Title: Crimson-dipped Obsession

Summary: Bulma Briefs' life made a horrifying turn when an obsessed Saiyan prince arrived on Earth and wanted her to be his! What's more to this alien was a dark secret that has caused a change in the history of Dragon Ball Z, and if it is revealed, it holds the fate of the entire universe.

Genre: Horror, Psychological Thriller, Romance, Mystery

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z. Some events in this fan fic is also inspired by Mirai Nikki and DBXV.

Warning: You might find Vegeta out of character in this story as this fic is made as an answer to the question 'What if Vegeta was a yandere?'. Vegeta is originally and generally a tsundere. A Tsundere is a character who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side over time. The yandere personality is the exact opposite of a tsundere personality. A Yandere is a character who is genuinely kind, loving, sweet or gentle, but can suddenly switch to being aggressive or deranged. (From wiktionary).

If you don't like Vegeta to be like a yandere then I suggest you to turn back now and stop reading as this story also contains lots of blood, gore and violence.

Author's Notes: There will be a lot of deaths in this chapter so be warned. I would like to thank for your support for this story. If you have questions then you may ask it on reviews, I will answer them so long as it does NOT spoil the future chapters.

Chapter 4: First Date

[Age 762, November 4, 21:30, Sun Wukong Hospital, rooftop]

When Son Goku learned of Mister Popo's death from Bulma, he was suspicious. Vegeta's claim that he was out to get some soda for both him and Mister Popo was indeed doubtful. There was no one with Mister Popo at the time of his death except for Vegeta and according to the stories he heard from Bulma, the black man's death was extremely gruesome. His head was cut clean off his head, or it probably exploded with a powerful impact on the floor like a fruit that was slammed mercilessly on the ground with unrestrained force. Based on the description he heard from Bulma, it looked like Mister Popo's head had exploded since there were some brains and gray matter on the black man's shoulders and upper part of the torso, and a few cracks and small rubbles near the body.

That's why when Vegeta entered the room; he was bombarded with lots of several suspecting questions related to Mister Popo's death. Vegeta was claiming he was really out at that time. Goku tried to find any suspecting bluff or lies within Vegeta's claim but the prince's mind was unpredictable. Besides that, if Vegeta was the one who killed Mister Popo and brutally did it, then how come there was no blood evidence on his clothes or anything? Yeah, he could have fired a deadly ki blast towards his victims or make them explode, but by the way the body was slammed on the floor, there's no way Vegeta would be that unsuspectingly clean on those same clothes, would he? Also, Goku and the others didn't sense Vegeta's ki spike up if he ever used ki to kill the victim.

Vegeta was tired of Goku's questioning. He was weary and wanted to sleep. He gave the other soda can to Bulma.

"I told you, it wasn't me," Vegeta tried to convince everyone, but the looks he was getting from the Z fighters was unnerving. It's making him shrink in embarrassment and he was about to cry. "Please, believe me. I'm really innocent! I was really out by that time. How could I kill someone who just helped us out?"

Goku let out a sigh, "Okay, okay. I know. I'm sorry for suspecting you, Vegeta. I know you're innocent. It's just that I couldn't think of anyone who could do that to Mister Popo…"

"Could it be another enemy?" Gohan suggested, fear and worry visible in his eyes.

"It's possible," Vegeta agreed.

"If he was able to kill Mister Popo that easily, that someone must be incredibly powerful!" Krilin awed.

"I wish I could fight him whoever he is…" Goku muttered with determination in his voice.

"You know you cannot fight in that state you're in," Vegeta told Goku bluntly.

The broken warrior pouted, "You're the one who did this to me."

Vegeta laughed light heartedly, "Sorry, Sorry." then his face quickly turned serious. "Anyways, let's forget about Popo for the moment. After all, Bulma, Krilin, Gohan and I are going to Planet Namek to collect the Dragon Balls in order to bring them back to life. So we don't have to worry about it!"

"Yeah, you're right." Everyone agreed.

Bulma yawned.

"Are you tired?" Vegeta asked her.

"Hnnn… A lot has happened today," Bulma said.

"Shall we go home?" he asked.

"Hm… Yeah…"

Vegeta and Bulma prepared to leave and go home. "We'll probably return the day after tomorrow. We'll see you then." Vegeta told Goku.

"Yeah, take care."

Vegeta smiled back at Goku, "Get well soon, Kakarot."

