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Chapter 18: Promise

Moments earlier Bulma was feeling desperate and hopeful on a level that no one should ever experience. Death was licking at her heels waiting and wanting to devour her very being. When she was falling, seconds felt like hours as she wondered if she had made a mistake and was she truly losing her life over the man she had lost? All her salvation depended on a fight between old and new memories. Would her Vegeta fight his way to the surface? Would this new Vegeta roll his eyes, shrug his shoulders and turn away, or would he possibly save her because she interested him that much? It all depended on him. It was all in his hands and she had received her answer, he saved her.

And now her heart was racing again and it felt just as intense but just in a different manner.

"You want to know how Earthlings get married?"

"Yes."

"Um...why?" Her heart was pounding so loud that she didn't even know if she would be able to hear his words.

Vegeta's cheeks kept up the pink hue they had turned as he still held her tightly under the stars. Moments earlier he didn't even remember this woman. It had felt like his mind was continuously punching a brick wall but saw no change. But finally a piece gave away, then more pieces started to crumble, until finally he broke through and saw her. He saw her laughing, smiling, yelling and crying. He saw her at school, in his room, on the beach and finally holding her in his arms under the stars where they kissed in a way that left an impression on his very soul. It was almost like forcing himself awake from a long and tireless dream. And he was glad that it was over.

And now here he was having a conversation that he never expected to have but had thought of more than once when he was in space. But the sheer embarrassment of showing emotions is what kept him from ever wanting to vocalize it. But once again Bulma Briefs had been able to get him to do something he didn't think he would ever do.

"Because...you're Mine."

Bulma's eyes watered a bit. "So...you're asking me to marry you?"

Vegeta could literally feel his cheeks become warmer. "Yes."

"God of the UNIVERSE YES!" Bulma hugged him tightly and she was so happy that she was sure that if he let her go she could probably fly on her own.

Vegeta chuckled. "You still need to tell me what we need to do."

"Oh right of course. Well we need an official, or holy man, to marry us and we exchange vows, and we have to have people to witness which shouldn't be hard to find. My mom is going to be so happy when she finds out-"

"Hold on Woman."

"What?"

"We have to be smart about this. I have a plan, but we must do this very carefully."

"Right because of your parents."

"Yes. My father threatened to send you and your family away if we continued to see each other. I would have not even been made aware of where he placed you until I became King. And that was if my mother wouldn't have assassinated you."

"That's why you left?"

"Yes. I had to make them believe that you weren't important to me."

Bulma had to choke back a sob at the clarity of his words. All that time she had thought he had given up on her. She was hurt for so long and even blamed herself for not telling him her true feelings. But now she knew the truth.

"So I was important to you? You really did fall for me-"

"I will not be sprouting sentiments to you whenever you feel like it." Vegeta growled out not knowing if his cheeks could get any hotter. "Just soak up everything now because this is not normal Saiyan behavior and it will not happen again."

Bulma couldn't help but laugh. "Ok, ok. I will let you be the tough guy." She ended by kissing his pink cheek. Then her laughter went away and her eyes became worried as she thought of something else. "But if your father has made the threat-"

"He never re-issued it when I came back."

"But if we marry in my culture will it still make a difference?"

"Yes because according to our laws that we have for aliens, you will no longer be legally bound to your parents and will belong to me."

"Wait...so They won't recognize me as your wife, but they will see me as your property?"

"Yes."

"So what will they see me as?"

"My concubine but-"

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU HAVE YOUR MEMORIES BACK AND YOU STILL WANT ME TO BE YOUR WHORE?" She screamed as she tried to hit him.

Vegeta grabbed her wrist to prevent her from hurting herself. "WILL YOU CALM DOWN? Look you are still my mate in your culture what does it matter? And when the time comes we will make it official in mine."

"I don't want to be seen as your whore."

"If anyone calls you that they will die."

"Your mother will."

"She would probably call you that no matter what."

"I don't like it Vegeta."

"Well do you have any other brilliant ideas because I would like to do something before my mother comes up with anything else."

Bulma was quiet for a moment as she went through a million scenarios. They couldn't run, they couldn't hide it, and she would still be married to him. With a defeated sigh she said, "No I can't think of anything else."

Vegeta gave her a triumphant smirk. "Good now what do we do first?"

Moments later they were was standing outside the door of Kakarot's and Chichi's home. The couple had opened the door together and Kakarot was the first to say something.

"Whoa! You guys are here together?"

"Vegeta got his memories back!" Bulma squealed in delight.

Chichi quickly pulled her friend inside for a hug. "Oh I'm so happy for you."

