-1Can't Rain All The Time
Chapter 28
Hurt
By
Bulma
Bulma felt herself running in a black abyss. But what was she running from? She couldn't breath, couldn't think, it was all so dark, so cold. She heard sinister laughter all around and she covered her ears to stop the deafening sounds. "Leave me alone! Don't hurt us!" Bulma screamed to the darkness. She felt herself fall and look up to see Vegeta towering over her with a dark look of pure hatred. "Leave us alone Vegeta! Haven't you made us suffer enough?!" Bulma screamed at him.
Vegeta stared coldly at her. He didn't utter a word as he brought up a hand with a giant ki radiating from it. Bulma shivered terrified as she knew his intention. Her voice failed her as she looked at him in pure fear. Her hands wrapped around her middle as she curled up. She squeezed her eyes shut. "I'll correct this mistake right now. It's existence will not mock the great Saiyan race!" Vegeta darkly spoke. Suddenly there was a bright light and Vegeta let go of the ki that would hit her.
-End Dream!-
Bulma shot up in bed in a cold sweat. She breathed pretty heavily as she felt the tears on her face. It was just a dream but it shook her pretty good. Her hands frantically held onto herself as her mind tried to grip reality. The door to the room suddenly opened and in rushed in Trunks with his sword drawn. "What happened?! I heard screaming!" Trunks demanded with concerned written on his face.
Trunks relaxed as he just saw his Mother and no one else in the room. Concern was still written on his face as he returned his sword to it's sheath. He went to his Mother and sat beside her. "What happened?" he softly asked in a soothing voice. "Where am I?" Bulma responded with a question of her own. "You are in your old room. You were hurting Mini-me, thus hurting me with yelling at Dad. How did you get out of the infirmary?"
Bulma tried to wipe away her cold tears. "I am not going back there. I've had more than enough people poke and prod me with objects and have people look me over more than necessary in my lifetime." "I'm sorry you had to endure what you did there these last days, really I am." "Shut up. I don't want any apologies or sympathies either. I don't want you pity. It's funny how EVERYONE is so sorry, but are they really? Are they so sorry they continue to torture the hell out of me?!"
"They didn't know Mom. They were trying to figure what was best for you and Mini-me. I talked with them. They will never do any of that again without your consent. Honest." Trunks tried to be cautious. Bulma was emotionally overworked and in pain. "I'm going home." Bulma stated after a silence. "What?" Trunks asked shocked at this sudden statement. "I'm going home. I refuse to stay here another minute." Bulma repeated herself with unclouded eyes of unhidden emotion.
Trunks could see how hurt; how serious she was. She was fed up here and most of all from his neglecting Father's actions. Everyone failed to realize how much this woman could take and now she was to that breaking point.
"Mom, you can't! Traveling isn't good for Min-me." "I rather be crawling in my own blood, far away from here, than stay near that man another minute." Bulma told him in a tone that she was serious as hell about her decision. "Where will you go?" Trunks felt the sinking feeling of dread in the pit of his endless stomach. "I'm going home." "But O-Ren had Earth purged. No one is there…" "That is my home and that is where you will be born." "With no one around?! Mom, you are a scientist and an inventor! You know what will happen if you go!" Trunks shouted upset.
Bulma sat before him calm, her hands on her lap ands he couldn't lift her head to look at him. "I don't care. I'm going home." "But there is no home for you to go to. You are safest here. Please don't go." he pleaded. "How can you ask me that? How can you when you've seen the shit I've been through because of Vegeta?! I hate him! I hate him for all that he has done to me!" Bulma whimpered. She looked up at her Son with tears falling freely from her eyes.
Trunks sat beside her and gently hugged her close. "Mom, I know Dad hurt you. But right now, it's not about you, or him; right now, it's about your baby and the best interests of that baby." he whispered into her ear. His hand gently came up and stroked her ragged hair from lack of proper hygiene from staying with O-Ren.
Bulma clung to Trunks and cried. Trunks stayed there and rocked and sheltered the battered woman in his arms. He consoled her the best he could and let her cry everything out. As she slowed to just hiccupping and soft sobs, he let her lay down on his thigh and continued to pet her. "Stay a week. If things do not get better in a week, we will leave this place. Can you at least give me that?" he asked her.
"Do you promise?" Bulma finally spoke softly through her quieted tears. "If you promise to stay a week. At the end, if you are not satisfied, then I promise we'll leave this place and find a new home for us. Do you agree?" Trunks made Bulma look at him. She softly nodded and Trunks leaned down and hugged her. "All right. Now the next question is that baby. What do you want to do?" "Isn't it obvious? I'm going to keep you. You have no worries." Bulma smiled for the first time in days.
A great sense of relief overcame Trunks. "Thank you. I know it won't be easy, but my family and I will help you the whole way." "I know. Please, stay with me til I fall asleep?" she asked. "No, I'll watch over you always. But I agree you do need more rest." he let her lay fully down and covered her up as he watched her go to sleep.