Goku snorted a laugh, "Thanks, Vegeta."

[Age 762, November 4, 22:15, Capsule Corporation]

Once Bulma and Vegeta got back home to Capsule Corporation, she went directly towards her room and fell fast asleep on her bed. Vegeta followed her soon. When he entered her room quietly, his eyes were glowing crimson and his face was dark and cold as he stared at her sleeping form.

"They suspected me, indeed. If only she didn't see anything then it would be a lot easier," He uttered to himself as he remembered the brutal way he killed Popo that night.

About one hour earlier…

"Thanks a lot, it could be very helpful," Vegeta told Mister Popo as he was finally done learning Namekian language.

"I was impressed by your fast learning ability." Mister Popo had praised him openly.

"Hmph! I am a Saiyan and a Super Elite on top of that. It is only expected of me to be a genius!" Vegeta boasted with laughter.

Mister Popo was staring intently at Vegeta.

"What are your motives? Why are you helping Son Goku and the others?" Popo asked curiously, Vegeta noticed that there was an underlying suspicion in his tone. The smile faded on the Saiyan's face as he stared at Popo curiously.

"What do you mean?" he asked very carefully, an icy pitch in his voice.

"I heard you came to Earth to purge all life. Why suddenly had a change of mind?"

Vegeta glared at Mister Popo, the friendly look on his face slowly fading into a cold, dark look. "Hmmmm…." He mumbled. Even his friendly tone lowered into a dark, detached, freezing and threatening tone. "I see… So you saw what happened, didn't you? My, my… I wasn't careful myself. Tch, what a nuisance you are," Vegeta said, his black eyes slowly glowing crimson. "I suppose I should kill you now."

Mister Popo began to back away in fear, realizing what he just did. He quickly turned around to run but Vegeta had materialized before him and punched his chin with a powerful uppercut that broke his jaw before the Saiyan disappeared and appeared above him, slamming his clawed hand unto Popo's skull and mercilessly smashed him face first on the floor. He repeated the same cruelty as he laughed like a mad man, his bloodlust spiraling out of control.

"I! Will! Not! Let! Anyone! Get! In! My! Way! And! Stop! Me! Not! Even! You!" he snarled hatefully as he smashed Popo's face into the floor with each word. "Bwahahahahahahahahahahahaha! You foolish Earthling! You think you can stop me just because you saw what happened? You! WON'T!" Just as when Mister Popo was completely unrecognizable, he harshly ripped what remained of the head with a blood curdling snarl.

He was about to rip the corpse to bloody pieces when he was abruptly snapped out of his murder trance by the incoming presence of Bulma. He turned his head towards the door and using his powers, he cut the electricity supply of the entire city, only for a few seconds though, so he could escape the crime scene before she finds him.

Using his superhuman speed, he seemingly teleported himself out of the rooftop and into a safe place where no one would see him outside the hospital. It was good the place was out of humans because it was already too late. Vegeta gazed into his bloody hands, which were trembling and twitching uncontrollably. He could feel his heart still pounding within his chest as the thrill of bloodshed he just did.

"Damn it…" he thought as he gritted his teeth angrily. He sensed Towa has appeared behind him and he turned around to see her smiling at him adorably.

"Don't worry, I will take care of you," she told him as she pointed her wand at him. The tip of her magical rod sparking with dark purple light.

Back to the present.

"There's no other choice. I guess I'll have to do something about this before they realized that it was me who killed that annoying charcoal man. Tch! What a nuisance! Really!"

He raised his right finger above him and the tip of his finger began to glow. Vegeta's expression turned psychotic and he grinned evilly at what he was about to do.

"Too bad for that fool!"

[Age 762, November 5, 7:30, Capsule Corporation]

The next day, Bulma woke up with a start. She found Vegeta was already awake when she got up from bed. She ate the breakfast her mother had prepared for her and after that, she went to help her father repair the spaceship she and Vegeta found yesterday at the Yunzabit Highlands. She wondered how a space ship like that ended up in a barren wasteland at the very corner of the Earth.

[Age 762, November 6, 7:30 , Sun Wukong Hospital]

The day after that, Vegeta and Bulma went back to the Sun Wukong hospital to visit Goku, Krilin and Gohan. The bald warrior and the young half-Saiyan-half-human hybrid were discharged of the hospital, leaving Goku the only patient confined. Vegeta felt relieved at the realization that everyone has finally forgotten the incident the night before.