Vegeta walked in and Bulma pulled away from Chichi and grabbed his arm lovingly. "And we're getting married!"

"WHAT?" The other couple said at the same time.

Vegeta's cheeks were becoming pink again and he turned away to try and hide some of it.

"Yea, but we don't have much time." Bulma said hurriedly. "We have to do it tonight before the Queen finds out that I'm with Vegeta.

Chichi raised her hand signaling her to stop. "You don't need to explain anything else. If anyone can throw something together quickly it's me. Come on." She grabbed Bulma's hand and led her away leaving the two Saiyan men alone.

Kakarot was rocking back and forth on his heels grinning like he just caught Vegeta trying to steal his father's throne.

After a moment Vegeta couldn't take his stupid grin any longer. "WHAT?"

Kakarot wanted to rub it in, especially when he called him a fool for getting with Chichi but instead he just grinned even bigger. "Oh nothing. Welcome to the club."

Vegeta's cheeks burned once again and he barely resisted the present urge to knock out the younger Saiyan. "Oh shut up! Come on, we have work to do."

An hour later they had found a couple of willing servants to decorate the backyard with warm lanterns, ferns, and white curtains. It didn't take long for Vegeta to find a Saiyan holy man and alien clothing that was appropriate for the occasion. He had on black dress pants, a white shirt and a black tie. Bulma had wanted him to find a jacket but that wasn't something that was normally made on the hot planet. Besides they would have to have it made and there wasn't enough time. Vegeta didn't understand why Bulma couldn't throw on a dress but she was persistent that she had to wait for her parents to arrive because she could not pick a dress without her mother.

Finally the Briefs made it. They had to wait until the Doctor was finished working on a project. If he would have left abruptly then it would have raised suspicion as to why the Prince gave him permission to leave early in the midst of working on the project for the King. But they weren't entirely sure why Vegeta had summoned them to Kakarot's house but they had an idea when they were told to bring all of Bulma's dresses. The idea was also confirmed when they walked into the living room and Bulma was there patting Vegeta on his back, telling him to "Go ahead."

Vegeta grunted, stepped forward and slightly bowed. It was awkward for him because the only other person he had bowed to was his own father. "Dr. Briefs, may I have your permission to marry your daughter?"

Bunny squealed with delight and smiled warmly at the prince. The good doctor patted Vegeta on the shoulder which did nothing but make Vegeta feel more awkward and then said, "Why yes! Of course you do!"

Bulma practically skipped over to her parents and hugged them both and then pulled away. "But we have to do it tonight. Royalty problems."

"We understand Dear. She's in your hands Son."

Vegeta frowned. "With all due respect Doctor, I'm not your son so please do not call me that."

He only smiled. "Sure whatever you say my boy."

Vegeta gave up as he rolled his eyes. Bulma told him earlier that her parents were going to get more weird with him, but he didn't mind them before but now he was starting to understand.

"Mom did you bring my dresses?" Bulma asked excited.

"I brought something better." She said holding up a capsule.

Vegeta crossed his arms with annoyance. "Well hurry up and put it on so we can get this over with. You have far too many customs."

Bulma rolled her eyes and ignored her future husband. "Come on Mom, Chichi is waiting for us upstairs. As soon as the door was closed Bunny opened the capsule on Chichi's bed. In seconds a beautiful dress appeared. It was a simple wedding dress with a curved neckline, beaded cap sleeves, rushed bodice with a twist at the center, pleated waistband, and draped skirt. It was clean and stunning.

"Mom where did you get this?"

"Oh I've been making it since your first date with the Prince."

"What?"

"I've always had a good feeling about you two. I've changed the pattern a couple times but I think this will be great."

"It's perfect. Thanks Mom." Bulma said giving her another hug. Bunny hugged her back then patted her head.

"Now about this hair."

Bulma stepped back and blushed. "Vegeta likes it down."

"Then down it shall be!" Chichi exclaimed.

Chichi and her mother went to work combing and pinning her hair to the side so that all her wavy curls flowed down the side of her neck. They added a white rose like flower to cover the pins. They only put a little blush and mascara on her face, trying to keep with that fresh clean look. Bulma was more than happy with how things were turning out, but paused when she looked at her ears and neck. "Chichi can I borrow a necklace?"

Chichi nodded and rummaged through her jewelry box and pulled out a small pearl like necklace and then placed it around her neck. "Now you have something borrowed, the dress is new, your hair is blue...was there anything else?"

