said, shrugging. Bulma nodded knowingly with a sympathetic smile.
"Do you need anything? Pain medication, a heating pad?" She asked softly, and Launch shook her head in refusal.
"No thanks. I don't feel so good... maybe it was those Mai Tais we had earlie–urg!" Launch got up quickly and ran to the bathroom, the door swinging shut behind her as she rushed to the toilet. Bulma followed but didn't enter, gasping upon hearing how violently Launch voided her stomach's contents.
"Oh, Launch!" Bulma felt terrible for her friend as she rested one hand on the door.
"I'll get you something to drink, ok?" She announced before walking downstairs. Bulma had her head lowered as she went towards the kitchen, then felt something solid stop her as Raditz held her back with one hand. Bulma looked up, gulping nervously.
"What are you doing?" He asked suspiciously.
"Oh, um, R-Raditz! Launch is very sick..."
The tall man's eyes widened worriedly as he looked past her and towards the bedroom where he could hear her pained heaving sounds. He moved past Bulma, growing irritated when she grabbed his arm and tugged.
"Wait! Don't go in there, I'll take care of her! She would be embarrassed if you saw her that way!" Bulma bumbled to make an excuse. She was startled when Raditz curled his lip and growled at her, ripping his arm roughly out of her grip.
"Ouch!" She hissed, holding her hand that had been injured earlier that day.
She then felt a shiver down her spine as she heard another, more familiar growl and was suddenly behind Vegeta's back, held securely to him with his tail, one of his arms wrapped behind her back.
"Don't you dare cause harm to my ward, or we will finish our fight once and for all, with your splintered bones sticking out of your bloody back!" Vegeta retorted angrily in a rasping growl that was very unsettling to Bulma as she watched in apprehension.
Raditz snorted at him, "A heartless, spoiled prince like you knows nothing about protecting his ward! My mate is not well, now leave me to tend to her!" He roared back and stormed up the stairs, slamming the door shut behind him.
Vegeta stood stiffly for a moment until Bulma touched his back, gently caressing the muscles there that were as firm as steel with his rage. Sensing his tension, she tried to calm him down. "Let's give them a minute, Vegeta. You would be worried if I were sick, wouldn't you? If I'm your 'ward', as you say, then Raditz is doing kind of the same thing for Launch, isn't he?" She said softly, then gulped as he turned around briskly.
Vegeta narrowed his eyes at her, offended.
"There is a large difference between a mate and a ward, foolish woman! First of all, the clear lack of mating! Second, I would never act so idiotic because of some bitch in heat that I would risk my own life! He should be punished for speaking to me like that!"
"Oh! So Launch is a 'bitch in heat' to you, hmm? What are we, a bunch of wild animals?" Bulma crossed her arms and growled back at him; if she couldn't get through to him with words, maybe she could speak his stubborn monkey language.
He paused for a moment, then scoffed. "Tch, of course not. I don't understand your confusion in this situation! It's painfully clear that Raditz has crossed the line. You cannot expect me to dote on you as if I were your mate–"
"Of course you wouldn't, because you don't know how to treat a lady right like Raditz does! That's what you do when you truly care for someone, you look out for them no matter what! That's why she actually wants to be with him, he's a kind person!" She snarled right into his face; she was only an inch or two shorter, which made her the perfect height to glare right into his cold eyes.
Is she fucking daft? All I do is constantly run around saving her ass, but she's unconscious for most of it! ...Of course, Bulma wouldn't know just how enslaved she's made me! He thought, enraged.
Vegeta's face was so taut that Bulma couldn't discern what he was feeling beneath his constantly angered expression, but it surely had more to it than anger as he held her gaze and grit his teeth.
"Well, I'm not exactly what you'd consider a 'kind person' like that weakling! You wouldn't survive a goddamn day without me! That's my kindness to you each and everyday, the prolonging of your pitiful life!" He snapped, and Bulma gasped.