[Age 762, November 8, 13:30 , Capsule Corporation]

Two days later, Vegeta came on Bulma and Dr. Briefs' workplace. It seemed he was out that entire morning. She asked him where he has been and he said that he was training. Then Vegeta showed her something. A pamphlet that featured a newly opened amusement park named 'Magic Land' near their home.

"Let's go on a date, Bulma!" Vegeta invited with a sweet smile.

"Eh? A date!" Bulma blushed. "B-but I'm busy."

"Forget about the spaceship for a while! You've been working on it for several days! Let's go on a date, please! If you don't agree then let me pester you all day long!"

Vegeta was acting childish, and that's both sweet and cute but annoying at the same time.

"Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Please! Pleeeeeeeeaaaaaassssee!" Vegeta whined.

Bulma let out a sigh, "My gosh, Vegeta! You're acting like a child!"

"Uhmmmmm…." Vegeta pouted. "Date? Please?"

Bulma scratched her head, annoyance etched on her expression as she looked at her father, who was grinning back at her.

"Go dear, Vegeta's right. You need it. I'll be fine."

Bulma sighed, and turned to Vegeta. "Fine, but give me time to prepare myself."

Vegeta nodded like a good little boy. "Yaaaay! I'll tell mama! Mama said she also wanted to come with us!"

Then Vegeta was out.

[Age 762, November 8, 14:30 , Capsule Corporation]

Vegeta was getting impatient on waiting by the door. Bulma was taking long preparing herself for their date. Mrs. Briefs was talking his ears out and his annoyance with her voice and along with his impatience was making his thoughts dark.

"I swear if Bulma takes another minute longer I will kill her mother for making me wait!" he thought, but immediately took away that scary thought. "No, I shouldn't do that. If I kill her mother then she might give me that look and that I wish I wouldn't see again."

"So, Vegeta-chan, it's good to see that Bulma-chan accepted your request for a date," Mrs. Briefs was saying, which snapped Vegeta out of his thought.

"Uh… yeah, thanks for letting me know about that park, mama." Vegeta replied at her with a friendly smile. Earlier that morning after his training, Mrs. Briefs had told him to invite Bulma for a date in the amusement park by showing him the pamphlet he showed Bulma.

"No problem, Vegeta-chan! So long as the two of you are happy… I'm glad, too."

As if on cue, Bulma finally came out of her room. She was wearing a cocktail dress printed with floral designs and it fits perfectly on her sexy curves. Her hair was tied in a neat ponytail and her make-up was simple. And Vegeta was gaping at her beauty as this was the first time he has seen her dressed in this way.

When she came to him, he suddenly snapped at her. "It's about time, Bulma! You made me wait an entire hour for this!" he yelled at her. Bulma blinked and shrank back at his sudden fit.

"Sorry, but let me remind you that it was you who invited me into this." Bulma said.

The Saiyan Prince rolled his eyes off her, "Whatever," he told her. "Let's just go."

The three of them took a hover car towards Magic Land.

[Age 762, November 8, 15:00 , Magic Land]

It was the opening day of Magic Land, which was why there were lots of people already around the said amusement park. There were different rides from extreme to slightly relaxing. The longest roller coaster and the highest ferries wheel are also found in that newly opened park, which were being promoted by several crew and mascots of the park. The park also offered arcade games at its arcade building and had a huge food court that can catered variety of foods.

Walking around with cones of ice cream in their hands, which they bought once they arrived inside the park, Bulma and Mrs. Briefs were amazed at the different rides the amusement park has to offer. Several extreme rides were making Bulma kind of excited and some made her nervous.

"Hey, Vegeta-chan! Which ride would you like to try first?" Mrs. Briefs asked her daughter's boyfriend.

Vegeta looked at her innocently and then pointed at a tall tower, about fifty feet tall. The ride made Mrs. Briefs and Bulma kind of nervous.

"F-f-f-free fall?!" Bulma and Mrs. Briefs screamed. Free fall is the drop tower ride in which a gondola that carries riders is lifted to the top of the tower and then released to free-fall down the tower, only to be slowed by brakes as it approaches the bottom of the ride.

"Ehehehe… Uhm… Ve-Vegeta, maybe we should try another… hehehehe…" Bulma smiled sheepishly, afraid to admit that she doesn't want to ride that thing.

