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Because if we are meant to be, someday we would find each other.
'Oh Kami. Oh, dear Kami. Where the hell am I?
Oh boy. This was SO not what I imagined. Maybe I should have made my wish clearer… How about: Bring my soul mate to me, instead of dropping me off in an unknown location! Argh, Shenron!
I looked around. This place is a barren wasteland! There's absolutely no life forms around! How could my soulmate possibly be here!? Unless I'm destined to be with a rock BULMA WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?! Grr…
"Hello? Anyone here?" I call out. "Hello?" I look around, scanning the dead boulders. "Hello? Hey, am I alone here or what?" That was pretty stupid to yell out, because if I was alone no one would be able to answer me to say no-
-"Argh!" I shriek. Someone tapped me on the shoulder. I jump and spin around, and instantly my breath was caught in my throat. Who is that? How did he manage to sneak up on me? "Oh Kami…" I take a deep breath to calm myself, but it's pretty hard when the stranger's mysterious dark eyes are looking over me…
...oh is he checking me out? What? Oh god, don't panic Bulma-I doubt he's like Roshi… In fact, he looks too good to be like Roshi. And that's when I notice it-he's hot. Like, better than magazine hunk hot. Got way more muscles and that dangerously sexy smirk and-I blush.
He chuckles. Gosh, even that make me want to swoon. He smirks at me. "What are you doing here?" I open to reply, but then could I trust him? I just met him, for heavens sake! What if he wants to kill me? … Kill me? Wait… are we the only ones here? Where is 'here', actually? "I...I don't know… Where am I? Where's everyone else?"
He smirks wider. That both scares, and excites me. "Are you from this planet?" Planet? What? Of course I'm from this planet!...Isn't he? Woah woah, if he asked me this, then… oh kami, don't tell me we're somewhere in outer space… Of course, how could I have not noticed this sooner? This looks like nowhere on Earth! But what should I say… Is it safe to assume he is an inhabitant of whatever this planet is called, then? Well, he kinda looks human, so maybe I could pass off as one of them…
"Y...yes." Great. I can't stop myself from stammering, especially when he's staring at me like that… so much for sounding confident."You look nothing like the inhabitants from this planet, and your ki is too low to be theirs. Tell me the truth." He growls at me. Oh great, just great. He knows I'm lying. Quick Bulma, think fast…
"I came on vacation…" I splutter. Why anyone would come on vacation to relax at this barren place is beyond me, but I'm running out of ideas at the moment. Not very sensible to walk into uncharted territory prepared, I chide myself. "Is that so?" He circles me, eyeing every part of my body, and I feel too terrified to move. "Where is your ship, then?"
Gosh, can't this guy just gimme a break? Ship… ship… Come on, think of a logical explanation. "It...it cr-crashed. I ca-can't fi...fix it." He looks at me. I blush again-he looks good. Handsome. He smirks again-can't he stop doing that? "Like what you see, girl?" I blush deeper, don't look at his face, I chant inwardly. Don't look at those beautiful eyes, don't look at...oh kami.
I gasp. He has a tail. He has a brown, furry tail… Oh Kami. Just like Goku…
"What?" He snaps at me. Crap, I didn't realise I said that last part out loud. "Goku's um... my... pet." I reply hurriedly, pets have tails, right? Of course they do. I think he saw through me, though, and growls. I shrink back in fear.
And then I notices the large gash on his shoulder, past that odd armor-like thing he's wearing. It tore through the sleeve and was seeping blood. I wince inwardly, it looks painful. "You're hurt." He frowns, but not at me. I step forward-an act of foolishness, I would realise later, and place a hand on his shoulder. He winces.
I brush against the cut-it's pretty deep, looking like it went through the bone. Below his shoulder, there is a nice, clean break at the bone. "It's broken." He shrugs me off, "Well none of your business, girl." I'm secretly impressed by how he is still able to move so fluidly with his injuries. I doubt only his shoulder is wounded, I frown at this.
"Let me help you." I try. "No," he growls at me, and I narrow my eyes at him. Why is he so stubborn?! I only want to help him. What if it gets worse? A wound that deep would get infected and then-oh god, i can't think.
"You WILL let me help you, whether you like it or not." I try to move him, and grabs him by his uninjured shoulder. Gosh, he's strong. I can't even move him. "Girl, let go of me before I blast you to oblivion." I whip around to glare at him. Blast me? What, is he some kind of magician or something, or does he have some hidden laser in there? Yea right.
"Shut up. If you want to blast me, go ahead. But I'm warning you, you will regret it." I retort, then pull him again. This time he moves, though I know it's only because he wants to. I bet if I try to move him against his will it would be as good as trying to push a boulder.
"Do you know who i am, girl?" he asks cockily, and I sigh tiredly. "Does it matter?"
