A/N: Alright, I got one SUPER positive review, and that really motivated me. She said she was glad to see Vegeta being a good guy, I dont know anything about that, he's just watching out for the last of his race. Other than that he's off doing his own thing and occasionally regrouping with Goku and his group. While Goku remembered his heritage, he's still choosing to stick with the name Goku and all that, partially in spite of Vegeta not helping Gohan get away from Goku when he was a wrecking machine.
This chapter includes the World Martial Arts Tournament. Goku will be a year older but so will everyone else, he is still younger than Krillin. Vegeta will NOT compete, he'd destroy the competition with ease. Vegeta will be watching but only because near the end, he was already showing some feelings for Bulma, and yes, last chapter he said "She felt better this morning" with a smirk, meaning they did have sex, but this story is rated T so i couldnt go into details. All i can say is Bulma did consent, and in this story she's 2 years older than in the show, so she's 18. But just a fun fact, in the state of Michigan and several other states in the US, the age of consent for sex is 16, just a little fun fact, sorry for over explaining shit.
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Chapter 2: WMAT
A Year later Bulma was walking through the crowds on Papaya Island, Oolong and Puar were walking behind her. "Where did you say Yamcha would be Puar?" Bulma asked looking back at the floating cat. "He said he'd meet us at the registration table." the high pitched magically floating cat said as they walked up to the table. "Why are we meeting Yamcha as opposed to your boyfriend Vegeta?" Oolong said emphasizing boyfriend to embarrass Bulma.
Bulma turned around and glared "HE is the last thing I would call a boyfriend. When I first met him he called me 'his dinner'!" Bulma said angrily scaring Oolong before turning around and looked at the sheet for Yamcha's name. "That didn't stop you from letting him eat you anyway." Oolong said under his breath. "WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?" Bulma screamed angrily again getting in Oolong's face.
"Oh you know exactly what the Pig means woman." A gravelly voice said from behind Bulma. Bulma quickly turned on her heel and began shouting, "AND JUST WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? FIRST YOU MAKE ME FEEL SPECIAL IN A WAY ONLY YOU CAN AND THEN YOU JUST DROP ME OFF AT HOME, WELL IF YOU WANT ME BACK IT'S TOO LATE, YOU CAN GO TO HELL!" Which made Vegeta pretty angry, and prideful, "WHO SAID I WANTED YOU BACK, I'M ONLY HERE TO SUPPORT THE ONLY OTHER SAIYAN IN THIS UNIVERSE, YOU BEING A BITCH ISN'T GOING TO STOP ME, AND I'LL GLADLY MEET YOU IN HELL!" He shouted back getting right back in Bulma's face.
As they stared each other down, Yamcha walked up next to Oolong. "What's going on?" Yamcha asked curiously. "Lover's Quarrel" Oolong responded quickly. Yamcha didn't bother ask any more questions and signed up at the table. Yamcha looked on the sheet as well, "Has anyone seen Goku, his name isn't on the sheet yet." Yamcha stated matter of factly getting Bulma's attention. "Well, no I havent, the meat head said he'd be here though." Bulma said referring to Vegeta, Vegeta didnt bother acknowledging her comment. "Kakarot will be here in 10 minutes, and he's coming with that perverted old man and another weakling." Vegeta said crossing his arms and walking into the stadium area.
10 minutes later, Goku, Roshi, and a little bald kid none of them had seen before stepped out of a taxi. "Hey guys! How have you been?" Goku greeted cheerfully. "Hey Goku, how've you been buddy?" Yamcha greeted seeing his young friend. "I've been good, what about you Bulma, How's Vegeta?" Goku asked a little annoyed, when mentioning the Prince's name. "HOW SHOULD I KNOW!" Bulma said angrily, crossing her arms in the same fashion as Vegeta and walking into the crowded stadium. "What. Did. I say?" Goku asked curious as to how he upset his first friend.
"I don't know man, we just saw Vegeta, he and Bulma were fighting and he walked into the stadium 10 minutes before you got here." Yamcha responded just as clueless as Goku. Goku and Krillin and 'Jackie Chun' signed up for the tournament and walked inside. They saw Vegeta standing against a wall away from the crowd. Goku walked up to the Prince, "Vegeta, what did you say to Bulma?" Goku asked forgetting that he was mad at the Prince. "Nothing, I was perfectly reasonable, she was yelling at me for no reason." Vegeta said nonchalantly as he stood up straight and faced Goku, "You're not as strong as a Saiyan could be at your age." He continued, annoyed at Goku's slow progress.
