Chapter 6

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Bulma woke up, again missing the warmth she had felt that one night a week ago. She missed the way his heart beat slowly against her body and the way his arm protectivley encased her. She missed his warm breath upon her neck and the little moans he sometimes made in his sleep. Bulma missed that one night so much that she had now had difficulty sleeping. Although on that specific night she didn't actually sleep, she had gotten enough of that at the hospital. No, instead she just lay there snuggled up with her prince; her heart content, in a way which Yamcha had never fulfilled her.

In truth it was just mean to compare the two, Yamcha would never become better than Vegeta Vegeta was stronger, more handsome, more focused and, although distant, he was solely hers.

Bulma pulled herself out of bed, knowing that reminiscing would not get her anywhere. She sighed and walked into the shower, turning the water onto the coldest setting to chase away the sleep that still hung to her.

After she was dessed and dry she went into trunks room, happy to see him standing awake in his cot. She was glad to see him standing up: he had only been walking for a few days but it sometimes seemed to her that he had been walking for a while.

Trunks smiled when he saw his mother and spoke,

"Moma. Goha."

"Fuck," 'goha' was Trunk's way of saying Gohan and Bulma had completley forgotten about his coming over for lunch. Really Chichi and Gohan were coming over to introduce baby Goten. Chichi had given birth just before Bulma had visited Yamcha and the women both agreed that their children should be beat friends. Bulma thought it was too soon but hadn't said anything when Chichi had offered; with the new baby, Bulma had thought that she was hit with a new wave if grief about losing Goku. If Krillin told it true, then little Goten looks exactly like Goku.

She sighed, she now had to get Trunks ready for his playdate and break the news to Vegeta that he couldn't do his midday training with Trunks. She scooped Trunks out if his crib and placed him on the floor before taking his hand and leading him to the kitchen, where her mother would be preparing breakfast.

When Bulma entered she was greeted by the sight if Vegeta sipping a glass of orange juice, Bulma had neglected to tell him about any caffeinated drinks in fear of a saiyan with a caffine high, and reading a newspaper. Very human.

"Hey Vegeta, Chichi and her kids are coming over for lunch, so you won't be able to train with Trunks today."

"Hn. More time to train myself," he remarked. "Just make sure that Kakarots woman stays away from me." Bulma noticed a slight shake in his voice as he said this.

"You're afraid of Chichi?," Bulma asked, incredulous. Vegeta eyes narrowed, he couldn't tell his she was just trying to push him or if she was serious. No, it must be the latter, his poker face was better than that.

"No, you foolish woman. Her voice is irritating."

"Sure."

Vegeta shot a set of evil eyes at Bulma before leaving the room.

-(m)-

"So, how are you holding up," Bulma asked Chichi. She had just arrived and was not looking to good. Although she had tried her best to look happy and hide her pain, her glistening eyes said otherwise. As soon as Bulma had opened the door she knew something was wrong with Chichi and it was probably Goku related.

"Not great, to tell the truth. If I didn't have Gohan I would be a wreak, but to be honest I think he's taking it worse. He never tries to train, he just studies in his room for the whole day. I have to keep it together for him, and now little Goten." Bulma looked over to the children and saw Gohan just staring off into the distance: all his energy just seemed to have vanished. He didn't seem to notice his little brother pulling at his trousers, or Trunks throwing his toys at him.

"Chichi, if you ever need any help, I'll be happy to."

"Thanks Bulma." Just at that moment Vegeta walked in, and regretted it instantly. He looked at the harpy with his coldest glare, before turning his attention on the kids. He internally smiled when he saw Kakarot's younger brat. If he and Kakarot can no longer fight, let the rivalry continue between their sons. He would to train Trunks more than that, but right now he wanted a challenge.

"Boy," he said, looking at Gohan, "follow me." Gohan eyes lost their glaze and looked at Vegeta, who was already walking away. He got up and followed, leaving Trunks to play with the little thing in front of him.

Chichi watched her son leave, not saying a word; she thought that this might actually help Gohan get out of his rut. No matter how bad a person she considered him to be.