"I am Prince Vegeta of the saiyans." I stop. Did he say, Prince? He's a prince? That's impossible, he's a big jerk and an asshole and… handsome. Remarkably. I turn to face him and see him smirking at me. "Prince? You're a... a Prince?"
"Is that not what i said, girl?" He replies, more arrogantly. Sure, he may not behave like a prince charming or anything, but he sure has that stuck-up, spoilt attitude. I place my hand on my chest and look him up and down-if he is a prince he sure is hot! "Woah."
Well, prince or not, he's hurt. I continue to drag him away, looking for shelter.
I reach a city-it was in ruins, and recently in fact, there was still smoke from past fires. Debris was everywhere, it looked like a hurricane ran through. It's inhabitants were missing. Probably to seek shelter from whatever came here.
What did happen here? I shoot a glance at the self proclaimed prince, and he is looking around uninterested. He probably wouldn't know, and if he did he wouldn't say it. Besides, when someone comes out later I'll just ask them. I lead him to a fallen building-it undoubtedly used to be a home, there was wrecked furniture here and there.
I hope whoever that lives-or lived here didn't mind me poking around. I kick out a fallen stool and pushes it over to Vegeta. That is his name right, Prince Vegeta? Well, I sure ain't calling him Prince. "Sit," i point at it. I hear him growl at my back.
I fish out a capsule and cheers silently. Yes! At least I have one of those. I think I dropped my capsule case back on Earth, perhaps some million light years away. "What is that supposed to do? Choke me?" I hear his snide comment and I can't help but smirk. "That just shows how much you know, your highness."
I push the button and out pops out a first aid kit. "Wha-" he gapes at it in disbelief, and I let him program it through his brain for a moment. "It's called a hoipoi capsule, my dad and I invented it. It's not a trick or anything, it's technology." I give him the same answer I gave Goku - fortunately Vegeta didn't need explaining what technology was.
I search through the kit till I find one of mum's ointments that she uses if Dad bruises himself. They're for mild ailments, but I don't have anything better on hand. So I tear off his sleeve to get better access to his shoulder and puts it on-but I can't reach the deeper gash. That shoulder guard-or it's remains on his odd armor thing are restricting. "Take this off. It's a hindrance."
He looks at me like I just asked him to strip - even though, I might as well did. "Girl, i am a-" "-prince, yeah? I get it. Now take it off, before i do it." Man, he's probably used to throwing his status around in his little kingdom. He snarls at me, and tries to get it off - but his shoulder hurts too bad. He's struggling. I place a hand on his chest plate and smile. "I'll help."
"Girl…" he growls at me. I can't help but roll my eyes, sheesh! What a brat, "May i assist in taking off your armor for you, your Highness?" I mock. He looks like he's about to yell at me, so I pull out my trump card. I plop down on his lap and stare at him, while he looks back eyes wide with shock. He has beautiful eyes… wait what? "Look, i want to help you, but you're not making this easy. Let me help you get better. Please."
He really looks shocked. I figured back where he came from there were tons of girls grovelling at his feet, but his reaction makes me think he's been abused and no one is ever there to help - but he's a prince… right? He nods at me, probably still in shock, and I smile.
I fix him up and bandages his wounds. He watches me.
"Are you hungry?" I ask. He cocks his head sideways and looks at me quizzically-oh gosh he looks so cute doing that. "I'll take that as a yes." I pop open the mini fridge capsule, and this time his lack of reaction disappoints me. And then it hits me-how am I supposed to cook? "I suppose i could start a fire, or..."
He rolls his eyes at me. "That just shows, how much you know, girl." he mocks. I cross my arms and shoot him an inquisitive look. What is he going to do, shoot out a fireball or something with his hands?
It was then he shot out a fireball with his hand.
I gasp. Oh kami! How did he do that?! I feel him smirking at me. That almost looks like… Roshi's Kamehameha! Does he know that too?
An hour later I have cooked what I presumed was enough for the both of us. "I don't cook as well as my mum." I pop a tart into my mouth and watch him eat-no, devour-not quite, more like inhale the food. He has an appetite as big as Goku's! Tat's one thing they have in common. And a tail… and super strength… and crazy hair… could they be related?
"Hey Vegeta, what are saiyans?"
He turns to me and stops eating.
"Saiyans are a powerful warrior race. We all have a tail, that allows us to unlock our Oozaru state. Also, we have black hair. My planet was destroyed when i was a child." I nod, taking all this in. Powerful… Goku is definitely powerful, Tail… check, Black hair… totally, planet destroyed when child… what?! I shoot him a glance. His planet was destroyed? Oh dear… how many of his subjects are left? Does it include Goku?