Goku smirked, "Don't worry, one day, I'll be much stronger than you could ever be." Goku said confidently. "Oh you think so, well that'll give you something to work towards. Now get in there, and at least try and make the saiyan race proud in this pathetic competition." Vegeta said chuckling. Goku nodded and ran into the preliminaries area and to begin the prelims. Vegeta followed until he was stopped at the door. "Sorry sir, only competitors are allowed in here." a stadium usher said blocking it off to Vegeta.
Vegeta looked the usher dead in the eyes, "This can go 1 of 2 ways. Either you can let me in and see my friend fight, or I can go through you by force and put you in the hospital." Vegeta said with venom in his voice and an evil smirk on his face. "go right in sir." the usher said cowering in fear. Vegeta walked past snickering and walked over to the board to see who Goku was fighting. 'These fools don't hold a candle to a Saiyan.' Vegeta thought as an old man with a high power level walked up to Vegeta.
"Who are you fighting first young man?" The old man asked curiously, Vegeta looked at him and smirked, "An old pervert that had the pleasure of training a saiyan, that is if you don't get away from me Roshi." Vegeta said looking the old man in the eye.
"What are you talking about?" The old man asked nervously, trying to cover his ass, badly. "You know who I am, and I'm not blind or stupid, why would you try talking to me like you aren't Roshi." Vegeta said with a scowl, now annoyed with the old man. "Fine, but when my students around, you'll refer to me as Jackie Chun. It's a lesson for them that they should never stop training because there is always someone stronger." Roshi said quietly to the saiyan prince.
Vegeta just began laughing, and Goku heard this, and rushed over. "Hey Master Roshi, what joke did you tell Vegeta to get him to laugh like that?" Goku asked surprising Chun momentarily and Vegeta to snicker to himself. Goku just scowled at the old man, "I might be young, but I'm a Saiyan and we are very perceptive. I might be naive sometimes, but I'm not an idiot, so don't assume you can trick me old man." Goku said with a bite of venom in his voice. He then turned to Vegeta.
"I fought my fights, most of these guys are pushovers, so you don't have to be here, you can leave now." Goku said before walking away from the Prince. "Did you just give me an order brat?" Vegeta seethed. Goku just looked over his shoulder and smirked before looking forward again and walked to the waiting room. 'What is he thinking? Ordering ME! the Prince of Saiyans around like that!' Vegeta thought as electricity sparked off him in anger. Bulma snuck in to the prelim area and saw Vegeta seething to himself.
"Hey Vegeta, what's up with you?" Bulma asked curious as to why he looked so mad. 'Great, the woman's here.' He thought as he turned to face her, "None of your business woman, now you can get the hell out of here." Vegeta said as he walked off, leaving a frustrated Bulma. "Listen pal! I'm just trying to be helpful, you look angry and I was hoping to be a little helpful considering we shared a special night together!" Bulma exclaimed trying to help the proud Saiyan.
Vegeta just smirked and looked over his shoulder, "You weren't special, you were just the first girl I saw." Vegeta said in a successful attempt at pushing Bulma's buttons. Anyone nearby would swear her eyes flashed red, "YOU GODDAMNED ASSHOLE!" Bulma said as she tackled the Prince only to trip and grab hold to his tail in an attempt to regain balance, but instead took his away. She got back on her feet, his tail still in hand, "What's the matter!? Finally realizing I'm a princess and decided to bow down to me?" Bulma said smirking as she squeezed his tail more.
"DAMMIT WOMAN! LET GO OF MY TAIL SO I CAN KILL YOU!" Vegeta screamed as he got onto his hands and knees, sweating profusely. Bulma just smirked evilly, "If you want me to let go then you'll have to do something for me." Bulma said squeezing the tail slightly harder. "If you want that then STOP squeezing my tail! My race adapts quickly, the more you squeeze it, the easier for me to adapt and get out of it." Vegeta bluffed hoping not to get his tail squeezed anymore.
"Just... just making me feel special again... please." Bulma said letting go of the tail and starting to cry. Vegeta stood up and looked at her. 'Great, now she's fake crying.' Vegeta said, face of stone as Bulma looked up at him. "Please... your the first one that made me feel like that... and you just took it away." she continued as she began crying more. 'It won't work.' Vegeta thought keeping any show of emotion in check. Bulma looked up again and saw his eyes just staring at her, dead as night, emotionless. "FINE! . . . I'll go, not like you care. . . ASSHOLE!" she said running away from the stoney saiyan. Vegeta turned toward the stadium, 'And the Oscar goes to...' He thought as he walked to the board.