"No… We will try everything in here as much as we can."

Then Vegeta dragged Bulma and Mrs. Briefs towards the line of the Free Fall ride.

[Age 762, November 8, 15:15, Magic Land]

Bulma was silently praying to the dead Kami for them to be saved as the gondola of the Free Fall ride was lifted. Bulma was sitting in between her mother and Vegeta, gripping at their hands with her cold and shaking hands in fear. Her eyes were shut closed as she was scared to see the height of their position. She's not actually scared of heights, but the fact that she could feel the wind on her skin and whipping her hair and knowing that they may drop into the ground anytime was making her nervous to death.

She felt Vegeta's fingers tighten on her hand, his hand was warm, and unlike hers which she thought was ice cold due to her fear. She opened one eye to look at her right, and found Vegeta staring at her with a sweet smile.

"I'm here, Bulma. And you have nothing to be afraid of. It's just a ride." He told her.

"Shut up, Vegeta! A Saiyan like you doesn't have any problem with this kind of ride but to me… to me… it's just the most horrifying ride on Earth!"

"Don't be scared, I'm here." Vegeta smiled.

"I told you to shut your – AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Bulma's words were cut off when the gondola was released and Bulma felt herself falling down into the Earth.

"Am I going to die?! Am I going to die?! No! I'm too young to die!" she thought as she couldn't stop herself from screaming at the feel of it. It felt as if her body was falling down, leaving her very soul, including her insides above.

She could hear other riders scream along with her. Her mother who was on her left was also screaming out of joy and Vegeta on her right was laughing loudly, probably after seeing how she reacts to the ride.

After that ride, Bulma felt as if she was dying. She was pale white out of her fear, and her expression was paranoid. Vegeta was laughing at her but stopped when she glared at her darkly. He helped her seat on a bench and went off to get some water for her.

"T-that was the most horrifying ride I had in my entire life!" she complained. Mrs. Briefs tend to her daughter. When Vegeta returned with a bottle of mineral water in his hands, Bulma snatched the bottle from him and drank the water from it.

"Bulma, let's try the River Rafting ride!" Vegeta pointed at the ride where log-shaped boats slide down into a made-up river.

That, maybe she could handle.

[Age 762, November 8, 15:30, Magic Land]

After she has calmed down from her nervous reaction from the Free-fall ride, they tried other several rides, from the River Rafting ride, to Disc-o ride, balloon ride, pirate ship ride, bumper cars, and then also went to the arcade for some games like the Laser Mission game, a game where you fire off laser gun toys to other players until you are the only one left to stand. Mrs. Briefs was the first player to out among twenty players, until only Vegeta and Bulma were left to stand. Bulma survived mostly because Vegeta was protecting her and taking their opponents down by himself. In the end, Vegeta let Bulma win after evading most of her laser attacks with his speed and decided to just give it up. Bulma got a huge pink bunny toy as a prize for winning the game.

When they went back to the park, Vegeta invited Bulma to try the forty-foot tall ferries wheel ride. After waiting in the line for several minutes, Mrs. Briefs excused herself to the restroom. So when their time came to, only Vegeta and Bulma were able to ride the ferries wheel, leaving Mrs. Briefs out of the ride.

As the gondola, in which Bulma and Vegeta were riding, floated up into the sky, Bulma's breath was taken away by how beautiful the entire West City Capitol was. She could see the famous Tongari Tower and her own home, which was the biggest home in the city.

"Wow! The city is so beautiful!" Bulma exclaimed. Vegeta, who sat opposite her in the gondola, stared at the city with indifference. Bulma then turned to him and stared at him for a minute long, realizing to herself that Vegeta wasn't really that bad after all. For a while, her thoughts of him being evil and ruthless were completely gone. Seeing Vegeta that way, and wearing Earthling clothes made him look like a different person than what he was when she first saw him on the television.

"Hey, Vegeta…" she said.

Vegeta turned his eyes to her. "What is it?"

"Aren't you supposed to kill humanity or destroy Earth when you and Nappa first came in here? Why aren't you doing that?"

"Why, you asked?" Vegeta said, he held his chin as if he was trying so hard to think of it. "Let's say I cannot bring myself to kill you. And if that was the case, I cannot also bring myself to kill the race in which you are in and destroy your home planet."

"Why me? Why is it that of all people, you want me to be your girlfriend?" Bulma asked.

