Vegeta's Female Clone: I actually don't know what to say this time… O.o; So, uh, here's the revised chappie 9! n.n;

"Talking" 'Thinking/Flashbacks/dreams…etc.' Saiya-go (A/N: Author's Notes)

One Girl, One Wish

Chapter Nine: Is This Love?

"Is this love that I'm feeling?
Is this the love that I've been searching for?
Is this love or am I dreaming?
This must be love
'Cause it's really got a hold on me"

– Whitesnake: Is This Love? –

Vegeta's POV

Bulma inhaled sharply, "Your…mother…?!" I nodded. "Vegeta… I didn't know she was……I thought…" she trailed off and shook her head slowly. "Wow…but…she looked so young…"

"That's because she is a Saiyan… but she is quite young…," I chuckled slightly, "for a woman with a son my age…"

Bulma blinked, "Why do you say that?" she asked.

"My father told me… that my mother was only sixteen when I was born…," I explained.

Bulma gasped, "She was only sixteen?!" she said in disbelief. I nodded in response. "How…How old was your father…?" she asked.

I tilted my head to look up at the cave ceiling, "He said he was about… twenty-five, I think…" I said.

"Oh my gosh… he was almost ten years older…than she was…?" Bulma asked.

"Yeah…," I said still gazing up at the ceiling.

"Wow," she whispered softly. "What was your mother like? And…why is she with Frieza now?"

I sighed as I decided that I would tell her what I had not even told Raditz and Nappa; the two Saiyans who I trusted most… I decided I would tell her about what had happened to my mother so many years ago… "My mother… everyone seemed to take to her so well… Perhaps it was because of her oddly kind nature…" I began. Bulma nodded and urged me to go on. "My mother never killed or even harmed anyone or anything her entire life. She thought killing was wrong…which was strange for a Saiyan… But there were others, like Frieza, who wished to use her kindness for their own benefit…," I paused. I glanced down for a moment to see that Bulma had placed her hand on mine. I felt my face begin to burn. I turned my head so she wouldn't see. I don't think she did.

I had a sudden urge to laugh then. Only moments ago, we had…kissed…and I was embarrassed now because she had placed her hand over mine? Perhaps I will never even truly understand myself.

"So… did Frieza kidnap your mother or something?" Bulma asked.

"No… she went with Frieza on her own free will…" I replied quietly.

Bulma shivered. I wasn't certain if she shivered because of what I had just told her, or if she was just cold. I put my around her anyway. "Why would she do that?" she asked.

I lowered my head, "…I guess…you could say it was my fault…" I admitted. She gazed into my eyes. It was as if she were asking me "why?" with those blue orbs of hers. I sighed, "Frieza wanted me. He thought I was quite powerful for a child my age, and he wanted to use me to purge planets… I was only about four years old at the time, so my mother- …" my voice weakened for a moment. "My mother refused to hand me over to him… and… she offered to go in my place…"

"Vegeta…," Bulma said softly.

"My father didn't even try to stop her…," I continued, my voice sounded harsh and filled with malice. "It was as if…he didn't even care… The old bastard could have at least tried to stop her… And… I remember when I was a child, if I did something wrong or Frieza was angry with me, he would take out all his anger and frustrations on me… Almost every day I was beaten… and what he didn't take out on me, he took out on my mother… It's not as though I couldn't handle the beating…but my mother… I knew she couldn't handle it… She nearly died a few times… And other times… he would even… rape her…and gloat about it in my face…" I froze. I felt something wet sliding down my cheek. Was I… crying…? "Damn it…," I said as I quickly wiped away the tear.

Bulma was staring at me in shock, "Vegeta, I'm… sorry I even brought it up…," she said softly.

"No, it's not your fault, I'm just a weakling!" I spat. "I don't even understand why I'm even—"

Bulma stopped me, "Vegeta… you're not weak. In fact, you're the strongest person I've ever met. Sure, you just shed a tear, but that doesn't make you weak. I mean, haven't we all cried a few times before? I know I have…" she said.

"What are you talking about? I am not the strongest person you've met… What about Frieza? He's a hell of a lot stronger than I am," I replied.