"Well, you certainly have an interesting way of showing your kindness for my pitiful life! Jerk! What about all the things I've done for you? Or did you forget all your flowery promises to protect me, Prince?" Bulma huffed, clearly hurt. Her air felt shoved out of her lungs as his tail clenched tighter around her waist; Vegeta was holding her so tightly that their chests were pressed together. His tail revealed an unexpected emotion he didn't know he felt. Possessiveness.
Bulma looked down at the tail, then up to him and blinked, her heart racing as he was unflinching in his heated gaze, with an odd, reddish flush below his eyelashes. She tore her eyes away and pushed on his chest but couldn't escape his iron grip.
"Vegeta! Let me go!" She cried out, frustrated and embarrassed. He hesitated to answer, his hand going to the back of his neck and rubbing there uneasily.
"Well, if you stay still, perhaps it will loosen its grip. I'm not doing this of my own volition!" He blurted out as Bulma looked back at him in disbelief. He looked away quickly, the tips of his ears reddening.
"My tail sometimes moves on its own. Well–oftentimes, but it normally stops once I punish it. Unfortunately, I can't do that at the moment without harming you or myself. It will not move until I'm absolutely certain that Raditz does not intend to harm you. So, just... get used to it."
"You mean... WE'RE STUCK LIKE THIS!?" She screamed, horrified by the idea of being attached to Vegeta like some type of vestigial twin.
"It would seem that way." He responded coldly, just as thrilled as she was.
Vegeta attempted to walk with her attached to him, but she stumbled and nearly fell. He exhaled sharply and paused, hefting her back up.
"Where are you going?" Bulma said, squealing when he grabbed her by the thighs and wrapped them around his waist in a provocative position.
"V-Vegeta!" Bulma tried to hold herself away, but as he walked she shifted back uncomfortably close to him.
"Hold on tight, damn it! I'm hungry, and if we have to stay like this a while, we may as well make ourselves comfortable seeing as Raditz has chosen to mark his scent throughout this entire house." He said, opening the fridge and nearly hitting her head on the door.
"What! His scent? What are you, skunks?!"
"Don't compare me to that idiotic meathead, Nappa! My scent is more robust, less sour than a rodent like Raditz or Nappa!" He spat back, and earned a look from Bulma like he was completely insane.
"Well, spray yours out, then we can go home!" She said, shaking him by the shoulder as he sniffed a container of leftovers.
Vegeta raised one brow at her and smirked. "I can't quite do that in this position, now can I? Unless you'd like to be covered in my hot urine." Vegeta said, then chuckled darkly before scooping a handful of cold noodles out and shoving them in his mouth.
"Eww! You're disgusting!" Bulma gagged, slapping him across the shoulder for his nasty comment.
"At least put that in the microwave and use a fork! I'm hungry too you know, I bet Raditz would have shared his food with me!" She whined, pouting.
Vegeta gulped his food down and his eyes widened immensely, "Don't tell me you're attracted to that pathetic low-level?!" He said with disbelief, nearly dropping her in his shocked reaction.
Bulma giggled at his telling reaction and pressed her chest closer to his teasingly. If they were going to be stuck like this, she might as well have some fun at his expense.
"Hmm... maybe... He certainly is tall, isn't he?" She purred, getting a good rise out of him.
"Raditz being tall does not equate to a high level of strength." Vegeta snapped, then slammed the fridge door shut and growled deep in his chest at her, then set the container of lo mein down and darted his eyes around the kitchen.
"Where's that blasted 'microwave' as you call it?" He said, and Bulma snickered, pointing in its direction. Vegeta brought them to the microwave, then waited for further instruction.
"Here, let me." Bulma said, and he placed her bottom on the counter, blood rushing to his face as he attempted to pull back as far as possible from her body so she could maneuver the container into the microwave. "There... Now, set it for one minute and thirty seconds.. that should do it." She said, quickly pressing the buttons.
Vegeta sighed with annoyance, watching the food go around and around in circles. Bulma leaned her hands on the counter and whistled, swinging her legs back and forth.