"Well…" he looked down in embarrassment, a faint blush in his cheek, "It's because you're the first woman to be able to make me feel different."

"Different? How is it different?"

Vegeta raised his eyes at her and forced a smirk.

"I am the prince of the most powerful warrior race in the universe, cold and ruthless. I admit I did kill many people and destroyed a lot of worlds in cold blood. I always believed that foolish emotions like love and compassion are nothing meant for a warrior like me and could be the cause of his downfall. But… it was you who changed that belief I held my entire life for so long. I… I don't know, but meeting you has changed everything I once believed in. When I saw you, it felt… different. What do you humans call it? Love at first sight? Yeah, that. Also, hearing your vain praises you commented about yourself through the scouter caught my interest of you, knowing that we're very much alike. Then I also realized that I cannot ever bring myself to kill you no matter what. That's how much I love you."

So that was it, huh? It was because he realized that both of them were alike, that's why he likes her. But for a cold hearted prince to change all so suddenly because of her? Isn't it too sudden? That change was too much fast, in her opinion. But she was glad she had changed that scary attitude of his.

"Vegeta… I'm glad that it was because of me that you have changed. Thank you."

The prince stared at her and smiled back. "I did it for you, Bulma!"

Bulma smiled back.

[Age 762, November 8, 15:50, Magic Land]

After that ferries wheel ride, Bulma and Vegeta went out of the ride and met up with Mrs. Briefs. The two didn't know that Mrs. Briefs set up her bathroom incident for the two of them to be left alone for a while.

"So… what should we try next?" Bulma asked.

"Should we go try the roller coaster," Vegeta suggested.

"Bulma-san? Is that you, Bulma-san?" a voice of a man shouted at them. Bulma and Vegeta turned to see a man in his late twenties approaching them. The man had brown layered hair and wore a corporate suit. "Bulma-san! It's really you!" the man said.

"Shogo Nakama-kun?" Bulma recognized, a smile forming in her face.

"Yes, it me!" the man called Shogo exclaimed.

"Mom, Vegeta, this is Shogo Nakama, he's my former classmate in the Engineering School." Bulma introduced.

"Oh, hi there, Shogo-chan! What a lovely looking man you are! I'm Bulma's mother!" Mrs. Briefs exclaimed. Vegeta just glared at the newcomer.

"So, how are you doing?" Bulma asked.

"I just opened up my new business here,"

"You own Magic Land?!" the blue haired girl exclaimed in disbelief.

"Yeah, hehe," Shogo winked at her. Vegeta let out a sneer.

"That's great!" Bulma exclaimed.

"Yeah, well. Good timing I met you here! I've got something to show you. Remember the painting I showed you when we were in college? I made it into a wall art somewhere near the roller coaster ride!"

"Really! Show me now!"

"Yes, yes, I'll take you there."

Bulma and Shogo walked away, Vegeta was about to follow them, with a dark look on his face when Mrs. Briefs held his arm. "Vegeta-chan, do you want some takoyaki? Come on!" she told him, unaware of the brooding darkness that was in her companion's look. Mrs. Briefs dragged Vegeta into the Takoyaki stand. (Note: Takoyaki – Octopus Balls)

After waiting for a few minutes, Mrs. Briefs finally made her orders for three Takoyaki orders.

"It smells delicious, right? Vegeta-chan," Mrs. Briefs asked as she turned around. "Huh? Vegeta-chan? Where did he go?

[Age 762, November 8, 16:00, Magic Land]

Bulma remembered that time when she was in college. She had a crush on Shogo Nakama, the smartest person in class aside from herself. He was a genius and an artistic one, too. She remembered that time when he showed her a painting of a very beautiful angel with blue hair and blue eyes descending from the sky. The angel was based on her.

It was the same painting that was now in the wall before her and she felt her heart skip a beat when she saw it. It was as beautiful as the painting Shogo showed her years ago.

"Oh, Shogo-kun, it feels so nostalgic!" Bulma exclaimed happily.

"Nice, huh? Thanks a lot. I actually dedicated this to you, see?" Shogo pointed at her name at the corner of the wall painting. It said: To my dearest Bulma Briefs, who was like an angel sent by heaven to me.

Back when they were in college, Bulma and Shogo were best friends at school. While Bulma had a puppy crush on him, she didn't know that Shogo also like her. However, after Bulma opened a relationship with the guy named Yamcha, Shogo decided not to mention her feelings for her. To him, Bulma was as beautiful as an angel sent by the heavens.