"You need something old." Bunny said reaching into a bag she brought with her. "The necklace is perfect Chichi because they go great with these." She ended with handing Bulma a small box. Bulma opened it and inside was a pair of simple pearl earrings. "Other than my wedding ring, it's the only jewelry I have from Earth. I wore them all the time. After we got here I was so afraid that I would have to sell them that I hid them. I thought it was selfish of me at the time, but as it turned out, Earth pearls weren't valuable here anyways. I never wore them again because it reminded me too much of the life that I used to have. I promised myself that one day that they would be worn again when my family was securely happy again. And so I brought them with me today."

Bulma had tears in her eyes but refused to let them fall, lest she ruin her makeup. "Thank you Mom...for Everything." She hugged her tight as a hormonal Chichi cried.

"This is such a touching moment."

"Oh don't cry Chi or I'm gonna cry." Bulma said waving her hands frantically in front of her face to dry out the tears."

Buny clapped her hands together to get their attention. "Alright, let's get you in some shoes and then you'll be good to go."

Bulma nodded. "Then I'll be ready..."

Meanwhile...

Vegeta drummed his fingers over his bicep as he watched the Doctor approach him.

"Is it ready?"

"Yes the cameras are set. The whole thing will be recorded."

"Good. Now all I need is for the Woman to come out here. I would like to get this over with before the sun rises."

"Vegeta. They are ready." Kakarot said patting him on the shoulder.

Vegeta turned and saw Chichi come and walk down the makeshift aisle of white plant leave towards the alter that was surrounded by lanterns and billowing white curtains.

Dr. Briefs quickly walked around the aisle and back inside the house which caused Vegeta to raise an eyebrow at his sudden departure.

"Where is he going?"

"He has to walk her down." Chichi murmured as she walked past Vegeta to stand on the opposite side.

Vegeta grunted in annoyance. "These are the most silliest traditions I have ever-" His words died and he forgot what he was going to say as Bunny opened the doors and Bulma was finally shown. He would forever swear that they had produced some type of smoke or fog machine because it was like everything else faded out and all he could see was the most beautiful woman in the universe walk towards him.

He gasped at how gorgeous she was, not recalling a time she had looked as beautiful. If he had any doubts before they were all vacant from his mind now. Now all he wanted to do was claim this woman in front of him as his.

Bulma couldn't stop the brilliant smile that was on her face as she looked at Vegeta. The way he was looking at her now made her want to smile forever. He was looking like he was telling her everything she wanted him to say with that one look. She was his and she had nothing to worry about. It wasn't until she stopped in front of him that he realized he had been gawking at her then quickly tried to mask his emotions with a hard face, but she saw the truth and now that she knew it, she would never forget it.

"Who gives this bride away?" The holy man said as he read the little script in front of him. He worshiped the God of the Universe and because a lot of cultures did, he performed many alien weddings. But he had little time to prepare and never thought he would be performing an alien wedding for the Prince. He just hoped that he didn't say or do anything wrong or this would be his last wedding he ever performed.

The Doctor and Bunny were on either side of Bulma and they both gave her a hug as the doctor said, "Her mother and I give her away." Bulma hugged them back and stepped forward so that she was next to Vegeta. She handed her plant bouquet, made up of white, pink, and green leaves to Chichi and faced Vegeta once more.

The Holy man cleared his throat and nervously asked, "Do you Prince Vegeta of the Saiyan Empire, take Bulma Briefs to be your wife; to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do you part?"

Vegeta never stopped looking at Bulma and with as much honesty as he could show in his eyes he said, "I do."

The Holy man sighed a little, glad that he didn't mess up in talking to the prince then turned to Bulma. "And do you Bulma Briefs of Earth, take Prince Vegeta of the Saiyan Empire to be your husband; to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do you part?"

Bulma had to blink back tears, but she couldn't help but to let one fall as she said, "I do."

Vegeta smirked and murmured to her, "You better."

Bulma giggled and the holy man looked over his notes really quickly to make sure that he didn't skip anything with Vegeta's comment. Once he was realized he was in the clear he said with confidence, "By the power invested in me by the royal house of Vegeta, I now pronounce you man and wife. Prince Vegeta, you may kiss the bride."

Vegeta's cheeks blushed with slight embarrassment from showing public affection but once Bulma puckered her lips it was all over. They kissed each other with assurance and promises that they very much intended to keep, without fear and hesitation. They kissed each other for the first time knowing that they belonged to each other.

Bunny didn't hold back with her camera as she took a million photos of the couples first kiss. Vegeta had his arms wrapped around Bulma's waist and was slightly bending her backward as she had her hands wrapped around his neck.