Krillin VS. Bacterian -
Yamcha VS. Jackie Chun -
Nam VS. Ranfan -
Goku VS. Giran -
Vegeta just shook his head, "This tournament is a joke! I'd put all my money on that fool Roshi." Vegeta said to himself as he walked to the waiting area. He walked up behind Goku, "She wasn't acting. Prick." Goku said without even looking behind him at the Prince. "You were listening in?" Vegeta asked nonchalantly. "Yes, she's been a much better friend than you and I can tell she wasn't acting. No matter how much you would think she was." Goku said with a visible scowl. "Oh like I care. She doesn't make a single difference to me." Vegeta said crossing his arms and looking at the stadium ring.
"Then that won't bother you." Goku said pointing at Bulma in Yamcha's arms being comforted. Vegeta followed the direction he was pointing, and saw it and glared at the young man. "It doesnt." Vegeta said, while thinking 'At least it wont as soon as he's dead.'
Goku smirked, "Sure it doesn't. Neither would that." Goku continued, but Vegeta was already watching them. Bulma leaned up and kissed Yamcha right on the lips. "OH YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Vegeta yelled as he crossed the room in an instant an picked the teenaged boy up by the throat. "KISS MY WOMAN?! BIG MISTAKE FOOL!" Vegeta said as he lifted his hand up and powered up a blast in his hand. Suddenly he was stopped by Bulma's shrill voice.
"YEAH! YOU'RE MISTAKE YOU ARROGANT PRICK! NOW PUT HIM DOWN!" She screamed as she grabbed Vegeta's arm. "You say that you don't care! Fine, but dont get mad when someone else does! You want me to be your woman? YOU are too goddamned late, Go fuck yourself!" she screamed at him as Vegeta put the fool down. Vegeta spat and walked out the door and flew away. Bulma walked over to Yamcha and asked if he was okay.
Vegeta flew straight to Mt. Paoz and sat on the same tree he was on when Goku came home with Bulma. "Infernal woman! Why does it even bother me?" Vegeta asked himself just lying back on the branch, hands behind his head. "Because you actually care you foolish little boy!" a voice from nowhere said. Vegeta sat up and looked around. When he looked down he saw an old man in a mask. Vegeta glared at him, "Long time no see old man." Vegeta said as he jumped down and walked up to Gohan.
"Yes it's nice to see you too, but at the same time it isnt. You're still the arrogant, selfish little boy that showed up looking for my grandson 12 years ago." Gohan said as he took his mask off. Vegeta just kept the same stoney resolve he had when Bulma was speaking to him earlier. "Oh are you going to do the same thing to me that you did to that poor girl? Because that wont work on me." Gohan said as he slapped Vegeta so unexpectedly that Vegeta couldn't block. "What the hell old man? Who slaps people?" Vegeta asked actually taken aback by the slap.
Gohan just walked right up to him, "I did, what are you going to do? I'm already dead. You need to learn that the world doesn't revolve around you. You aren't the center of the universe and never will be." Gohan said very bluntly as he stepped back. "Just because I'm not doesn't mean she is either, why should I care? I'm a refugee from the Planet Trade Organization, if Frieza finds me, or Goku, he'll destroy whatever planet we're on. Untill Frieza is dead and gone, I could give less of a fuck about anyone else. My training is what's most important right now!" Vegeta explained as he got right in Gohan's face.
Gohan just smiled that familiar smile. "Bullshit son. You're worried that you'll start liking her, and if you were to settle down with her, you'd go soft. You're being selfish, you're on an unknown planet to them. I know this for fact, I've been in otherworld for years, I've watched this Frieza guy, I agree he's a monster, but there is no WAY he'll ever find you unless you go looking for him. Which We both know, one day you will go looking for him." Gohan said still smiling as he walked inside his old shack. "You need to move on with your life Vegeta. Deal With it son." Gohan continued as he began fading away in front of Vegeta. "Untill next time... You ass." Gohan said as he completely disappeared and a dragonball appeared on the pillow where it once was.
"Is everyone going to call me that?" Vegeta asked as he picked up the ball and put it into a small brown bag and tied it to his waist. "I guess I'll give this to Kakarot." Vegeta said as he began flying back to the stadium. 'The old man is right. This is a backwater planet in the boonies of space, I'm sure he wouldn't know WE escaped. But if he suspects anything, he'll surely send scouts.' Vegeta thought as he landed at the stadium to see Goku being shocked by some sort of ability that Roshi is using.
Vegeta squinted and saw it stopped affecting Goku. "What the?" he whispered as he looked in the same direction as Goku only to see a full moon for a sec before closing his eyes. Vegeta decided to test his senses and closed his eyes tight and use his energy sensing to find Bulma and her friends. They were standing right up front. He dashed through the crowd with ease until he reached Bulma. "Woman!" he shouted only for her to push him away.
