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Well without further delay I bring you chapter 7 of Silver Moon
Before Bulma knew it she was up to her ears in notes but all of them were useless to their situation.
On the verge of tears again she kept digging, she knew Vegeta's time was running out.
Babba was searching frantically on the crystal ball calling forth all spirits and ancients who could somehow lend a hand and help them find what they needed.
When all seemed in vain an ancient spoke to Babba as it did Bulma was called in to listen.
"A werewolf…Manmade? As if the world needed anymore they've got to start making them now?" the voice came from the crystal ball.
"What can you tell us wise spirit?" Babba asked
"I can tell you your friend is showing some very ominous signs… he has four days when the clock strikes midnight then he'll be lost forever to the beast within." Bulma glanced at the clock and grimaced it was 10:56 p.m.
"Is there anything more you can tell us?" Bulma tearfully spoke.
"An antidote perhaps?" Babba inquired
"Hmm that I am not certain of" Both women hung their heads in despair.
"But I may know of someone you can talk to." Both women looked up instantly
"Try one of Vladimir's assistants from the Romanian Institute. I'm sure he's had to confide his secrets to one of them though to gather information like that takes up time." The spirit said thoughtfully
"Still even with an antidote the only one that can cure a werewolf is the werewolf itself."
And with that the spirit disappeared before they could question anymore.
Babba announced she would use her magic abilities to find the Romanian assistants and go to them for the antidote. Bulma only needed to stand by in case when she came back she needed help in the lab.
"Will you be safe alone?" Babba asked the last time.
"Please just go we only have so much time left." Bulma said determined
"Such devotion to such a cranky man…Sure you're not in love?" The old woman cackled then disappeared with her crystal ball heading for Romania.
"LOVE!?" Bulma yelled shocked
She stood for just a few minutes thinking about it.
"Do I…really…?" She questioned herself but then heard a thud behind her.
"Oh Goku! Have you found him…" Bulma said turning around only to see it wasn't Goku.
"…yet…" She squeaked out the last of her sentence as she eyed the beast in the doorway.
It looked at her hungrily watching her every move
Then just as she thought the end was near it jerked its head to face the stairs and began to hobble his way up them.
He was injured.
'No doubt Goku and the gang must've…wait a minute.' Bulma thought cautiously eyeing his lumbering form
There had been a slight glint of light from one of his hind legs as he growled madly up the stairs.
Forgetting the imminent danger Bulma couldn't help but cry out to Vegeta.
"Vegeta!" She yelled after him wanting to help her injured colleague?...friend…?
She tensed after realizing her mistake waiting for Vegeta to wheel around and attack but he didn't.
He simply slipped into the room he had grown to call his own without paying Bulma any mind.
'Or maybe he's something more to me? After all this time that he has lived here with me how else could he not of grown on me?' Bulma thought to herself
She continued to think to herself running up the stairs to Vegeta
'Even though he can be a total bastard, even though he makes me want to scream and pull my hair out, there must've been something there' She thought as she finally got to his door.
'To make me feel that without him I couldn't go on unless he's there to bug me, to harass me, to make me strive to make everything I've ever made better and stronger to withstand him making capsule corp. if anything even more successful' She went through the torn doorway making her way to the disheveled beast lying within.
'Even if he was mostly being a smartass to me, he was there. He was there and he listened even if he didn't like what he was listening to he had to have listened. Otherwise his retorts couldn't be so creative and he wouldn't know me as well as he does. So now is the time to be there for this man no matter how stubborn or rude he has ever been.' Bulma thought proudly as she strode over to Vegeta with a purpose.
Looking him over she could see that he changed back but unconscious.
"Vegeta?" She asked hoping for a reply
A groan escaped him and his eyes fluttered open and then closed.
She saw that even with his eyes, for the moment, open they were clouded with pain.
He wouldn't be able to recognize her.
She looked down his body and saw fresh and old scars. Then her eyes caught what she had seen glinting earlier.
A silver arrow.
"Vladimir." Bulma hissed under her breath sternly looking at the arrow protruding from Vegeta's leg.
"Wait a minute…" She said realizing that silver was the symbol of pain according to what Babba said about werewolves. She immediately tried to remove it receiving a howl of agony from Vegeta.
"Who did that!?" Vegeta yelled and blindly swung at Bulma who managed to dodge.
"Vegeta stop! It's me Bulma!" She cried out as he kept blindly swinging around
"Bulma?" He said almost breathless from the effort trying to open his still clouded eyes.
"Oh Vegeta!" Bulma said immediately leaning over him cupping his face in her hands.
Vegeta was stunned by the sudden tender and affectionate contact by her but quickly dismissed the thought.
"Why are you here?" he gasped in pain
"I want to save you Vegeta! We still have some time to find your cure!" Bulma said tears glistening threatening to fall
"Why would you do this for someone like me?" He could barely whisper
"Vegeta please! Don't give up! I don't know what I would do if…if…" Bulma didn't know how to explain her feelings to him and instead bawled onto Vegeta's chest leaving him to gape in surprise at the crying beauty curled on him.
In his surprise and sudden surge of emotions his defenses were down and the beast attacked his senses once more.
He barely managed to push Bulma off of him as his muscles contorted and fur began to grow as the clock struck midnight.
"And so dawns the 4th day and only three more days till he is mine." Came a dark voice as Vegeta's beast form lay panting on the floor.
"Vladimir! I'll kill you for what you did to Vegeta!" Bulma rushed at Vladimir who managed to grab her and hold her captive as Vegeta rose to his feet snarling.
"Hmm I see you're starting to maintain some control over yourself. Kudos." Vladimir said to Vegeta smirking
Vegeta snarled and crouched for an attack.