"Welcome to the family my boy!" Dr. Briefs said, interrupting the couple and bringing them back from their first blissful kiss as man and wife. Vegeta's face flushed red as he realized that he had done more than what he originally intended and now it was recorded for the whole world to see.

Kakarot laughed as he patted the Saiyan on the back. "Now you are officially in the club!"

"Get off of me fool!" Vegeta said shrugging his comrade's hand off of him. "You just make sure that things go as planned."

"Don't worry about it. You just 'enjoy' your bride." Kakarot hinted while raising his eyebrows.

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Need I remind you that you were the virgin that got married and not the other way around?"

Kakarot laughed. "That's true. But make sure your power level is all the way down because she is an Earth-"

"I DO NOT NEED ADVICE FROM YOU!"

Everyone stopped and stared at Vegeta, wondering what was with the sudden outburst. Once again Vegeta's cheeks blushed furiously and he just grabbed Bulma's hand and stormed off to the dinning room so they can eat their marriage feast. Bulma tried asking him what was wrong but he told her to drop it. She figured it was a boy thing between him and Kakarot so she let it go.

Everyone else came behind them and they sat and ate. But Vegeta wasn't that hungry, all he really wanted to do was take Bulma and leave.

"You look ravishing Woman."

Bulma blushed as she played with the food on her plate. She was starting to get a little nervous and Vegeta wasn't helping. He barely ate and kept staring at her. She knew what he was thinking because he had been thinking it ever since she met him. She was completely ready to go through with it, but with her mother consistently winking at her across the table and her father looking almost depressed, and everyone knowing what they were going to do, it was a little uncomfortable. She quickly took a bite of some fruit on her plate, chewed and swallowed then said, "Thank you Vegeta."

"What's next in this tradition?" He asked with a hopeful glint in his eye.

"Well we eat cake and then we leave to...consummate our marriage.'

"The cake will be there in the morning."

"Vegeta! You've waited this long, you can wait a little bit longer."

"One slice and then we are out of here." He ended with that famous smirk.

She nodded and then asked Chichi to bring the cake. They cut it and then with a little fussing was able to get Vegeta to feed her a piece, but he refused to do the exchange saying, "I'm a warrior not a baby."

Shortly after that Vegeta announced that they were leaving and Kakarot bowed to him and said, "Many strong sons to you."

Vegeta nodded and Bulma felt those butterflies again. Bunny hugged her daughter but not before whispering in her ear to warn her not to freak out because it will hurt, which made her freak out a little anyways. Chichi then came up and said, "Don't be worried, Vegeta should know what he's doing." But that only upset Bulma because now she was wondering about how many girls Vegeta actually had been with.

So Vegeta was completely caught off guard when he was carrying her bridal style in his arms as they flew back to the palace as she asked, "How many girls have you slept with?"

He was not expecting to have this conversation at all. "It's a bit too late to cast your virgin judgments Woman. If it was a problem then you should have said something before this night."

"I'm not casting judgment I just want to know."

"Why? The only possible answer that will make you feel at ease would be zero."

"Why can't you just tell me?"

"Not as many as you probably think."

"Vegeta?"

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "10...12 I don't know."

"You've slept with 12 women?"

"You asked. Women have been throwing themselves at me even before I became interested in them. I never wanted the same girl twice because I didn't want anyone to become attached. That's my life and you wanted to know so deal with it."

Bulma was silent for a moment and then she asked, "Who were they?"

Vegeta scoffed. "Woman I forbid you to ruin this night!"

"I'm your wife Vegeta! You're not supposed to keep secrets from me!"

"Fine I will tell you but not tonight!"

"Fine."

Vegeta was more than relieved when they finally arrived at his balcony. He was about to set her down but she grabbed his shoulders frantically.

"Vegeta don't!"

"What now?"

"You're supposed to carry me over the threshold. Men would carry their new bride through the door all the time on my planet."

"Woman this is an opened balcony with curtains."

"Please?"

"Remind me to ask the God of the Universe why I decided to put up with all these silly actions." He said right before he stomped his way in and dropped her on the bed.

Bulma bounced once and then glared at him. "Well remind me to ask the God of the Universe why I decided to marry you at all?"

"Don't need to. Already know the answer."

"Which is?"

Vegeta practically tore off his shirt with more effort than needed to, smirking at the way that Bulma's eyes zoomed in on his abs and chest. "You can't resist me."

Bulma narrowed her eyes at that and smirked at knowing that two could play that game. She took the pins our of her hair and let it fall over her shoulders and around her face as she gave him a steamy look and said, "Oh please. What do you think I have been doing?"