"Frieza? He's nowhere near as strong as you are!" she retorted. I stared at her with my mouth ajar. How could she say that after she watched me get beaten down by that lizard? "And…don't you dare say anything like, 'Well, if he's so weak then why haven't I been able to kill him yet?!' because I know that you can beat him!" she continued. Now, tears were beginning to slide down her cheeks. "I know that someday… you will beat him…"

"What makes you so sure…that I'll defeat him…?" I asked quietly. Why did she think I would take Frieza's life someday…?

"Because, Vegeta… I believe that you can… and also because—"

Bulma's POV

"Because…I–I—" I stumbled over my words. Why I couldn't finish what I had begun to say!? It was easy to say it in my head! Why couldn't I just say it out loud!? "Vegeta, I love you!" What's so hard about saying that?

Vegeta wiped a tear from my face. "You what?" he asked.

I sighed, "Never mind…," I said sadly. Now I felt like crying some more.

"What were you going to say?" he asked in a low voice.

I took a deep breath and decided to try again. "I…I was going…– going to say…" I squeezed my eyes shut and bit my lip. "I was going to say…," Here goes nothing… "Vegeta… I love you…!" I did it! Yeah! Way to go Bulma! I reopened my eyes and gazed at Vegeta. He was staring at me, his mouth slightly open. "A-and…um… I hope… you feel the-the same way about me…," I stammered.

There was nothing but silence between us for a while. It was kind of making me feel nervous. What if… he didn't feel the same way about me…? "J-just forget I even said anything…!" I said, quickly looking away to hide my bright red face.

"Bulma… I can't just forget that…," he said. "because I…think I…feel… that… as well…" I could tell he felt somewhat awkward saying this to me… but I felt great! I think my heart might have even stopped for a minute because I was so excited! I could feel tears of joy building up in my eyes. I flung my arms around Vegeta's neck and hugged him tightly.

After releasing him, I jumped up to my feet. "I'm gonna go see if it stopped raining, ok?" I said.

Vegeta smirked and stood up as well, "I'll know if it is still raining if I hear your annoying high pitched shriek then see you come running back," he said.

I stuck my tongue out at him then headed towards the cave entrance. I can't believe how excited I felt! Vegeta and I are in love! In actual love! Not like how Yamcha and I were supposedly in love… but actual honest-to-goodness love!

I giggled almost like a little school girl as I poked my head out of the cave and looked around. It was still raining a little… oh well, at least there's no more thunder or lightning…I hope… But, geez, why was it dark out already? We couldn't have been in the cave for that long, could we? I sighed as I looked up into the sky. I didn't think much of the full moon when I saw it, until I remembered… that Vegeta has a tail…

"Uh…Vegeta? Will you do me a favor and…not look into the sky…?" I asked.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow, "Why…?"

"Because the moon is out! I don't want you to look up at it then go all… ape and squish me or eat me by accident!!" I exclaimed as I threw my arms up into the air.

Vegeta laughed, "You don't have to worry… I won't look at it…," he said. I sighed in relief. "And by the way… even if I did look at it and transform, I would still have control over what I did… Which means if I did eat or crush you while I was transformed, I would know exactly what I was doing…"

I placed my hands on my hips and glared at him, "That's not funny!"

"Of course it is! Now get over here and let's get some sleep," he replied.

I folded my arms and "hmphed". Then I looked at the cold, hard, rock floor. "…This looks like it's going to be very uncomfortable…," I grumbled, "so I'm going to use you as a pillow, and there's nothing you can do about it!" I said as I stuck my tongue out at Vegeta.

He shook his head slowly, "Fine, whatever…I don't care…"

I smiled at him, "Good! Because……you don't have a choice anyway!" I said causing Vegeta to roll his eyes.

I groaned as I slowly opened my eyes. I didn't get any sleep at all… Well, at least I'm warm…or…was warm… "Vegeta…," I grumbled.

"What…" he said. The tone in his voice told me that he hadn't gotten much sleep either.

I gradually sat up mumbling about how the ground was…stupid and uncomfortable… What a great choice of words, Bulma… "Why did you go over there and leave me here to freeze and suffer from discomfort?" I complained.

"Because you were snoring…," he replied.

"What?!" I spat, "I don't snore!" …At least… I don't think I do… Then, I noticed Vegeta's smirk, which, of course, meant he was joking. I rolled my eyes. "So what's the real reason?" I asked as I crawled towards him and seated myself beside him. "Maybe… you couldn't resist my hotness so you had to move away from me? Hmm? Is that it?" I asked teasingly.