Bulma smiled. "Thanks."

They didn't know that in a corner, a very jealous and angry Vegeta was watching at them, with his crazy looking red eyes.

Vegeta's fists were trembling in his anger as he watched Bulma and Shogo together. His anger rose when he found out the dedication written in the corner of the painting.

"Grrrr… Kill...! Kill that bastard! DIE! DIE! I will paint that fucking wall with his blood!"

Bulma looked at the painting before her. The angel was indeed as beautiful as her.

When she turned around, she found that Shogo was nowhere near her anymore. She looked around for him, wondering where the man went.

Then she heard loud screaming and she looked up into the roller coaster. There she saw Shogo fall down in the railing of the roller coaster. Based on the impact, he must have fallen that high to cause his body to be torn open and be trapped in between the railings of the ride.

"Shogo-kun!" Bulma screamed. She watched as the roller coaster hit Shogo's body, tearing it apart into two. The upper part of his body flew and splattered into the wall where the painting he dedicated to Bulma was.

Meanwhile, the hydraulics of the roller coasters that secured the cars and seats suddenly failed and caused the ride to be derailed. Bulma and several others within the vicinity witnessed the brutal and gore death of all the riders.

Bulma screamed, and so as a terrible lot of people as they watched helplessly at the scene in front of them.

"Bulma!" she heard Vegeta called, and she realized that she was already screaming and crying. He came to her and wrapped his arms around her, hiding her face in front of his chest. "Don't look," he ordered.

Bulma tried to shut her eyes, but the tears of fear were streaming from her eyes uncontrollably. The terrified screaming of people was loud and bloodcurdling. She felt Vegeta's hands trying to cover her ears, but it wasn't enough to block all of the screaming.

A few seconds later, the screaming stopped. People began to panic and ran away from the roller coaster's vicinity.

"It's over. I'll take you away. Just don't look. Close your eyes." Vegeta told her as he took her in his arms and walked out of the vicinity with a strange calm.

Bulma found herself frozen at what she just witnessed. She and Vegeta were supposed to be in that roller coaster ride! Thankfully, Shogo came… and saved them in exchanged of his own life. "Wait? How did Shogo came up there?" She wondered. She saw Shogo fell somewhere above before he hit the roller coaster's railings. Did someone lifted him up into the sky and then threw him down or made him fall? If that was the case, then… the one who did it was able to fly.

"Vegeta-chan! I was looking for you! Oh! Bulma-chan, what happened in there?" she heard her mother say as she approached them.

"An accident. The roller coaster derailed. All riders… died." She heard Vegeta explained, and the way he said 'died' was completely cold, without any emotion… or remorse. "We should get away from here, now."

Vegeta walked several paces before he brought Bulma down to seat her in an empty bench.

"Are you alright, Bulma?" he asked her as he knelt before her, touching her cheeks. Bulma was still in shock and she was still shaking in fear. "I'm sorry I brought you here. I'm also sorry I've almost invite you into that roller coaster ride. Glad that college friend of yours saved us both. Where is he by the way?"

"He's… he's dead."

"Dead?!" Vegeta and Mrs. Briefs both screamed in shock.

Bulma nodded, crying again, "I saw him fall into the railing and his fall probably caused that incident in the roller coaster." She sniffed. She didn't notice that Vegeta's eyes turned cold.

"And, what did you see other than that?"

"People dying," She cried.

"My…" Mrs. Briefs moaned as she saw her daughter cry. There's nothing more painful than a mother seeing her daughter crying and traumatized like that.

Vegeta pursed his lips and hugged her. "I'm sorry you saw that," He said as he rubbed her back while she cried on his chest.

It took a few minutes before Bulma calmed down. Vegeta brought her another bottle of mineral water again and offered the takoyaki Mrs. Briefs bought earlier for her. Mrs. Briefs went home, saying she needed to cook dinner. Vegeta and Bulma stayed because Bulma wanted to see the investigation. They watched as ambulance, medics, policemen and investigators arrived at the park to investigate what happened.

