Chapter 5

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'Oh Vegeta,' she thought as she looked down in the broken body of Yamcha: wrapped in a cast and with hundreds of medical machines beeping away. When Bulma had first found out about Vegeta's attack on her ex and assailant, she had been happy, but now she was sad. She had found out from Krillin that Yamcha had developed a serious drinking problem after android 20 punched through his chest and, with his anger at losing Bulma, he a had been a little unstable. She had not forgiven Yamcha for both his attacks but she found herself angry at his treatment.

She was shocked with herself really: it must have come across as her rewarding Vegeta for his actions. At least he was around, she was half afraid that he would shut himself away as he had the other time they had sex. To her great relief he hadn't, although that still didn't mean she got to see him as much as she would like. It's not that he was avoiding her, he was just training. She had tried waiting up for him but around 3am she always fell went to bed, or at least she thought she did as she could never remember climbing into bed. Either way she was bored. So she had decided to visit Yamcha. she had arrived she had been appalled at his condition. She had heard things when she came back from the gravity room to her party, but none of that had prepared her for the sight she saw before her. He was broken. His visable body was bruised and swollen: a sickly green colour. The rest of his body, which is to say everything but his face and one leg, was wrapped in a thick body cast. He was apparently conscious, however it was midday and he was asleep. The nurse said he did that for about 20 hours. She had also said that he kept apologising to womens underwear in his sleep. She has smiled when he heard that, and she found herself a little less angry about his attacks. She now hoped they could be friends after this was over.

"Bulma..." Bulma looked at down at the broken fighter before, to see his scarred face wake and aware.

"Hey," she replied, shocked to see him awake.

"Is this a dream," he was atonished that she had shown up. She thought she hated him. "I'm sorry Bulma, for all I did. I shouldn't have tried to those things. I hope I didn't hurt you." His voice was weak but she could here the conviction.

"And I'm sorry about Vegeta attacking you, I didn't tell him too and of he had told me what he was doing then I would've stopped him." Yamcha heart sank; she didn't forgive him.

"You're not him, Bulma, I forgive you."

"Thanks."

Yamcha yawned. It seemed he wanted to sleep again.

"Night, Yamcha." But he was already snoring.

Bulma felt tired herself, she hadn't been getting much sleep, due to waiting up for Vegeta and waking up early to work. With the lights dim and rhythmic beating of the machines she soon found herself asleep.

-(m)-

Vegeta exited his gravity room, and went into the living room: confused. He heard nothing. Recently he had been hearing the TV as soon as he left the gravity room. The first night it had confused him, but after he saw the woman lying there asleep on the sofa, he peiced two and two together. From then on it had become normal, and he enjoyed watching her sleep for a while, but after a while he always took her up to her bed. The fact she wasn't there started to frighten him, he sensed her ki...and couldn't find her. He started to get scared, he didn't like the thought that the woman was in danger, for the brats sake of course.

He looked wider for her ki and felt it, with another ki, at a very low level a little way away from Capsule Corp. Had she been kidnapped? Who was the other ki? He didn't have time to find out. He flew away, rage feuling his speed, to the location of Bulma capture.

Vegeta arrived at the hospital, and in his anger completley missed the large red sign advertising the use of the building. He flew straight through the window of Yamcha's room to find the woman asleep and I harmed next to a clearly injured human. A human he had seen before. He looked at the broken warrior with disgust. He remembered just how easy it was to beat him.

'Vegeta let rage feul him as he flew towards the weaklings apartment. He laughed as he flew straight through the wall into his bedroom, considering the best way to break him. Vegeta looked at the ex-bandit and laughed again. The noise of the breaking wall had already woken him up, and by now Vegeta was scaring Yamcha with just the look of pure hate on his face. Vegeta watched the warrior with intrest, as far as he could tell the fighter was scared, and he hadn't even moved.

"Wh...what are you doing here Ve...Vegeta?"

"For you." He responded bluntly. Yamcha squealed like a frightened pig, which only made Vegeta laugh. Apparently his presence was slowly breaking his mind; now to break his body.

Vegeta raised his hand, and punched Yamcha straight into a wall. He then opened his plan to release a super saiyan galik gun straight at his body.

"Keep away from my Bulma," he said as he flew off.'

Smiling at the thought, he scooped up the woman in his arms and flew back to Capsule Corp. He went to her bedroom and placed her on her bed. He was about to leave when Bulma spoke,

"Stay with me."

"Hn," Vegeta walked over to the womans bed pulled of his shirt and climbed I to the bed. Bulma smiled and wrapped her around his body, smuggling up to him before drifting off to sleep.