"So, you're still keeping him around?" Chichi asked bluntly.

"Yeah well he is Trunk's father."

"And a villain who tried to kill my Goku and Yamcha." Bulma rolled her eyes. She had expected this to come up at some point.

"Vegeta may have done some bbad things in the past but he's changed." Bulma was deliberately trying to avoid Yamcha. She didn't know if she was ready to tell.

"So he's changed in the past few weeks after he randomly assaulted Yamcha." Bulma sighed she didn't really want to say anything.

"You don't what Yamcha did," Bulma said meekly. Chichi noticed the change in her friends tone: this she had never heard before. She knew it must be bad.

"What did he do?" Chichi asked kindly.

Bulma looked at her friend,"promise not to tell anyone else?"

"Yes."

"Alright," Bulma began trying to fight the tears from leaking, "he came over and he took me for a walk. I hadn't seen Vegeta for a while and I was bored. I...I didn't know how bad a place Yamcha was in. So I really thought we were going for a walk as friends." Bulma voice caught as she said the last part. "He took me to a place we had loved going to when we were dating." Bulma was finding it more difficult to stop the tears now: more and more were breaking free. "He kept on drinking from a flask as we talked and...and he soon became very drunk." Her voice began to shake and more tears leaked down her cheeks. "He threw," she breathed heavily, " he threw himself on me and grabbed my wrists before attempting to kiss me." She swallowed hard, and could no longer keep the tears at bay; she realised that this was the first time she had talked about the incident. "After he bruised both my wrists and violated my mouth, I eventually managed to kick him off. He them flew away, and left me there on the floor." Her last words were difficult to understand due to Bulma's loud sobs. "That was how Vegeta found me, crying on the floor. I don't remember the rest, but he said he took me home. After some interrogation I told him what happened..." She left her voice trail off: Chichi knew the rest.

"Oh Bulma, I'm so sorry. I didn't know." Chichi felt terrible, she knew Yamcha was having issues but no one thought they were this bad. She moved closer to Bulma and just hugged her. Trying to console her friend.

The two babies hadn't even noticed the two women talking, and were happily playing with one another.

-(m)-

Vegeta was fed up. The 'strongest' fighter on earth was no match for Vegeta. Gohan had refused to go super saiyan 2. And fought with absolutely no drive. He was a shell, and that bored Vegeta.

"Fight, you stupid child."

"Why? What good did fighting do for my dad? It killed him, and no amount of trainig will bring him back."

Vegeta was stunned. He didn't know how to handle emotional situations, yet now it seemed he would have to console his rival offspring.

"You are saiyan. You live to train. Honour your father. Honour his culture."

Gohan looked at the elder saiyan. He was right: he would train for his father. To continue his work protecting the planet. He began to power up. Vegeta smirked when he saw this, anticipating an excellent battle. Gohan ascended beyond super saiyan and charges at Vegeta.

After an hour if extreme training g, both saiyans were bruised and hurting. Gohan had gotten weaker, but was still a formidable sparring partner for Vegeta. Together they walked into the living room to check on the women. They were shocked to find one of them crying and the other hugging her tightly.

"Get out." Vegeta said plainly to Chichi. He would not have that banshee harm his Woman.

Chichi looked stunned at his sudden outburst and was about to answer back...

"Get out!" This time Vegeta spoke with more force. Gohan looked helplessly at his mother, before scooping up a Goten and following his mother out.

Vegeta was irritated by what he saw, he now would have to deal with the woman emotional. He walked over too her and hugged her: not knowing what else to do. Trunks noticed what his parents were doing and went over to join them. There the three remained for quite some time, before Mrs Briefs came in and took Trunks away to bed. Afterwards Vegeta carried Bulma too her bed and lay her down.

"Hey Vegeta, you look tired. Come lay down."

"Fine but you owe me woman."

"Sure." And so Vegeta and Bulma lay together in the bed and fell asleep in the others arms.

It was then that Vegeta realised he liked this. Maybe a bit too much.