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2 months had passed since the Briefs arrived on Planet Vegeta- sei, it seemed to be going along quiet pleasantly too. Dr Brief was now busily showing the Saiyans how to control his technology, The King and him seemed to get along and would spend countless hours talking about politics and science. The Queen and Bunny also got long and would chat and have tea out on the outrageously luxurious patio overlooking one of the many gardens in the palace. Bunny was kept occupied by landscaping one new garden being put in. Bulma had made some new found friends amongst Kakkarot (whom she called 'Carrot' for a very long time not entirely grasping on to the name, she eventually got the hang of it though) and Krillin. She was astonished to find out that Krillin was 1 year older than her, since she was much taller than him and found it very funny until Krillin almost started to cry. Kakkarot was the same age as Vegeta; she spent hours with Kakkarot and Krillin, watching them goof off, usually ending up in fight that would make her stomach hurt of laughter. Sometimes, Vegeta would join into the fights and goof off (as much as his pride would let him) but not often.
Vegeta – now there was one person Bulma couldn't quite understand. Her relationship with him was definitely odd, one moment he would be a 'big dumb bully meanie head' while other times he could make her laugh more than Kakkarot or Krillin ever could, but that was only once or twice. They would shout and scream at each other, usually ending up with Bulma crying. She didn't see how Kakkarot and Krillin were so friendly and Vegeta…well just wasn't. It aggravated her immensely. She just had to find out why Kakkarot and Krillin put up with the arrogant Prince.
"Hey guys, whatcha doing?" One day, she found the twosome playing in the sand box in the palace's playground.
"We're building a fort, wanna help?"
"Yeah, it's gonna be a real cool fort, with ki blast coming out of it and everything!" said Krillin, excitedly bouncing up and down.
"Um…no thanks, I'll just watch, but I do want to ask you guys a question."
"Sure what?"
"Why do you guys like Vegeta, cause he's really mean and stuff." both Kakkarot and Krillen looked up at Bulma, startled by her candor.
Kakkarot frowned in thought, "I dunno B, we're his guards after all, and we have known him all our lives…he's not so bad."
"Yeah, he's really fun to fight with, but he does hurt at times" said Krillin putting his 2 cents in.
"He is fun, we always go and play pranks on the guards, it's really funny; and he's also really brave, when we go camping in the gardens and tell ghost stories, he's never scared but always tells the scariest ones!" Kakkarot smiled warmly, hoping that Bulma got it. Vegeta wasn't a bad person he just got mad really quickly, but that doesn't mean he wasn't fun.
"You just gotta give it time to get to know him better I think" Kakkarot advised wisely.
Bulma took in all the information the boys were giving her, why hadn't she seen this side of Vegeta before? The boys obviously liked him, despite his temper, she did to…well debating it; she just didn't see why he had to drive them crazy.
"Ok if you guys say so," she sat down, content with the information she had obtained and continued to watch the boy make a fort, making a little deal with her self that she would one day find the Vegeta the boys were telling her about.
Little did the three of them know, Vegeta was hiding behind a tree; listening to every word.
Another two months passed. Bulma now knew every inch of the palace and all of its hiding places (thanks to hours of hide and seek with the boys). It was just another ordinary day; she had finished her lessons and went in search for Kakkarot and Krillin. She ran all the way to their private training room that they shared with Vegeta. Now knowing the password she flew through the door expecting to find them sparring; however all she found was Vegeta.
"Vegeta…Vegeta…VEGETA" Bulma screamed trying to get the Prince's attention. Vegeta clutched his ears in pain 'guess that's what I get for ignoring her'.
"What?" he barked back at her, he was in the middle of his training and hated to be interrupted. Bulma frowned, why weren't Krillin and Kakkarot there training with him?
"Why isn't Krillin or Kakkarot training with you today?"
Vegeta, continuing to do punches, replied "They have a day off, every 4 months or so royal guards get a day off to spend time with their families and relax."
"Oh…" she watched Vegeta throw punches at his invisible opponents.
"Isn't it hard beating up someone who isn't there?" she asked innocently.
"Well, I have no choice do I?" he answered, a bit too cruel for Bulma's liking, but she shook it off trying to remember what Kakkarot and Krillin said, 'give it time'.
"I know something that could help you," and before he could say he didn't need her help she rushed out of the room. A few hours later she returned.
"Vegeta, Vegeta….VE-"
"-WHAT?" he answered quickly knowing his ears would suffer if he didn't.
"I have something to show you." Bulma put a bunch of medium sized metal balls on the ground in front of her. She then took out a controlling remote. When she pressed on the 'ON' button the balls flashed a red colour then began to levitate.
"See these balls fly, and I can make them go to wherever I want." Vegeta watched amazed, as the metal balls floated around him, he quickly collected himself, though.
"So how can they help me?"
"Well they go really fast, and I guess you can shoot them up, I'll just make new ones later."
"…You made these?", 'How could a girl of 5 years of age have the brain power to create one of these contraptions?' Vegeta was gob smacked.
"Duh, who else do you think?" 'There is more to this girl then I thought' Vegeta smirked.
"No machine can defeat me" Now it was Bulma's time to smirk while she rammed one of the balls into Vegeta's head, not hurting him immensely, but enough to give him a shock. Vegeta spun around and aimed at the floating hunk of metal. He let off a small ki blast, enough to blow it up into smithereens, however the ball quickly dodged the blast.
"Hehehe, you're gonna have to do better than that!" giggled Bulma, and that's how they spent their day, giggling, laughing and trying to out do the other. Vegeta would never have said it, but they were a hell of a work out, he found out that shooting them down didn't always help and sometimes he would have to push himself to catch them. When the day was done they both sat down on the ground. Vegeta tried to regain his breath inconspicuously, while Bulma inspected the damage on her creations. Vegeta watched Bulma frown at the damage and suddenly felt a little guilt overcome him, he shouldn't have been too hard on her inventions.
"Can you make more?" he asked, with just a hint of concern lurking in his voice.
"Yeah I think so, but these weren't good enough today, they don't do much" Bulma always strived for more, especially when she was inventing.
"Oh…you could make them shoot out ki blast, and make them stronger against ki" Vegeta offered. Bulma looked up at him and produced a brilliant smile.
"Hey that's a cool idea" Before Vegeta knew what was going on Bulma was running down to her room, dragging Vegeta along behind her.
The next day, Bulma and Vegeta showed the other two what the balls could do after Bulma upgraded them, and it soon turned out to become one of the boys' routines in training. Bulma was ecstatic that she could help the boys train and spend more time with them. After that day Bulma and Vegeta's friendship grew stronger, instead of actually screaming at each other and getting mad, they usually just made fun of each other trying to out do one another. Vegeta began to spend more time with the two boys and Bulma as the months moved on. However she was still in doubt that Vegeta was actually a good person, he did make her laugh and they did have fun, but she never saw him do anything for others besides himself.
A/N: hey hoped u liked this chapter, is it too long or not long enough? quick question tho...did everyone fall of the face of the earth?hehe, lame joke ...but seriously people please REVIEW! thanks!-xxx-!