"What do you want!?" She asked angrily, annoying the prince. Vegeta just rolled his eyes, "To save you from the giant monkey." Vegeta said simply as he grabbed her and picked her up in his arms and flew away. "WHAT GIANT MONKEY?" Bulma asked as Goku began roaring and screaming loudly. When Goku was finished transforming he looked at himself for a second. "HAHAHA WELL LOOKS LIKE I'M ABOUT TO WIN THE COMPETITION ROSHI!"Goku said in his ape voice only for Vegeta to appear in between them after setting Bulma down a safe distance away.
Vegeta powered up. "This time it'll actually be some more fun. You're at least a 1/5th of my power in this form." Vegeta said as he got ready, only to be stopped by Roshi speaking up, "No Vegeta, if you fight him It'll count as me cheating and I'll be disqualified, stay out of this!" Roshi/Chun said as he watched carefully. Vegeta spat resentfully and reluctantly powered down, "So be it, but let's me make it fair once again." Vegeta said as he sent a powerful beam of energy at the moon behind him, blowing it up.
Goku glared at Vegeta as he shrunk down to his child form again. "I would've won Vegeta!" Goku said when he was in his form once again, "To this fool, maybe. To me, never going to happen." Vegeta responded as he took off towards the area he placed Bulma off at, "Well, thank you for protecting me, but you're still too late to be with me." Bulma said crossing her arms and pointing her nose to the sky. Vegeta just smirked and swooped Bulma up in his arms and began flying to West City.
"Where are you taking me!?" Bulma said kicking and screaming, but before he could answer they landed on the roof of Capsule Corporation. Vegeta set her down and they sat on the roof and watched the sun set completely. When it was completely night, Vegeta spoke up. "I was lying earlier. You are more special to me than I said. Just letting you know, you're not special enough for me to kill you if you tell anyone for saying you're special." Vegeta said still looking forward to the night sky.
"BULLSHIT! You just let me breakdown and cry by saying i'm not special, and now you say you're lying!? MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND!" Bulma yelled angrily, poking Vegeta's chest. Vegeta just sat there, "Last time we were in this city, I just dropped you off somewhere in the city. But during the past year, leading up to this day, every 4 hours, I'd take a break from my training to come see you. Believe it or not, I actually couldn't work up the courage to come see you." Vegeta said blushing as he spoke.
Bulma just listened surprise how truthful he sounded. "You should have. Believe it or not, I missed your arrogance most of all." Bulma said, softly placing an hand on his shoulder. Vegeta just brushed her hand away. "There is something I need to tell you. Kakarot, or Goku as you know him, and I are from a Planet very very far from here. 12 years ago, that planet was destroyed by an evil tyrant named Frieza. I don't have the time for you that you deserve, I need to train to avenge my race, and that can't happen if I'm distracted by you, but I can't train for more than 4 hours without needing to see, hear or be near you." Vegeta explained as he got up, ready to fly away before being stopped by her hand.
"Vegeta, I could have my father build you a training room right nearby. It won't be that nice, but It'll be better than training in the wilderness, I'm sure." Bulma said trying to get Vegeta to stay with her. Vegeta thought about it for a minute, he found that it was an easy solution to both there problems. "That would work." he said as he smiled and laid down with her cuddling up to him on the roof of Capsule Corporation.
As they fell asleep, Goku traversed on the Flying Nimbus towards the cold north, in search of more dragon balls. He already found 2 dragonballs, looking for the 4 star ball, unknown to him that Vegeta had it in his position. He came across a village known as Jingle Village, just east of Muscle tower.
"He's rather impressive is he not?" a voice said watching Goku through a crystal ball. "Yes, yes, but he has ALOT to prove still Northy." another voice said rather sarcastically. "He's going to be a great hero, despite a Saiyan's love for battle, he will be the True Hero of Earth." the first voice said. "Suuuure" the second voice snorted.
That is the intended end of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. It took awhile to write, I really hope you enjoyed it. I had to have a little fluff between Vegeta and Bulma, but they wont always be that way, but after awhile they WILL become more and more affectionate... in private, and slightly more in public. I wanted to put this trivia in at the end of this chapter. Android 17 and 18 NOW have names. 17 is Lapis and 18 is Lazuli. Next chapter will be Red Ribbon Army and a little bit of GokuXChi-chi, at least I'll try. The Red Ribbon army will Piss Vegeta off, how? I don't know yet.
I gave way too much away in the end there. But if I didn't, who was talking about Goku? I will put the explanation in the review box as a review when someone gets it right.
Next Chapter Red Ribbon Army.