Taken

Chapter 6

Earth…

"Hurry it up Master Roshi the swim suit competition is starting!" Oolong yelled out in complete excitement.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Roshi yelled out as he bolted out the restroom door, where he had taken the fastest trip he had in his entire life. Ofcourse he didn't want to miss a single moment in the miss universe competition.

Both Oolong and Roshi had been glued to the TV for the past hour or so, gawking and drooling over the gorgeous women.

Meanwhile outside the Kame's house Krilling was sitting outside in the sand of the tiny island trying to meditate. He rolled his eyes at the two perverts inside the house. 'Those two are impossible!' Krillin thought to himself with annoyance.

He closed his eyes again and began to clear his mind again yet he was quickly interrupted by sudden jolt energy. He quickly snapped his eyes open and rose to his feet, he tried to read the energy but perhaps it wasn't close enough for him to recognize.

"Hey you guys I fell a really strong ki coming this way!" yelled out the short bald warrior to his friends as he ran towards the front door.

Master Roshi suddenly took his eyes off of the screen and gave Krillin a puzzled look, a few seconds later he rose to his feet and walked outside.

"Hey I feel it too Krillin, who could it be?" said the old man, they rarely had air traffic going through this part of the world. Both men Stood out for a few minutes until they realized who it was.

"It's Goku! Oh man I haven't seen him in almost a year!" Krillin was always happy to see Goku, something about him that made everyone love that guy. He had spent most of his child hood and teenage years going off on adventures and not to mention lots of trouble.

They began to cry out in cheers of happiness once Goku was visible to the naked eye

"Hey long time no see, how you guys doin'?" Goku said as he jumped off his flying nimbus and smiled at krillin, Master Roshi, and Oolong. "Sorry for not visiting more often guys, I been pretty tied up at home with Chi and Gohan."

"Aww don't worry about it man, but what's the occasion huh? I mean, I'm glad you came Goku, but you usually have news when you come visit." Krillin finished with a crooked smile. He could never get mad at this guy.

"That's true Goku, is there another evil person trying to take over the world?!" Oolong added.

Goku's Face took in a more serious note. He wasn't sure how everyone would take what he was about to say. "Yes, I do have something to tell you guys, and I don't know how you're going to react. You just need to trust me….I know we all said that we were going to put Bulma's disappearance behind us, but I can't help but feel like she is still alive… and needs our help." Goku finished looking up in the sky, as if he knew she was out there somewhere.

Krillin and Master Roshi both gave each other a puzzled look. The first week Bulma was missing her parents called and asked if she was with Yamcha, They were quite used to taking off for days even weeks but she always called to check in. when Krillin asked Yamcha about it, he said the last time he had seen was the week prior to her disappearance and he figured she must of taken off because they had a huge fight and would probably come back once she cooled off. Yet she never did…

"Hey where is Yamcha by the way?" Goku asked as he changed the subject, he wanted Yamcha to hear this as well "I dont sense him here."

Krillin looked at Roshi and shook his head. Goku then became more curious and asked, "What happened guys?"

Mater Roshi then decided to answer, " We had some problems with him, he is no longer invited here Goku." Roshi finished with a pursed lip.

Goku looked dumb-founded, "What'd he do? He must of done something pretty bad then, for you not to let him come back!" Goku exclaimed.

Krillin then cut in, " He was just acting different Goku, i think the whole Bulma thing got to him." He said explained to Goku how Yamcha was a good friend all these years, yet he had hurt Bulma many times. He simply couldnt allow him to continue to live there if he was going to be sleeping around with different women while they searched for their missing friend.

Goku finally replied thoughtfully, "Your right Krillin, now that i think about it, he didn't even help us search for Bulma!" He realized that it was pretty strange of Yamcha. He thought he really loved Bulma.

"Yeah, but what makes you feel this way that she's alive Goku? If even the dragon balls couldn't bring her back what makes you think we can?" Krillin said, he didn't know what had gotten to Goku but this case was hopeless. Bulma had been gone for three years, after the second year they all decided to move on with their lives and accept that Bulma was probably in a better place.

"You just have to trust me Krillin, I can feel her calling for our help." Goku said confidently.

Krillin looked down and closed his eyes, he often did this when he was fighting a dilemma in his head. After several minutes he took in a long deep breath and smiled at him, "Alright Goku, so do you have plan?"

"Arrrgh…this was a stupid idea!" Groaned Bulma to herself out loud as she put her head down on her desk in defeat. Freeza had ordered for her to come up with something that would make their ship invisible. He thought that sneaking up on planets and destroying them before they knew it would speed things up for him.

She had been working on her cloaking device for the past week or so and had actually gotten pretty far on it yet her heart wasn't in it like it usually was. She kept thinking about the saiyans.

After her talk with Raddits and the snobby prince, she had been spending quite some time with Raddits. Luckily Zarbon was out on a mission for a few Raddits was so different from Goku, yet she felt some sort of connection with him. He gave her a good vibe, yet she knew he wasn't innocent like his brother.