"Trying to seduce me. That is what you have been declaring." Vegeta said as he crawled onto the bed like a predator about to attack.

"Trying? It's what I did. You're here aren't you?" Bulma pouted temptingly.

"You seduce me? Woman you never stood a chance." He said grabbing her waist and pulling her against him as his lips crashed onto hers. It was a liberating feeling being able to touch her and knowing that she wouldn't stop him because she now belonged to him. And Bulma was thinking the same thing except that she was thinking that they belonged to each other...forever.

The Next Morning

The Queen was starting to get ready for another day when an alert starting going off on her scouter. That particular sound was only meant to go off when something hit the media waves that effected the Royal family.

She narrowed her eyes and turned on their version of a TV while silently wondering what her son had done now...

"Breaking news, the Prince has married the Alien Princess. This video was leaked by the Prince's trusted comrades, Kakarot, where the newly wedded couple exchanged vows on Kakarot's property...

She blinked at the screen and eventually tuned out the report as red hot anger seared her body.

Then she exploded.

"AHHHHH! HOW COULD HE?"

She frantically ran and banged on her husbands adjoining door. She didn't even wait for a reply and barged in. He seemed annoyed as he was sitting in his arm chair putting on his boots and gloves at her presence but she didn't care.

"Did you see...did You see WHAT YOUR SON HAS DONE?"

He took notice of her appearance and raised and a slightly amused eyebrow. He hadn't seen her that angry since the first time she caught him with an alien woman in his bed. "Yes I was made aware of it the moment it was leaked."

"AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING?"

"What is there to do?"

She stormed over to him and yelled in his face, "OUR SON HAS OFFICIALLY CLAIMED AN ALIEN WHORE!"

The King was not having it and stood up and yelled back, "CALM DOWN! I warned you not to go against him. He has always been the type that pushes back drastically. You wanted to play games with him and this is the outcome."

Cellena was panicked as her breathing became rapid as she backed away from him in disbelief. "You are the King you can do anything. Your son is going too far with this. You can have this girl killed if you-"

"It is true that I can do what I like. But I will not risk a war on my planet with my own son over his hormones!"

She was shocked that her husband was not anywhere near her side. "So you will have weak half breed heirs?"

"If Vegeta's children are weak than it is his own fault. But he will be very capable of changing the law in the future and mating a Saiyan woman after he has already mated Bulma and producing a full blooded saiyan to take the throne. Your worries are not important." He said as he turned to get his cape.

Cellena was silent for a moment then exploded again. "No Saiyan Woman would want to be second to an alien!"

"You would be surprised how wrong you truly are." He said snapping on his cape. He was done with this conversation before it started.

"This is all your fault! Teaching our son your adulterous ways!"

"Well seeing that you are against adultery I would think that you would support his current relationship if you don't want him to go down the same path! Pick a side woman or fight, I don't really care."

"You fool! He should have chosen the most skilled, strong, prideful Saiyan woman like you did."

The King cracked his neck and resisted the urge to place his hand around his mate's throat. "Do not forget your place Cellena. And you are proof that the logical option is not always the most pleasing."

She could say no more lest she say something that would end with him strangling her. She bowed to him and left out, closing the adjoining door softly as she quickly went into her private bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror and could see the veins pumping furious blood as one or two slightly protruded outwards. She didn't want to scream so instead she started punching the mirror over and over, not caring of the cuts on her hand. The pain dulled in comparison to her fury.

It was true that she had known that her husband had a taste for alien women before he mated her. And she saw her son going down the same path and hated it. All of her anger, jealousy and frustration with her husband grew into a big ball of hatred aimed at Bulma. It's not that Bulma was completely unbearable but she was an alien. Alien trash that was trying to make her way into her royal family like all the alien sluts that tried to make their way into her husbands bed. She felt like her hatred was a righteous hatred for she was fighting for all Saiyan girls that were being passed over. She really had no choice, for the sake of all that was good and right...she Had to kill Bulma Briefs.

Author's Note: So when I wrote Cosmic Love there were a few requests for me to write a sex scene, but I don't do those. I'm a virgin and I'm saving myself for marriage and even If I didn't have my vow I honestly wouldn't even know where to begin. Kissing is as far as I can write guys. Im not trashing other stories, but hopefully the story itself is good enough to entertain you. If you want an idea of what Bulma's dress looked like just go to google click on images and type in 'simple wedding dresses' the first dress with beaded cap sleeves was the inspiration. Now back to the story...what Will the Queen do? How is the world going to take Bulma as Vegeta's new bride? Next chapter, Bulma's first dinner with the royal family! Please review!