"Stop that!" He snapped, and Bulma snickered, wrapping her legs around him and resting her head on his chest. He was busy watching the seconds count down stubbornly as Bulma crafted an incredibly evil idea.
"I'm tired! Do you think we'll have to sleep like this? It's getting really late..." She pouted, and Vegeta sighed, fully aware that Bulma was purposefully pushing his buttons.
"We are most definitely not sleeping together, not in this position!" He growled, shoving her off.
"Why...? Are you afraid you'll poke me with your morning wood?" Bulma said suggestively, flinching back a little as she finished her sentence.
Vegeta furrowed his brow, "Morning wood...?"
"You know... when things get hard down there? Where our bodies are touching right now?" She purred seductively and pressed her hips against him, wiggling herself against his silky swim shorts and pretending to moan for emphasis. Vegeta's eyes widened and he flinched back, pulling on his own tail and grunting in pain as he thrashed around violently to try and free himself.
"Jeez Louise, calm down! I was just teasing!" Bulma said, looking at him funny. Her cheeks flushed brightly, she meant to only tease him, but she had to admit it sort of... felt good. She didn't expect his exaggerated reaction though, although she supposed she preferred it to what she intended to cause. Vegeta finally calmed when she stopped moving and rested his hands on the counter, panting.
"Do not do that ever again; if you wish to retain your chastity as a Princess, it wouldn't be wise to tempt me at this moment when I have the advantage." He lifted his head and sneered at her cockily as he moved closer. Bulma gasped as she suddenly felt a firmness pressed against her bikini bottoms. She whimpered sharply in reaction and he withdrew regretfully, seething in annoyance.
That's all it takes to frighten her, a teasing little jab? This woman obviously isn't fit to mate, even though she offered! Pathetic...
"You really are a foolish woman. It's almost as if you want to be taken advantage of against your will. Don't you know how easily I could have done it? Why do you think my tail has us forced into this ridiculous position? My base instinct is to claim you before Raditz does any more harm, and I would not do so gently." He growled, biting back his own reservations on the matter. He had to end any silly notions she had that such a thing was desirable. Bulma flinched back, her eyes watering.
"Y-You... would do that...?" She whimpered as the microwave beeped and he opened the door to retrieve his food, completely ignoring the sobbing woman attached to him. Bulma cried harder as he stuffed noodles in his mouth, rolling his eyes at her pitiful sobs. At least the foul smelling tears helped quell the problem she caused with her wiggling hips.
"It would be incredibly easy to do...I could pin you down against this fucking counter and tear those flimsy panties off, having my way with your weak, willing body until I'm fully satiated. Would you like that?" He uttered slowly, in a near whisper.
Bulma's body reacted immediately, her blood rushing through her limbs and core before her mind caught up, and she frowned in disgust. "You wish, pervert!"
Vegeta sensed her fear in tandem with a small touch of arousal and decided he'd frightened her enough.
"...Just consider yourself lucky I have enough willpower to resist those primal urges. Some with less refined blood wouldn't."
"Am I really that lucky, stuck to a cruel bastard like you?" Bulma ground out, blinking back her tears and biting down on her lip to stifle her sobs. Vegeta took a deep breath and he felt something inside of his chest rattle free, as if his throbbing heart was attempting to break through the cage of hostility he had put up around it. This weak, foolish little woman was glaring up into his eyes and challenging him as if she were a Saiyan and was strong enough to fight him off.
He took a deep exhale to release some of that built up tension and watched how her deep blue eyes never left his own. She was staring deeply into him, wholly unafraid, yet still leaking rivers of tears. For a moment, he thought to blast that face into oblivion, if only to quiet the painful rattling in his chest.
You better not hurt Bulma, or else I'll blast your goddamn rocks off! A husky voice suddenly shouted in his mind, making him freeze.
Who the hell are you?! Raditz's bitch?! He growled back telepathically.
