Yay the next chapter! Mmk there is prob only going to be one more chapter after this and then the story is finished! So sad I know T_T prob more for me than you :P Anyways, once this is done I can start on my new fic! Yay!
Mmk have a good new year everyone!!!
Bulma was glad to finally get out of Vegeta's clothes. It made her uncomfortable wearing just a dress shirt, which was slightly see through, and male boxers. Not to mention that Vegeta looked absolutely gorgeous in just his pants and nothing else. Bulma imagined unbuttoning his pants and watching them fall to the ground...
No Bulma! It's not the time for that! Must concentrate!
She re-focused and slipped on one of Chichi's dresses that she picked out from her closet. It was a simple red oriental styled dress that went down to mid-thigh and had short sleeves and a high collared neck. Bulma had just slipped on shoes to match when something crashed through the window, picked her up, and then crashed through the parallel wall and outside into the air.
Kami no more flying!
Bulma looked up at her captor to realize that it was Juu who was holding her tightly in her arms.
"Juu! What are you doing!?" Bulma cried when Juu was hit on her back by something that Bulma wasn't fast enough to see and then suddenly she found herself in strong male arms instead.
"Goku?" Bulma asked confused and slightly light headed. All of this flying and jolting around was making her feel queasy, or was that just morning sickness?
Luckily Goku set Bulma safely on the ground as she heard the sounds of flesh on mental. She looked to the air to see Juu and Vegeta fighting each other. She could barely even keep up considering how fast they were moving.
"Would you two cut it out!" Bulma screamed but they ignored her, "Goku! Don't just stand there! Do something to stop them!"
"Sure thing Bulma," Goku said with a wink and then he was gone.
Vegeta and Juu were then forced to stop when Goku wedged himself between the two mid-air. Vegeta scowled at Juu and then she rapidly disappeared and reappeared next to Bulma.
"Come on," she said and held her hand out to Bulma.
Vegeta appeared in front of her, between Bulma and Juu, protectively shielding Bulma behind him.
"She's not going anywhere tin can." Vegeta growled.
"Oh just stop it! The both of you!" Bulma interjected and stood out from behind Vegeta.
He instinctively held out his arm in front of Bulma so she would not go any further. She pushed past him.
"Juu what are you doing?" Bulma asked her friend.
"Trying to rescue you. Jeez I thought you would be grateful," she replied and glared at Vegeta, "I was worried that he had already killed you."
Vegeta growled deep in his throat but Bulma quickly spoke before he could.
"You don't have to worry Juu. As you can see we both survived the night…together." She said in a soft tone so that Juu would know that Vegeta was no threat anymore.
She looked at Bulma with a slightly surprised looked and looked over Vegeta skeptically. She still didn't trust him, clearly, but Bulma knew it would just take some time. She doubted Vegeta trusted Juu either.
"I didn't come to rescue you only from him," Juu started.
"She doesn't need to be rescued!" Vegeta snapped, "Least of all from you."
"Vegeta, cool it." Bulma said quietly and rested her hand on his shoulder.
He shrugged it off and crossed his arms.
"What do you mean, Juu?" Bulma asked.
"You're on our hit list B. So is he." She said blatantly and flicked her bangs out of her eyes.
"Yeah, we already know." Bulma said sadly, "Do you have any idea of why the firm has targeted the both of us, Juu?"
"Quiet woman." Vegeta interrupted, "This is not the place."
He quickly picked up Bulma in his arms and flew them back to Goku's house, Goku and Juu following close behind.
Once they were back at the house they continued the conversation.
"I overheard some of the girls talking. The boss has found out that you two are married. He wanted to see if you could take care of Vegeta and if you couldn't he was going to call a hit on you both. It's not good for opposing firm members to be married. He was worried you two were in cahoots with each other, sharing secrets from both sides." Juu explained, "It seems to have leaked out to their side so I'm sure they're after you guys too."
"This is retarded! We had just found out about each other! Why would the boss ever think that I would betray the firm like that?" Bulma asked.
"You are one of the best assassins at the firm, and you're a human. He's one of the best at his firm." Juu replied, "Because you two are at the top I guess he suspects you're secretly working together to gain status and power."
"Firstly, I am the best. Secondly, this does not matter. We have already decided how to end this ridiculous charade." Vegeta said nonchalantly.
"Oh? And what are you going to do? Kill every one of us?" Juu asked more specifically towards Bulma.
"Juu, we don't want to kill innocent people that are just following orders. We're going to go after the two people in charge of both firms. I don't want to kill any of the girls, or you. Do you think you could convince them to not come after us until we take care of the boss? That is, unless you're really here to finish me off along with Vegeta?" Bulma explained.
She wasn't at all scared of Juu's answer, but when she got a long pause from her she began to worry. Juu sighed.
"You know I'm not going to kill you Bulma." She said and couldn't help but smile, "Him on the other hand…"
"Try it. I dare you." Vegeta said sternly and advanced on her.
Juu almost took him up on his offer until Bulma got in between them.
"Relax, alright!" she said, "You two are going to have to learn to be civil."
"You know, you don't owe anything to this guy Bulma. Just because you're stuck carrying his brat doesn't mean—" Juu began but was cut off by Vegeta's fist to her face.
"Vegeta! Don't!" Bulma screeched and ran to Juu's side across the room.
"If you speak to my wife about our child in such a way again, consider yourself scrap metal." Vegeta said coldly.
"You're dead…" Juu said quietly and lunged for Vegeta.
Fortunately Goku was faster and found himself between them once more. His one hand held Juu back while his forearm braced against Vegeta's to hold him back.
"Let's all be nice, ok?" Goku asked as politely as he could, all the while with a big grin on his face.
