Before the Cell Games
Vegeta Walked out of Capsule Corp to met his son. Trunks was watching the chaotic situation, people were trying to escape the city. The others were getting ready to board the plane in order to return home. Bulma had left them the ship. Vegeta smirked at them. Trunks ignored his father´s rudeness.
-"Ready to go?"- Trunks asked him
Vegeta didn´t answer or even acknowledged his son presence; he just flew away to Kami´s place followed by Trunks.
-"Good luck, boys"- Bulma looked out of the window, with her baby in her arms. Baby Trunks made a small noise and his mother kissed his forehead.
-"Do not worry, daddy will save the planet, he loves to complain about it too much to let it be destroyed".
Vegeta landed in Kami´s place and ignored the others, Piccolo did exactly the same. Trunks said hi to Dende and decided to sit in the stairs to wait for his turn, after Piccolo and his father. Vegeta and Piccolo were having a verbal duel that was uncomfortable to witness but Trunks refrained from saying anything to his father, not in front of Piccolo. He knew by now that both had been enemies in the past and that, although they were not exactly friends, they were quite similar en many ways and therefore they have learnt to respect each other as warriors. In fact his father accepted that Piccolo´s turn should be the first without making too much noise. Vegeta was angry when he realised he could only stay 23 hours more inside, but Trunks was quite relieved.
Bulma started working on android 16, it was nice to have something to do, it was better than being worried sick about her boys. Working with her father had always relaxed her, so she enjoyed it, knowing that for the next 9 days there was no real danger awaiting her family.
Trunks explained to Goku and Gohan what had happened and all about the tournament, Goku decided to wear again his earthling clothes and Gohan preferred to look like a Namekian, Trunks was surprised, but proud of wearing the same armour as his father, the one that his mother had worked so hard to prepare.
Vegeta was more than enraged because Goku and Gohan were far stronger than him and soon Trunks saw it too. He felt like an idiot for powering up the way he did back in his fight with Cell.
Piccolo entered the hyperbolic chamber and the others waited. It was tiresome to wait another whole day till the Namekian finished his training and Vegeta annoyed the others as much as he could. The sunlight was fading away but there were still ten more hours until the door would open again.
-"I can stand this any longer"- Vegeta shouted and left flying.
-"Father!"- Trunks was wondering whether he should follow him.
-"Leave him some space"- Tien advised-"He will be back for his turn in the chamber, do not worry, at least now we will have some peace around here, what do you think about having something for dinner?"
Trunks nodded still worried by his father. He only hoped he wasn´t going to do anything foolish.
Bulma closed the door of the lab and went outside, next to the GR to have some fresh air. She had focused all her strength in that android but now she was starting to worry.
-"What are you doing, boys?"- She wondered out loud-"Are you okay?"
-"A bit hungry"- a voice answered her, it came from the GR
-"What are you doing here? I thought you two have gone to Kami´s"- Bulma was delighted to see him and entered inside the GR where he was in the middle of a training session.-"Where´s Trunks?"
-"Could you forget the boy for a minute?"-Vegeta snapped at her, she looked hurt and he added-"don´t worry, he is fine, up at Kami´s. I needed some training. All that waiting was getting on my nerves"
-"I am guessing you have seen Goku"- Bulma winked-"and you are back in your I have to be stronger than goku mode"
-"Kakarot"- Vegeta punched the battle droid that was trying to attack Bulma.
-"What?"- Bulma moved so he could fight the droids.
-"I have to be stronger than Kakarot"-He corrected her, Bulma smiled. –"Woman, can´t you see I am training?"
-"Okay, I am too tired to argue with you right now so I am heading to my bed, if you feel like saying goodnight before you leave to do more training feel free to do so…."- she winked again and left, moving her hips in a funny but sensual way.
Vegeta tried to ignore the effect her short visit had triggered on his concentration, but he knew already that it was impossible, that is why he left for outer space and why he knew that he could not spend those remaining 8 days near her. But he had needed to pay her a short visit now that the others were somewhere else. It was like going back in time. He left the GR and saw the starry night, there was a light on Bulma´s balcony, he flew over there and saw her getting ready to get in bed with her pink gown. He entered inside the bedroom, she smiled at him.
-"What took you so long?"- She said. Vegeta looked around and found something was missing.
-"Where is the brat?"- He asked
-"In the nursery"- She answered-"He is old enough, he needs to get used to sleep in his own room, besides he snores worst than you"
-"I do not snore"- Vegeta was outraged
-"Ok, then it must be the traditional saiyan breathing pattern at night. I am too tired to fight"- Bulma joked, thinking that both snored like old men.
-"It is better if you are not so …motherly…with the brat, he has to become more of a warrior and less of a weakling"- Vegeta was kind of nervous. He couldn´t believe he was having this conversation.
-"You don´t like the warrior he has become?"- Bulma questioned him-"He seems to be quite strong and just as stubborn as you"
-"He is too…gentle and he"- Vegeta was totally unable to continue, Bulma looked curious-"he admires Kakarot too much, but I guess that is all your fault, apparently you will tell him stories about that low class soldier all day long"
-"Vegeta"- Bulma walked towards him-"I have no idea what my future self did but I am sure that I told him stories about you too, of course I barely know any but…"
Vegeta stared at her, of course, how could she tell their boy his adventures when she had no idea what he had done before meeting her. Besides, Vegeta wasn´t sure that telling his son how he had destroyed entire planets for a sick monster was the best option for a nice bedtime story. His son would have loathed him if he had known the truth.
-"Look, I can tell you one thing, your son is a strong warrior, a super saiyan, a man who has travelled through time to save us all and specially to save you. Maybe he is fond of Goku but he adores you, he admires you, he is killing himself with that mad training of yours to prove you he is worthy so stop this self-pity and grow up"- Bulma said
Vegeta was left speechless, he thanked Kami she wasn´t expecting an answer, because he had no idea what he could say, his pride would not let him say he was happy or touched, that kind of sentiments were too earthling for him. He looked at her eyes and nodded. She grabbed her hand and pulled him towards the bed.
-"How long have you got before you disappear again?"- She asked not even questioning him when he was going to come back, she knew already that he wouldn´t answer, he was not like that.
-"A couple of hours, then I must go"- Vegeta started to undress, slowly, not in a rush, because this time he was going to enjoy it, he had come here only to be with her a little more and he was certainly going to enjoy every second. A long year of solitude was waiting for him up in Kami´s place and he was not ready to leave without a goodnight kiss. Bulma embraced him in her warm, soft arms and whispered his name in his chest.
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A short chapter before a time lapse takes place again and takes us to the end of the Cell Games, you know what happened there, they fought a lot, Goku died and Trunks was killed by Cell, Vegeta realised he loved his son, a feeling that he had started to develop before, at least in my fic...and then Gohan saved the day. That will be more or less the point where I will start again...as soon as the flu allows me the opportunity of writing again ...thanks a million for the great reviews, you make me so happy.