"How many of you are left?" "There are three of us left," he answers. Oh… so maybe Goku is one of the saiyans. After all, he fits all the criteria… wait, what is an oozaru? Why does the tail unlock it? Hmm… what can Goku do with the tail, but not without? Oh god, he can't mean… "Um...Does your Oozaru thing happen to involve turning into a giant monkey under the full moon?"
He glances back at me, shocked, and narrows his eyes accusingly. "How would you know that?" I flinch, "lucky guess?" "I don't like people lying to me, girl." he snarls, and it seems so much more intimidating. I cower slightly.
"I'm tired." I yawn. He ignores me. I find a blanket in one of the capsules and lay next to the fore, trying to sleep. The blanket was coarse and thin, who knows how long it has been stored away. I sigh and close my eyes.
It was so cold… I breathed deeply. I might die of hypothermia before I get out of here.
"Girl…" I sigh. Please leave me alone. "Girl! Wake up!" I groan and roll over to see Vegeta looking at me. "What?" I ask tiredly. "Are you cold?"
"What?" I ask again, confused. Why would he care if I was cold? "I asked, are you cold?" He repeats. I brought my blanket tighter around me, and nodded. "Come here."
I look at him in shock, then in embarrassment when I realised what he was talking about. "You want us to… share body heat?"
I swear I saw him blush. "Yes girl now come." I crawl over and settle next to him. He puts an arm around me, and I fidget a little. Suddenly, he felt so warm… and comfortable… I relax and snuggle up next to him. How can one person be so warm? I sigh contentedly and smile.
When I wake up, I find Vegeta no where near, but the blanket around me.
"You have to leave." I look at him in shock. I know I have to leave, but why now? I though he was warming up to me or something. Can't he stand me? "What?"
"You heard me." I frown. Time to dig out my old lie. "How do I get back? My...uh ship crashed."
"There are lots of working ones in this planet's base. Just grab one." He mentions casually. I blink in shock. Isn't that stealing? I voice out my opinion. He looks me over. "Not when the owner's dead."
My jaw drops. Dead? But… come to think of it, I haven't seen a single one of planet's inhabitants. Vegeta said I look nothing like them, which meant he wasn't one of them too, considering he looked like a human. But, dead? Who killed them? All of them? Can't there be survivors, or-or… someone? How can one planet's people just… die? If that's the case then… what about Vegeta.
"Come on." I follow him silently, not before murmuring a small prayer of thanks and sympathy to whoever who lived here. I walked behind him, staring at the fallen buildings. We said nothing for the entire trip.
I frown at the ship before me. "Will this do?" he asks, tapping his foot impatiently. "Yes this is good," I nods. Too good. The technology here is-or was, way advanced than what we had back on Earth.
"Vegeta?" I ask. He raises an eyebrow at me.
I didn't know what compelled me to do it. It just… felt so right at the time. I didn't know why, but it was good. I ran forward and kissed him full on the lips.
He staggered backwards, but slowly put his arms around me and we fully absorbed into the kiss. He's a great kisser. And his lips are soft and delicious. There was nothing lustful or demanding of it, just a kiss. My first, in fact. It was like one of those innocent first love moments in high school.
We part. I look deep into those beautiful onyx eyes of his. "Bulma."
"What?" he looks at me. I roll my eyes affectionately. "My name. Bulma." I figured you would want to know the name of the beautiful girl who just kissed you, I quip in my head.
"Oh." I look at him, and for the first time I remember my wish. Who did Shenron send me to meet anyway? On this barren planet, all the inhabitants dead, with only Vegeta around…oh kami, could Vegeta be him? My soul mate? There's only one way to find out, isn't there.
I give him a sad smile, and left for Earth, some million light years away, I found out later.
Because if we are meant to be, someday we would find each other.'
"So, let me get this straight. You travelled several light years, teleported to a planet that has already been purged, and faced the unbeatable odds alone, just to know who your soul mate would be?"
Bulma took a sip of coffee and shrugged. "Pretty much. My initial wish was for an unlimited supply of strawberries."
"That's stupid." Radditz drank the new Earth beverage he was starting to get fond of.
Bulma licked her lips. "Yea, I know. After that I wanted the perfect boyfriend, but I figured my perfect boyfriend may not be the one I'm destined for. So I wished to meet my soul mate."
Nappa leaned forward. "So… you can wish for anything with the dragonballs?"
"Pretty much. But," Bulma eyed the saiyan warily, "You probably wouldn't get much out of it. We used it not too long ago so they're still dormant."
Vegeta leaned back on his chair. "Hn. So that's where you came from. I spent ten years wondering how the hell you appeared on that planet."
Bulma smirked. "Aww 'Geta. Thought about me for ten whole years eh? Pretty dedicated."
He blushed a deep crimson, while the woman across him winked flirtly and his two comrades laughed their heads off. "Shut Up!"