"Oh yes… I'm sure that is the reason…" he replied sarcastically, "You're so attractive that I had to get away from you before I lost total control and did something that resulted in the new heir to the throne being born early…" he rolled his eyes once again.

I laughed loudly, "I hope you're actually being sarcastic, my prince," I said. …Did I just say "my prince"? I laughed even more earning me a strange glance from Vegeta.

Eventually, we decided to go outside. I smiled when I saw…no rain! I think I might have even done a little dance in my head. I inhaled the cool morning air then exhaled slowly. I sighed softly, "Too bad we can't stay here on Earth…" I said.

"I don't see why you would want to stay here now…," Vegeta replied.

"Yeah, I guess you have a point there, Vegeta…," I said sorrowfully. Damn that Frieza for destroying my home! I decided then and there that I would do my best to help Vegeta rid the universe of that purple tyrant.

Vegeta placed his hand on my shoulder, "Bulma, I think—" he cut himself off. Something made me feel as though Vegeta was on edge.

"What's wrong?" I asked quietly.

He shook his head, "Nothing, never mind…," he responded. Still, something was odd about him… He was more… alert than usual. The way he was acting…gave me the impression that…we were not alone… Someone somewhere was watching us. I wasn't too worried though because I knew that Vegeta could literally rip anyone's head clean off their shoulders if he wanted to, so I felt completely safe.

"Bulma…? Is that you…?" a voice! A familiar voice coming from…somewhere… But where…? I scanned the surroundings with my eyes, trying to find the familiar voice's owner. Then, I saw him; it was Yamcha.

"Yamcha! I'm so glad to see you!" I exclaimed as I ran towards him.

"I'm glad you're safe." Yamcha said, smiling at me. "And I see you're still with him…" he took his eyes off me and shot a glare Vegeta's way. I looked back at Vegeta and saw that he was returning Yamcha's glare. Eventually, Vegeta looked away as if Yamcha wasn't worthy enough to even receive his glare of death. I did my best to hide my laughter.

I turned my attention back to Yamcha and placed my hands on my hips. "Don't tell me you're still jealous!" I said; a small amount of laughter was now seeping out of my mouth.

His lips slid into a frown, "Well, would you blame me if I am? Bulma, I loved you and I thought you loved me too…" he said.

I sighed as my laughter faded, "Well, I thought I did but—" I paused, "You know what? No, I don't want to talk about this… Vegeta and I have things we need to do…" I said as I turned back to face Vegeta who had his arms folded while looking awfully bored. His tail was slightly swaying behind him.

"Don't just– Can't you just– Bulma!" Yamcha stammered.

Suddenly, he roughly took hold of my arm. I winced slightly. Then I saw a look on Vegeta's face that clearly said to Yamcha: "You have three seconds to release her, or I'm going to tear that arm out of its socket."

I desperately tried to escape Yamcha's grip, but his hold on my arm was too tight and I could not get free. He quickly spun me around and looked me square in the eyes. The look in his eyes…was frightening… "Bulma, I can't believe you want to throw your life away to be with that jackass! We had a good thing going, and then you dumped me for no reason!" Yamcha was furious… I could tell by the sound of his voice.

I continued to struggle, "Yamcha, you're hurting my arm!" I said, wincing slightly from the pressure of his fingers curled around my arm. "And…besides, it's your own fault that we aren't together anymore! You cheated on me, remember?! Now let go of me!"

I glanced up into Yamcha's eyes, they almost seemed to hold a blazing fire in them…

Yamcha opened his mouth to probably scream at me some more… and that was when I heard Vegeta's malicious words, "If you value your pathetic life, then I suggest you release her…"he spat.

Yamcha took his eyes off me for a moment to look at Vegeta, glance back at me, and then back to Vegeta again. He growled then instantly let go of my arm causing me to stumble backwards. Luckily, Vegeta caught me before I could fall backwards. I looked down at my arm; there was a red mark where Yamcha had a hold of me. Vegeta gently placed his hand over the mark. I could tell he was angry. I didn't even have to look up to see he was glaring daggers at Yamcha… because I already knew he was…

My eyes began to burn, "Yamcha, why are you—" I bit my lip and held my breath to prevent my tears from falling. Yamcha glared at me and Vegeta for a while then looked away.