[Age 762, November 8, 18:30, Magic Land]

When night came by, rain started pouring into the city but Vegeta and Bulma stayed at the amusement park and watched at the investigation with some other bystanders. The rollercoaster's vicinity was enclosed by yellow police cross line ribbons. Investigators took pictures of the dead victims before they were brought to the ambulance. The media also arrived to report the incident in the news. The police and detectives went around and interviewed witnesses and crew members. When the police chief asked who and where the owner of the park was, Bulma stood up and approached him.

"The owner of this park is my college friend…. He's… dead…"

The police chief and several investigators turned their attention to her.

"How did you know that, Miss Briefs?" the police chief asked, recognizing her as the heiress of the Capsule Corporation.

"I… saw," Bulma said.

Now, everyone's attention turned to her.

"What did you see?"

"Shogo-kun fell into the railing somewhere above."

"You're saying he fell from the sky?"

According to the investigation, there was no railing that led above where Shogo fell.

"Chief, other witnesses also said the same thing."

"How will that happen? That's completely impossible!"

"I know who killed him!" a little girl about ten years old exclaimed. Her mother quickly hushed her. Everyone's attention turned to the girl. "It was that man!" then they all looked to where the girl pointed and turned to see a completely astounded Vegeta.

"Me? Why me?" Vegeta asked innocently.

"I saw him flying into the sky strangling the mister she was with earlier!"

Bulma's eyes suddenly turned suspicious towards Vegeta, and the Saiyan Prince saw that look. "Foolish girl, no people can fly." he said to the little girl with a sheepish smile.

"But I saw you… and I remember seeing you in the news a few days ago. You are one of the aliens called the Saiyans, right?"

Everyone turned towards Vegeta and looked at him.

"Yes, he looked very much like one the Saiyans indeed!" one civilian exclaimed.

"Yes! Yes! He is a Saiyan!" another screamed.

"Uh…" Vegeta shrank back as he took a step back. "Yeah… but I didn't kill anyone since I came –!"

"He destroyed East City!"

"I didn't!" Vegeta quickly defended. It was Nappa who destroyed that damn city when they landed, not him!

People suddenly went on a dispute, wanting Vegeta to be taken for investigation.

"You come with us, you can explain everything in the precinct!" a policeman approached Vegeta, holding cuffs in his hand. Vegeta stepped back.

"I won't come. I have nothing to explain. I was behind Bulma when it happened!" the prince defended. He turned to Bulma with an anxious look. "Bulma! Say something!"

Bulma didn't say anything as she realized that the only person she knew around who can fly and do that to Shogo was only Vegeta. But if Vegeta was telling the truth, then who did that to Shogo?

"Bulma, please!" Vegeta begged. "Don't believe anything! It's not me!"

Bulma shook her head as she said, "No, it's not Vegeta. Please believe him," She defended him as she tried to talk him out of the policeman who was trying to cuff him.

"He could not be the one responsible on what happened here, but he's still responsible for what happened in East City. And the death he and his companion caused tolled a thousand and a hundred people in total," The police chief told Bulma. "And just what do you think you're doing with him all this time, Miss Bulma? You know that's obstruction of justice! Stay away from him."

"No!" Vegeta yelled. "I didn't do anything wrong! I just came to this planet to be with her! It's not me who destroyed that city!"

"Look, if you just keep it down then it would be a lot easier for you." The policeman approaching him said. "We can talk about this in the precinct, Mister Vegeta. But if you continue resisting then we have to go to certain measures."

Are these people crazy? Why would they want to do this to Vegeta? And to a Saiyan, nonetheless. Shouldn't they be peeing on their pants in fear at the fact that he destroyed an entire city?

"What measures?"

"That is…"

There was a loud gunshot and Vegeta's eyes dilated in surprise.

"The fuck?!" the policeman who was talking to the Saiyan mouthed in surprise. Someone fired a gun towards Vegeta, and it was meant as a side headshot! He saw the bullet hit the left side of Vegeta's head, and stopped dead on its track.

"That's impossible!"

"Who did that?!" the chief of police demanded, and they all turned towards another civilian, a black haired man holding a pistol. The man was shaking with rage.

Vegeta's hand automatically went to that side of his head and his fingers found the bullet that hit him. He took it to show the surprised policeman that it did no damage to him.

"What is he made of?!" the policeman thought, as he watched at the Saiyan with shocked, disbelieving eyes. Vegeta just stared at the bullet in his hand. His eyes looking terrified, almost in tears.

"You killed my family you stupid Saiyan! DIE!" the man who just fired the gun screamed as he pulled the trigger three more times. The bullets hit the Saiyan Prince, but didn't do any damage as the first one.