"Yeah, let's try acting like adults." Bulma said in a pissed off voice.
"You know Bulma, you're my best friend, but I have all the girls at the firm to think about too you know." Juu said and backed off. It wasn't until she backed off that Vegeta did the same.
"What do you mean?" Bulma asked.
"First of all, if you waste the boss then we're all out of jobs, and some of us don't have your resources to get other jobs. Second of all, who's to say that all the alien freaks working for their firm won't turn their back on you and end up using this whole mess to get rid of our firm once and for all?" Juu said coldly.
"Juu, that won't happen—" Bulma started.
"How do you know that Bulma? If they are all strong aliens like Vegeta they could waste our firm in seconds. I'm just surprised they haven't already." Juu said and crossed her arms.
"You may be able to forgive your so-called husband for lying to you and trying to kill you, but I can't forgive Krillin for doing the same, and I can't forgive him." She snapped and nodded towards Vegeta. Vegeta simply smirked. Why would he ever want her forgiveness anyway?
Krillin too?
"I'm obviously going to help you out, but I just want you to think about that." She finished.
Juu turned around and headed for the door. She stopped and looked over her shoulder at Bulma and said, "If you need help B, just call me. I'll be here in an instant," and then she left.
Later that night Vegeta and Bulma were getting ready to go to bed in one of Goku's spare bedrooms. Goku was currently with Krillin and other men from Vegeta's firm to find out where their boss would be the next day. Bulma had called Juu and she was doing the same.
Vegeta sat on one end of the bed and slipped his shoes off as Bulma sat on the other side and did the same thing. They had a habit of having the same routine when getting ready to go to bed. Vegeta sat there thinking, concentrating on Bulma and how she was doing.
She felt tired, confused, and slightly disheartened. Vegeta contemplated whether or not he should comfort her, but the thought of comforting his poor little wife still didn't settle right with him. He still found himself struggling with intimacies concerning Bulma, the wonderful woman that was now carrying his child.
Vegeta sighed and stood up to slip off his shirt and pants until he was only in boxers. Vegeta mentally thanked himself for leaving spare clothes at Goku's house in case of emergencies like this. He cringed at the thought of having to wear Goku's clothes.
He laid down on his back in the bed and Bulma was still sitting up on her end of the bed, her back facing Vegeta. He stared at her hard, his eyebrows knitted together.
"You do not have to worry about the men on my side. They would not dare cross me in fear of excruciating pain followed by an inevitable death." Vegeta said nonchalantly, figuring that was what was bothering her, "They will not be a problem, even if they do double cross me. For their sakes they better hope I never find them if they do."
Bulma cringed slightly and sighed. That's not what's bothering her, or else what I said bothered her…
"We're killers Vegeta…" she said finally, still not looking at Vegeta.
"You just figured this out now woman? Clearly you're not the genius you make yourself out to be." Vegeta said with a shrug and then smirked lightly when he got her to whirl around and glare at him. How is it that she is so much fun to annoy? That's her best quality in my opinion. He then chuckled to himself at his thought.
"This is not funny Vegeta! I am serious! We're cold blooded killers!" she snapped and turned away from him again.
"We kill people without really knowing if they deserved it. We are no better than our bosses, and now we're going to go and kill them. How are we any better Vegeta? I mean kami, what are we going to do now?" Bulma said.
"Clearly you were not meant for this profession woman. Killing is meaningless when there is nothing behind it. I do not care about them, they do not care about me. It is simple and leaves no baggage." Vegeta replied cooly. She did not like his answer, he could tell.
She probably thought he was a horrible murderer that cares about nothing, when he actually did. He was beginning to think that maybe he actually cared about her and the baby. It certainly would explain why he couldn't kill her the other night. Although he didn't know what was worse, the fact that he was too weak to kill her and the baby or the fact that he couldn't do it because he loved her.
…Love…how strange of an emotion. I've been brought up to think it below me, yet it's the strongest force I've ever had to battle with…
Vegeta sighed and sat up, taking on a serious tone, "It doesn't matter Bulma. We did what we had to do. The difference now is that we have a choice. We have a brat on the way so now we have to clean up our messes so the child can grow up the right way. I don't want it to grow with the mistakes I have made over the years just as much you don't want it to grow with your mistakes."
Vegeta looked at Bulma and gazed at her beautiful form in the moonlight. He hoped that she knew he was sincere, even if his sincerity came off as harsh or cold, as it usually did.
"Lets finish this woman. Clean this up and put it behind us." he added.
He paused and watched her. It was the time of truth. Vegeta hated being paranoid, and he hated wondering if this was the moment that Bulma finally woke up and left him forever.
She ended up slipped off her dress with another sigh and jumped into Vegeta's arms on the bed.
"Oh Vegeta. I can't believe the mess I've gotten myself into... I promise though, I am going to do anything I have to to make sure this baby is brought up right."
Vegeta smirked at how utterly strange this woman was, since clearly he had nothing to worry about. They laid down on the bed and folded their limbs together comfortably.
"What am I going to do now though? I am not the type of woman that will just sit back and be a housewife you know. You're going to have to find a new job too Vegeta. We'll probably have to end up moving too, and oh my gosh what about—" Bulma said as she consistently began to elevate her voice as she spoke.
"Relax woman. The android was right when she spoke about your resources. You are one of the richest humans on Earth, I think we will manage alright. Not to mention you are already charading around as the CEO of Capsule Corporation." Vegeta replied with a grunt.
"Kami you're right!" Bulma exclaimed and looked up at Vegeta, "You are brilliant, you know that?"
"Yes, I know." He replied with a chuckle.