"I want you to know…that if you ever lay a finger on her again… I will tear your head off and watch as the watery human blood that resides inside you pours out onto the ground…," Vegeta said callously, "…and don't think I won't do it…I've done it before…"

Yamcha still looked slightly angry while, at the same time, he looked terrified. Then, as if he were once again filled with bravery, he glared at Vegeta, "Go ahead! I don't feel like living anymore anyway," he retorted.

Vegeta shook his head, "Pathetic… You don't get what you want and you're willing to throw your life away because of it…" he said. "How sad…"

Yamcha continued to glare fiercely at Vegeta. Eventually he turned away and flew off. I guessed that Goku had taught him to fly.

"What the hell is wrong with him?!" Vegeta spat.

I shook my head slowly, "I…don't know…," I replied softly.

Vegeta carefully examined my arm. "Are you alright…?" he asked.

I nodded, "It stings a bit… but I'll be fine." I said as I smiled up at him. Why had Yamcha acted so strangely…? I mean, I haven't seen the guy for about, what…maybe two years? Then he shows up and acts like a jerk?! It became harder to fight back tears… 'Yamcha, what's wrong with you all of a sudden?'

Vegeta's POV

That damn human has done a great job of pissing me off. How dare he upset Bulma like that… Sure, if it had been someone else I wouldn't give a damn. However, this is Bulma; the woman whom I have grown quite fond of; the woman who is to become my mate and princess of Vejita-sei…… I swear if I ever see that scar faced weasel anywhere near Bulma… he will wish he had never been born…

Bulma tilted her head to look me in the eyes, "Is it ok if we went back to Vejita…?" she questioned softly. I had a slight suspicion that tears were about to pour from her eyes which caused me to feel even more hatred for that Yamcha.

"If that is what you desire…," I replied.

She nodded slowly as she turned to rest her head on my chest. "I want to get far away from Yamcha… I don't even know why he's here in the first place…or why he's acting the way he is…" she whimpered.

I rested my hand against her back and she buried her face in my chest, "Then we'll go back…" I whispered softly.

Frieza is possibly still searching for us…but if she wants to return to Vejita-sei, then I will take her there. Something tells me that she will actually be safer from Frieza than I will… I don't understand why, but I have a suspicion that Frieza is not after her for the moment… He is presumably conjuring up another scheme in that twisted head of his; a scheme to get me out of the way to allow him to get his hands on Bulma and make her one of his… slaves… I can't allow that to happen… I would rather see her dead than in the clutches of that monster…

Gently, I ran my fingers through her hair. I decided that if she were to be my princess and forever have my protection, I would have to mate with her tonight…

I heard Raditz's laughing voice behind me, "Hey, Nappa! Look what I found!"

"Well, I'll be damned!" another voice, Nappa's, chuckled. "Looks like Vegeta went and rescued his girl!" he continued to chortle throatily.

I rolled my eyes then turned my head, "I thought I told you both to shut the hell up," I said as I smirked. This sent them both into a fit of laughter.

Raditz grinned, "Hey, we, uh, 'accidentally' overheard that you both wanted to go back to Vejita-sei so…" he trailed off. Accidentally overheard?!

"…We're here ta take ya back there," Nappa finished.

Bulma looked up at the two larger Saiyans, "Thank you…," she said quietly.

The frown that had formed on Raditz's face was anything but unnoticeable. "Bulma, what's wrong?" he asked sounding concerned.

Bulma's eyes filled with tears once more as she buried her face in my chest. I turned my gaze back to her and sighed, "That Yamcha asshole showed up a moment ago and treated her like shit…," I said furiously.

"Are you serious?!" Raditz spat, "I'll kill him!" Without even a glance, I knew that Nappa was exceedingly pissed as well.

I know that I shall destroy that worthless scar-faced scum before Raditz can… and I will make him suffer tremendously for causing Bulma such grief. He will regret that he came into contact with me on this day…

"Let's go…," I whispered softly to Bulma.

"Yes…" she replied, "let's go home…"

Upon landing on Vejita-sei, I noticed it was already dark… I nearly kicked myself when I realized that, of course, the time of day on Vejita would be different from the time on Earth… "Idiot…," I muttered to myself. At least I knew the reason why Bulma and I had not received much sleep last night… It was all because we had grown accustomed to the time on Vejita-sei…

"What was that?" Bulma asked softly.

"Nothing…" I replied. I gazed over at Bulma, "You know that we are constantly going to have to watch for Frieza now, right?"