"Someone, stop him!" the chief of police ordered and his men went on stopping the desperate man. They used strength to prevent him and took away his gun by force.

"Vegeta!" Bulma ran towards him. Vegeta's head was bent down. She held his hand, the one holding the bullet and looked at him worriedly. "Are you alright?"

Vegeta nodded once, his lips trembling like a child about to cry but he tried to keep his tears at bay by biting his lower lip. The fingers on his sides started to twitch but desperately tried to control the urge that started to boil within the surface by closing them into tight fists. He's completely silent, not speaking any word. And this sudden behavior of his was making chills run across Bulma's spine.

"Vegeta. Hey," Bulma tried to call his attention. She heard him speak a word, but she couldn't hear it. "What?"

Vegeta repeated the same word again, and the way he said those words made her let out a terrified gasped as she stepped back, her body started to tremble with fear. The tone of his voice was horribly low, and cold. Completely different from the tone he used when he speaks to her. He said, "I'll kill you."

"Vegeta!" she called him, as she shook him with her hand. He raised his head slowly and she saw for the first time that scary look in his eyes that would be the very source of her nightmares for days.

Vegeta's look was animalistic. His blood shot eyes were a pair of glowing crimson, dilated into crazy dots. His lips were pulled back to show his sharp fangs.

"I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU ALL!" Vegeta roared.

[Age 762, November 8, 19:16, Streets of West City Capitol]

Bulma run away as fast as she could, and looked back every now and then, just to make sure that Vegeta was not following her.

What's wrong with him? She wondered in panic. He seemed to change and became a completely different person when she saw that scary look on his face. She witnessed how he brutally killed all the policemen, investigators and civilians in a berserk rage. And he was laughing like a psychopath as he relished on the blood and screams of his victims. He was like a bloodthirsty animal that has been released from being locked up for a long time, and was in need to kill and destroy, to feel blood and hear screams of his prey. She was able to flee away from the scene, but she wasn't so sure if she was being pursued by him or not. But she knows she could be his next prey. So she dashed as quickly as possible, back to her home. Without a care if she gets wet on the rain.

Bulma finally reached the Capsule Corporation compound and hurriedly ran towards her room, locking her door. Once she has made sure it was locked and so as the windows, she fit herself inside her closet, shaking in fear.

"Please, please, please! Don't let him find me, please…."

Then she heard her door open. "What? I remember locking that damn door?!" She thought in panic. She carefully dropped to her knees as she covered her mouth with her trembling hands. She could feel her heart pound hard inside her chest as the sight of Vegeta as he entered her room. There was blood all over him and his clothes and he was soaking wet because of the rain. He looked around curiously for a few moments before his eyes settled on the closet. Bulma held her breath and shut her eyes quickly.

"Please, please, please… please… go away…" she prayed silently and desperately.

"Good night," a child-like voice said from behind her.

Bulma's eyes became as wide as saucers. Her blue irises were slits of fear as she heard that familiar cold voice. She turned around; her body completely trembled in fear and was terrified on what she saw on the horizontal slats of the closet door. A pair of glowing crimson eyes that belonged to Vegeta, was peering down on her like she was something to eat.

"Good night, my dear little Bulma."

Bulma screamed, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Author's Comment and Playlist: That was a bloody chapter. I edited this to add a few details about how Vegeta killed Popo in the last chapter. Tell me how you guys think of this chap. 😊

Aslo, an event in this chapter is based on the movie, Final Destination 3.

Also, here are some of the additional playlist that continued to inspire this story.

Future (Vocals by Gackt)

Tree of Sorrow (by Kanon Wakeshima)

Pendulum (Shiki OST) – especially that part where Bulma was running and hiding in the cabinet.

Silent Night (Shiki OST)

Mirai Nikki OST Volume 2 Track 10 - for the parts where Vegeta's personality changes into his darker self)

Here with You (from Mirai Nikki OST, sad song) –

Space Love (You who Came from the Stars OST) – for that scene where Vegeta explained to Bulma his reasons for liking her in the ferries wheel ride.

Remains (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

All together (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Fun times (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Has been seen (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Depths of Space and time (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Despair (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Relief (B) (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Onset of Demise (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Memories (A&B) (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)

Jingle (B) (Corpse Party Book of Shadows OST)