"Now Now Vegeta we wouldn't want your friend to get hurt." He said pushing Bulma in front of him.
Bulma stared in awe as she saw Vegeta's ears drop and his crouch formed into one of submission but his snarl remained.
Vegeta actually recognized her in his beast form but why wasn't he attacking.
"Now why don't you behave yourself or maybe she should suffer the same fate as you hmmm?" Vladimir said pulling out a serum needle.
"One little prick is all it takes and she'll be just like you." Vladimir crowed
Vegeta was up and ready to attack snarling viciously at Vladimir.
Vladimir jammed the needle into Bulma's arm and she screeched in pain.
Vegeta roared in anger at what he had done but was silenced by Vladimir.
"You must listen to me! I am your master now and only I have what it takes to cure her from the pain that you know of to well. Obey me and I will cure her but until then you must never give me any doubt in trusting you Vegeta." Vladimir demanded
Bulma could feel the serum winding its way to her nerves and began to attack them. All she could do was to pray for the torture to end.
Vegeta watched helplessly as she writhed in pain and Vladimir tossing her to the floor.
"I'll leave you two alone for the moment… I need to check up on my lab." Vladimir smirked leaving them to their misery.
Finally her spasms seemed to have calmed and Bulma was left catching her breath on the floor.
"Vegeta? Why didn't you attack him!? Why!?" Bulma cried out to Vegeta
Vegeta bowed his head in defeat knowing he would have hurt her in the process. There was just something about this woman he couldn't explain. He liked to tease her and pick at her but he'd never hurt her.
He made his way to her gasping form and gently nudged her with his muzzle hoping he got his concern across to answer her question.
"Vegeta…do you…do you really care about what happens to me?" Bulma said looking up at him only to be entranced by his pain filled lonely eyes and she reached up to touch his face.
As she did so Vegeta seemed shocked but leaned into her comforting touch.
Vegeta was asking the same question after all she put a lot on the line just to be there for him. This helpless beauty before him was trying to save him and ended up in his position.
He leaned over her and to her surprise he licked her cheek sending a bright blush to her face.
"VEGETA!" They heard a yell from the window.
"Get away from her!" Yamcha yelled flying into the room the other warriors right behind him.
Vegeta froze still leaning over Bulma staring fixatedly at the warriors.
"Vegeta how could you!?" Goku yelled at him staring at the disheveled Bulma on the ground.
Vegeta made a weird guttural bark at him in annoyance.
"See Bulma this is what happens when you stick up for trash like him!" Yamcha scowled
Vegeta raised his hackles and bared his teeth at him growling intensely at Yamcha.
"We need to get her away from him!" Piccolo said making a move to get to her
Vegeta would have none of it.
He placed himself in a crouch over her he would rather die than let her go back into the arms of that filthy scarface.
As far as he was concerned Bulma was his problem now. He was fueled with purpose to get at least get Bulma back to normal if he couldn't get back himself.
"Ah so we have company eh Vegeta?" Vladimir said from the shadows
Everyone quickly turned to him coming from where he had disappeared earlier
"I'm afraid your friends here will serve me no purpose alive Vegeta. While I'm gone you will dispose of them or you know what will happen." Vladimir cackled as he turned to disappear once again.
"Now I hope this will be entertaining for you Vegeta because the idea alone is thrilling me! Find me once you are through we have much work to do." Vladimir chuckled one last time as he vanished.
"Wait just a minute!" Goku yelled after Vladimir and as he started for him Vegeta instantly blocked his path.
"Vegeta let me through! Don't you understand he's the one who did this to you!" Goku yelled at him
Vegeta growled with annoyance.
After all he already knew that part it's just that only Vladimir knows the cure and if he wants Bulma to be safe Vladimir needs to be safe…for now that is.
Bulma struggled to see Vegeta from where she was lying on the floor
With an order given and a life on the line Vegeta prepared himself for what he felt he must do.
He crouched silently with his head bowed and eyes closed readying himself.
At first Goku thought that Vegeta was listening to him and began to relax a little while Yamcha made his way towards Vegeta.
"Good that you're listening dick for brains but what did you do to Bulma!?" Yamcha demanded while Goku tried to restrain him
"Yamcha what are you doing!?" Goku yelled
"He hurt Bulma and you're just going to stand there like it didn't happen!" Yamcha declared
That did it
Vegeta reared with howl so fierce it shook the very foundation of the building.
Bulma could only watch in wonder as Krillen made his way to her only to stumble from the howl.
His rage at the scarred man overwhelmed him and he attacked
Leaving Goku in surprise to find Vegeta attacking Yamcha instead of him.
Vegeta was outraged, that man had no say on how he treated Bulma and scar face was just going to have to step down from his attitude problem.
Yamcha barely had time to recover from Vegeta's pounce just in time to catch his jaws from crushing down on his neck. All animal instincts had been kicked into full gear, Vegeta was alpha and now he was showing the omega his place.
When the others tried to help they were fought off almost effortlessly. Vegeta's only concern was to get rid of the one who still had any claim on Bulma.
After all he had orders to kill them all why not start off with the most annoying.
By this time Bulma had managed to push herself off the floor with every fiber of her being screaming in pain.
She managed to grab onto Vegeta as he reared back. She embraced him in a hug from behind making him stop.
With him still poised to attack Bulma tightened her embrace making him bark unsurely at her.
"Vegeta these are our friends! Don't do this!" Bulma said as she leaned her head into his fur
"If you won't do it for them do it for me!" She cried
Vegeta turned to look at this woman that made his heart feel heavy
"I love you Vegeta" Bulma said confidently looking him in the eyes
And the room fell silent waiting for Vegeta's next move