He would tell her stories of their purging missions. Bulma couldn't believe all of the things he told her they would do. They caused so much death and devastation, killed innocent people and forced people into a life of servitude to the cold empire.

Yet, for some strange reason she still wanted to know more. She would wait for him every afternoon and they would eat together. She noticed that the prince didn't like it very much. He would sit quietly and shoot her deadly glares when she would get too personal. He would only insult her or make fun of her, they seemed to make it into a habbit to get into a verbal quarrel.

Bulma then jumped up as she heard the door shut, startled she looked in surprise when she saw who her visitor was.

"Vegeta, you asshole! You scared the crap outta me!" She screeched out, holding her hand on her chest. The nerve of him!

"What the hell are you doing, taking a nap on the job? Pathetic." Vegeta said as he took a few steps forward, yet kept his distance from her. He smirked when he saw her face turn a deep red and he crossed his arms.

Bulma forced a few deep breaths in order to calm herself down, he was not worth getting all worked up. She decided that they were not going to argue today, she simply didn't have the energy.

"What do you want Vegeta?" She said as she closed her eyes and rubbed throbbing head. She opened her eyes quickly and started looking for her stash of pills she had on her drawers from her desk. She often got migraines, and Leo had given her a bottle of the miraculous tablet that ended her pain. Yep, Leo was her drug dealer.

She finally found the bottle and popped two pills and swallowed them with water. She then looked up at Vegeta and noticed how strangely he was looking at her.

"What?" she asked innocently," I need to drug myself while I'm around you, you're a pain in the ass." She finished with a smirk.

Vegeta raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms. Bulma then finally noticed he was bruised and had scrapes and cuts all over his body. He seemed oblivious to it, she would have been crying earlier over a paper cut.

"What happened to you? Training much?" She said sarcastically as she rose. " Ill go get my medical kit, don't bleed on my floor!" She ordered as she went into the back room of her lab. She then returned with a white and red box and set it on the table and began to take out the alcohol, bandaids, and cotton swabs.

Vegeta then growled in annoyance and yelled, "Woman I didn't come for you to be my nurse. I came to speak to you about something of much more importance!"

Bulma the paused and looked up at him puzzled, "What is so important Vegeta?" She said as she patted the chair next to her motioning him to sit down. "Sit."

Vegeta rolled his eyes yet obeyed her order to sit. Bulma then grabbed a cotton ball and poured alcohol in it to begin to clean his wounds.

"Raddits told me about your knowledge of the dragon balls. Tell me everything you know woman." He said gruffly, ignoring the stinging pain in his arm.

Bulma then abruptly stopped patting the cotton on his arm and looked at him a little taken back. 'Ugh Raddits, you got a big mouth!' She thought angrily.

She then sighed, Raddits had warned her he couldn't keep secrets from Vegeta. He mentioned about loyalty to the prince, and it being a Saiyan thing.

"They exist in my home planet, there are seven dragon balls scattered around the planet. We have to search and collect all seven and the dragon grants you one wish." She explained to him as she continued to clean up his wounds.

"So you have actually made a wish before? What did you wish for?" He asked with curiosity. Almost nicely she couldn't help but notice.

"Uhh well I was originally going to wish for a boyfriend, but I ended up meeting someone before I found them. Goku, I mean 'Kakarot' wanted to use them to revive one of our friends who was killed by Piccolo." She finished as she placed a gauzed on a deep wound he had on his upper arm.

"You mean to tell me you actually got to collect all the dragon balls and wanted to make that idiotic wish?" He said incredulously. He quickly got up and inspected his arms noting how his arm didn't burn anymore.

"Ugh I know, but I was just a kid. I was rich and spoiled. I had everything I wanted, except for a boyfriend. Stop looking at me like that Vegeta, trust me, I was delusional into thinking that I needed a boyfriend to bring happiness into my life!" She admitted to him. She then turned her head to the side. She did not want Vegeta to know this much about her, it was quite embarrassing.

"Well, I don't blame you woman, if I looked as hideous as you I'd probably wish for someone to love me too" He said tauntingly.

"Aaargh! You stupid jerk! How dare you!? I was featured in many of the popular magazines of the most beautiful people in the world!" She screamed out as she turned a deep red and balled her fist.

"Amazing, your planet must be full of hideous creatures if they actually considered you as beautiful!" He said as he walked out the door, chuckling at her effort to throw things at him as if she could hurt him.

As the door finally shut she slumped down the chair angrily and crossed her arms. "I am beautiful, just not now. I wish I had my makeup and old clothes, then I'd show him!" She mumbled angrily to herself.

She then decided to call it a night, Leo had left hours ago to bed and she figured she better do the same as well. She just needed to make one last stop to visit flicked off the lights and locked the doors to the Lab.

TBC…

A/N: Aggh i been so busy with school and work! I been trying to find time to write in between but homework seems to keep building up =/ Hope you guys like it, i am half way through the next chapter, which will have more b/v/R interaction =) review!