I'm a bitch alright, wanna see just who the hell I am?! I'll get up out of this fucking bed right now and tear ya a new one!
Vegeta felt their twin spikes of ki from across the house and grumbled, gathering his captive up in his arms to waddle awkwardly over to the couch with his lo mein. He sat them on the couch and sighed, holding the container between them as a barrier. Bulma sniffled, her stomach growling.
"Woman. It's time to eat now." He said and stabbed the fork in the food, wrapping the noodles around it then raising it to her mouth. Bulma opened her teary eyes, stunned that he would offer to feed her.
This is going too far, now I'm feeding her? He was now aware after his spar today with Raditz that this was a stage in Saiyan courtship–to feed the female your own food as a show of peace.
She asked for it, and she's not getting it from Raditz on my watch, that's for sure.
"Open your mouth." He demanded, and she obeyed, shyly opening her mouth with a hitching breath.
"Breathe properly or you'll choke," He growled, then put the food in her mouth.
Once she finally began chewing, her mouth stuffed with food, the tears had stopped and he could finally think clearly.
"Bulma... I do not intend to violate your body, that would go against my code of honor." He said sternly, watching her eyes widen as he addressed her by her actual name!
"I do not intend on having offspring, ever. Even with a...comely female as yourself. My race is a dead race, and it will stay that way." He said with apathy, then swirled the noodles around and popped them in her mouth once again. Bulma's heart raced as she struggled to chew, her throat bobbing up and down with her restrained sobs.
"I had to stop you somehow before I lost my control. I did not do so properly, and for that I apologize. It was inappropriate for me as your guardian." Vegeta said so quietly, it was a grating whisper.
His eyes lowered to her exposed belly as he thought back to the eviscerated female victims - their reproductive organs ripped from their bodies after Raditz had finished with them, dumping them carelessly wherever he had violently used them.
Vegeta quivered and shut his eyes at the terrible thought. He tormented himself with a terrifying image of Bulma, her brilliant azure eyes staring blankly, speckled with blood, her legs splayed open, flesh hanging off her hip bones like raw slabs of meat.
Bulma at last swallowed her food and looked down to Vegeta, feeling conflicted. What he said was unacceptable, but he had apologized, and he seemed truly sorry; in fact, he had a haunted expression and was visibly quivering.
"Vegeta, I forgive you. I'm sorry, I won't do it again. It was stupid, I feel like such a idiot.. and a whore..." She scoffed, then allowed her tears to trickle down as he looked up at her with a pained expression.
"You are not an idiot, Woman. Nor are you a whore. You are one of the most intelligent females I have ever known. You are... worth more than your body alone. I would be cruel to treat you as such, like Raditz..." Vegeta gulped, quickly looking away. I almost divulged too much! Why did I almost tell her that? It would surely frighten the wits out of her if she knew what the 'kind' man in the other room was more than capable of! He was startled out of his thoughts as he felt her hand caress his cheek. Bulma looked down at him curiously, her eyes dried now of all tears.
"What could Raditz possibly do that scared you, Vegeta? I didn't think you were scared of anything..." She whispered, and he closed his eyes, enjoying the comfort in her stroking hand. His tail subconsciously began to stroke her lower back soothingly as he took a shaky breath and debated how to answer her question.
"Fear is a natural response. All men should listen to their fear and face it. Are you still frightened of me?" He asked, staring down and swirling the noodles around the fork. Bulma's hand covered his, and he pulled back as she raised the fork, giggling softly.
"Open up!" She said, and he did so to his shame, his eyebrows raised with sheer surprise that she had returned the favor. She simply wanted him to listen while she spoke, and he knew that, so he sat and patiently chewed.
"Vegeta, if I were still afraid of you, do you think I would allow you to hold me so intimately like this? Even without the tail! Feeding me as if we're infatuated teenagers on their first date?" She giggled, watching his bashful reaction. Bulma wrapped more noodles around the fork, and he took it, gulping.