She nodded, "Yeah, I know," she said. "That's why I'm going to train with you in case he does come… Then we'll both be ready," she smiled up at me.

I felt as though something or someone was tearing at my heart as she said this. I didn't want her to fight Frieza unless she absolutely had to… I couldn't live with myself if she was injured or even killed… I tried to hide these feelings from her as I smirked weakly and said, "Alright then…"

"Oh shit!!" Raditz shouted out suddenly. "It's already this late?! My mate's going to kill me…" he laughed nervously as he turned to face Bulma and I. "Well, uh… I guess I'll see you both tomorrow…!" he flew off into the night as he muttered some words in Saiya-go that I didn't bother to listen to… It wasn't my business anyway…

"Yep…" Nappa exhaled loudly, "I'm gonna head off too… I'll see ya both later. Oh and Vegeta… have fun…" his laugh held a tone of perversion as he winked at me and motioned towards Bulma… I turned away as I attempted to feign that I didn't know what he meant… but my face still burned with embarrassment… Ugh, trust Nappa to think perverted thoughts…

Nappa also ascended into the air and flew away as he continued to laugh that perverted jovial laugh of his…

Bulma slightly tilted her head in confusion, "What did he mean by that…?" she asked innocently. I began to stare somewhat blankly at her… To my displeasure… Nappa's words had caused my mind to think…unpleasant thoughts about Bulma and I……

I shook my head to clear…the thoughts… "Nothing… he meant nothing at all… just don't worry about it…," I mumbled.

"Ok…?" was her reply.

As we stood before the palace, I absentmindedly raised my tail and secured it around Bulma's waist. She rested her head on my shoulder and slowly exhaled. "Let's go inside…," I said.

Bulma's POV

We arrived in front of the doors to our rooms a short while after entering the palace. To be honest, I could walk into my room, collapse on my bed, and go to sleep right now. I probably would have done it too if something about Vegeta wasn't bothering me at the time—and if his tail hadn't been curled so tightly around my waist.

He seemed to be in deep thought, as if he was arguing with himself about something… "Vegeta, is something wrong?" I asked.

"Of course not," he said, his words slightly rushed. Something told me that wasn't the truth… Something was bothering him; why wouldn't he just tell me what it was?

"Are you sure?" I asked.

He shot me one of his smirks, "I'm positive," he replied.

I smiled back at him, "Well, if you say so…" But still… I could feel that something was bothering him… "Well Vegeta," I said as I yawned, "I don't know about you…but I'm tired already!"

Vegeta laughed, "I thought you would be… I noticed that you would wake nearly every fifteen minutes last night…," he said.

He glanced away from me for a moment. Once he returned his gaze to me, his eyes met mine. His countenance was shockingly serious… "Bulma…" he said my name in a low tone; it had some intensity to it…

"Yes, Vegeta…?" I asked. What was this…?

He looked as though he wanted to say something but he bit his lip to keep himself from saying it. "Bulma, I…" his voice faltered.

"Vegeta, what is it…?" I tilted my head a little to the side. What did he want to tell me…?

He let out a deep sigh then he gently wrapped his arms around my waist and pressed his lips against mine. To be honest, I was a little shocked. Where had this come from? I closed my eyes and kissed him back as I put my own arms around him. He began slowly moving his hand up and down my back. I gasped a little and…felt kind of like… I wanted more…

"Bulma, Kozai ete Kailran…" these soft words flowed smoothly from Vegeta's lips once we parted to gather a few breaths. What was the meaning of his words…? Never have I heard them before… I carefully attempted to ponder their meaning as Vegeta's lips joined with mine once more; the kiss was growing more and more intense as the seconds ticked away.

His tail became tighter around my waist. It wasn't tight enough to cause pain, but it was tight enough to keep my body pressed up against his.

I slightly opened my eyes, "Vegeta…" I whispered. I watched as he reached backwards and opened the door to his bedroom. He broke the kiss and gently lifted me into his arms. He carried me inside and shut the door behind him.

VFC: Oh boyz! I wonder what those words could have meant? Why did VFC suddenly decide to add them? Well… possibly so I could have something to write about in a later chappie… Yes… My mind is THAT blank right now…X.x; But yes… the meaning of the words shall be explained later! Remember to check my profile for info about updates and sssstttuuuuffffff!! That was weird… O.o;