-Vegeta!-
He had not expected for Bulma to openly chew him out in front of his subjects that resided in the palace. But he was really surprised at her actions? He watched his Son come and take her away. Then he had the gall to tell him to stay away? No one told the Prince of all Saiyans what he can and cannot do! And no one definatly tells him such horrid thoughts. As he came back to his senses he looked around at the murmuring crowd and the confused, yet dirty glances he was receiving.
"What are you all staring at?! Get back to work before I start slewing bodies! Go on then! Get back to your duties!" Vegeta bellowed as he regained authority. The crowd separated and soon no one lingered behind to feel the Prince's wrath. "Stupid Woman! I'll show her whom she is dealing with!" Vegeta hissed to himself. "You will do no such thing!" yelled a voice down the hall. Vegeta turned around and looked to see Venux with arms crossed and a dark look coming his way.
"Stay out of this. None of this is your concern!" Vegeta snapped as Venux walked towards him. "Save your threats. You don't scare me and if you so much as think of laying a finger on me, Trunks will be here so fast it will make your head spin." "Stay the fuck out of my way wench!" "You are going to threaten me? No wonder Bulma hates you." "Shut the hell up!" Vegeta yelled at her. Vegeta found himself being pinned against the wall and his mouth covered.
"No Vegeta, I think this time around you need to shut up and listen. You can pretend you don't give a fuck and you can pretend to push her away from you, but we both know you care a great deal. I don't know whom or what you are trying to prove, but this needs to end right now!" Venux hissed. Vegeta glared at her as he didn't struggle to push her off. "Give me all the dirty looks you want, I honestly don't care! But you will listen to me because it's time you grow up. You talk of pride and up keeping your responsibilities, well what about her?!"
Venux lowered Vegeta down, but didn't remove her hand's grip. "She's carrying YOUR son! Like it or not, he'll be the Royal Heir to your empire and how do you think he will feel if he knows what you have done to his Mother? She loves you Vegeta, everyone can plainly see that, but both of you are so caught up in your emotions you both cannot see what you have in front of you! Gods, you both are morons! And now that you did THE most stupidest thing a man can do to the Mother of his child, you m ay have ruined any chance of a relationship! You are a daft prick, do you know that?" Venux removed her hand and in calm anger told that to his face.
"Wench, don't act like you know anything!" Vegeta finally spoke after getting sick of hearing how much he screwed up. "Please! I know a hell of a lot more than you know about Woman. Do you know what it is like to lose your home to the one you love, who destroyed it and refused to bring it back?! Do you know what it is like to have your heart torn after opening your heart to that same man?! And do you know how scared, how alone and afraid when you come to find out you are going to have his child?! Vegeta, she is still scared and deeply hurt from all the pain you put her through. Was it a surprise at all to get the reaction she gave you when she saw you?!"
"I get it all ready! I fucked up! Gods, you aren't the only one who has told me that I have! I know I screwed up huge! I'm not perfect! So stop with your bloody antics!" Vegeta finally retorted. Venux smiled at this. "And about damn time you admit it! Vegeta, I know you lover her, but you are really going to let her leave you?" "She made up her mind. I fucked up beyond everything we've been through. There is no way she will forgive me now. What am I suppose to do?" "Simple. The road to forgiveness always starts with the first step of saying "I'm sorry." Venux smiled.
"She wont' see me." "You have more than yourself that will be on your side of bringing you both together if the intentions are right." "What do you mean?" "I mean, do you love her truly? Do you want to do things right and raise your Son together with her right by your side?" Venux asked. Vegeta adverted her eyes. "Well?!" "Hai…more than anything." Vegeta softly spoke.
-Night!-
-Trunks's Chambers!-
"Mom, none of your ideas are going to work. Seriously, that is not how you get 2 people together to fall in love." Sanshi diminished another one of Venux's manipulative plans to bring Bulma and Vegeta together. "Well what do you have in mind? We have only 1 week to make it work." Venux pointed out to Sanshi. "I dunno! But locking them in a room together is no way to get them to fall in love." "It worked with me and your Father." "Mom, it isn't like that." "Venux, they will just argue the whole time and then one might kill the other." Trunks spoke from the door.
"Dad!" Sanshi smiled as she rolled off the bed and glomped her Father. "So I take it you both are trying to play matchmaker with your Grandparents?" Trunks laughed as he let Sanshi go. "Trunks, this is no laughing matter! We have to fix this and make this right!" Venux told him. "I know Hun and I all ready have an idea." "So you'll help us Dad?" "Of course. Don't worry, Daddy will make it all right." he snuggled with Sanshi. "Well, what is it?" Venux asked Trunks. Trunks sat down next to his Mate and softly kissed her. "All right. I'll tell you."