"You're stronger than even Goku, that I've figured out. And he was very strong, it seems most Saiyans are." She said as if she were highly impressed, popping even more food in his mouth. Vegeta's brows furrowed, his cheeks bulging with food.
Kakarot...?
"But, as strong as you are, you've never actually hurt me! I couldn't tell you how many times Goku accidentally stepped on my toe and broke it! One time, he fractured my arm trying to carry me while running, and so many other times he left me covered in bruises..." She said lightheartedly, then heard a muffled growl of protest through his mouthful of food and shook her head, flapping one hand dismissively.
He broke her toes!?
"Not on purpose! Goku was well, how do I put it...Mentally handicapped? Just slightly. But you, you've had multiple opportunities to hurt me, and you haven't!" She said and smiled down at him as he swallowed.
"Of course I haven't! I can control my strength, unlike some of the fools in that family!" Vegeta's tail tightened, making Bulma cough. He loosened it with a good amount of straining; it was still far too stiff at the moment to voluntarily move it.
"Well, from what I can gather, Raditz did some nasty things to women, is that what you're so afraid to tell me?" She said, resting one hand on his neck. Vegeta nodded, still not meeting her eyes.
"Yes... things that would surely make you scream and cry far worse than I can...you will never befall that fate, not on my watch." He said, and coiled his tail around her back, eyes hardening. He was serious, she realized, and her heart fluttered foolishly. He's only doing his duty, he doesn't feel any deeper for me. He's made that… painfully clear.
"Thank you, Vegeta..." Bulma said, setting the empty container aside and relaxing on his chest, which was very warm, although stiff. "Can't you try to relax? I'm so tired..." She whispered, and Vegeta slowly relaxed his tension so that her head could rest comfortably, leaning back and closing his eyes.
Bulma breathed in deeply, enjoying the masculine scent of him that wasn't ripe or sour at all, but was more woodsy, smoky like sandalwood, the heavy undertone of rich caramel practically making her mouth water. How is it I've never smelled that before? He's practically oozing that intoxicating smell like an expensive cologne!
"Mmm, you smell really good..." She mumbled sleepily, then curled her hands around his back and fell into a deep sleep, feeling content after having her hunger sated, a warm body to snuggle against, her fears of him all resolved. Vegeta's breath halted after hearing her say such a thing, but he kept his body's reaction as calm as possible. Her approval of his scent was permission to court, for a Saiyan. He shook his head. She couldn't possibly know that. She's only a human.
Thankfully, Raditz's scent overpowered Bulma's, and if it were not for that, he knew he wouldn't have been able to control himself. Vegeta opened his eyes in the darkness, stroking one hand down her back and petting her long, beautiful hair.
He admired the way it seemed light lavender once again in the bluish hue of night, so soft and fragile unlike his own stiff, coarse hair. He pulled a thick section of hair to his face and rubbed it on his cheek, bathing himself in her sweet scent.
"Silly woman... It's your scent that is lovely..." He whispered, not knowing why he smiled so gladly as he accepted her empty offer, but he didn't think much of it, since she was definitely asleep and couldn't hear him. Vegeta's tail finally let up, but he refused to let go of her, fearing she would wake up and run into Raditz's arms. Instead, he wrapped his own arms around her and moved them both to lie down, holding her closer as he drifted off to sleep, lulled by her scent. Bulma moaned softly in reaction to the movement, noticing the tightness of his tail was gone. She cracked one eye open, simply watching his peaceful expression, a small smile softening his features and making him look more youthful, in fact, incredibly... handsome.
Vegeta would never say that, would he? I must be dreaming! She thought fleetingly, then smiled as she closed her eyes, dreaming of a fantasy full of wonder, romance, and handsome alien princes.
Hiya! I know that this is shorter than what you're all used to, but I'm really stumped on what should happen next, I kind of have writers block unfortunately so I will post another chapter soon once I figure out what to write, It would really help to have some input on the story itself, until then I hope this will hold you guys over! lol