Chapter 5
Working With "Others"
"Come on Kakarot, or is that all you can take?" Vegeta smirked as he watched Kakarot pull himself off the ground with shaky hands.
"Geta' can we have a break? We've been sparing for 4 hours now, and I'm realllyyy hungry" Kakarot moaned between ragged breathes and clutched his now grumbling stomach. Vegeta was about to argue that they would continue training and eat later but his stomach betrayed his intentions by releasing a load grumble causing a goofy grin to spread across Kakarot's idiotic features.
"Uh fine."
Although Vegeta was extremely pissed off about being on Frieza's ship he couldn't deny that the training facilities were more advanced than those on Vegeta-sai. He had heard that there were many gravity rooms on the ship although he hadn't had the chance to test his abilities on them yet though he had full intentions of using the rooms to his full advantage. As both he and Kakarot approached their room door they could hear muffled screeching and what sounded like objects being destroyed. Bursting through the door Vegeta noticed the blue haired wench standing in the centre of the room surrounded by what used to be decorative ornaments.
"Bulma calm down it'll be fine" He noticed the black haired females attempt to calm the barbaric traiyan princess was futile.
"CHI YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT WORKING WITH OTHERS. THAT GOD DAMNED BASTARD LIZARD UUHHH" Rage was plastered on Bulma's petite face as she screeched back at Chi Chi.
"B, come on don't let him win, this is the reaction he wants from you." This seemed to calm down the blue haired female as she sighed and muttered a response a few moments later.
"Uh Fine."
"What the hell is all this screeching about?" Vegeta decided to cut in, due to curiosity and make his presence known.
"Oh it's you" Bulma muttered seemingly unimpressed by his presence. "You saiyans have 12 hours to prepare, we have a three month purge tomorrow curtsy of the all mighty lord ugly himself" after informing Vegeta of this sudden development she walked down the hall and entered her room and slamming the door.
"Is that what the women was freaking out over? What's the big deal she must have been on hundreds of missions?" He directed at Chi Chi whose eyes were still on Bulma's door.
"Bulma's not exactly pleased about the idea of working with a team, she was more than reluctant to work with me when I first arrived. Teamwork isn't really her thing" Chi Chi mumbled in response.
"Hn. Kakarot go and inform the others, I'm going to talk to the blue haired wench" not even bothering to wait for a response, Vegeta continued down the hall and entered the door that Bulma had just moments before entered.
"So Chi how many missions have you been on?" Kakarot asked while he checked the cupboards for any signs of food.
"I've been on around 350 since being here" Chi Chi muttered not at all seeming proud of her record.
"Wow, 350 that's a lot I've only been on about 150" Kakarot responded extremely surprised at Chi Chi's purging record.
"Yeah I hate purging innocent life but in a way leaving this ship is an escape, no matter how much time we are gone for it's always better than being here."
"Sounds like it sucks here." Kakarot responded feeling pity for Chi Chi.
"It's hell."
Vegeta burst into Bulma's room without knocking or any warning. Bulma spun around instantly; upon hearing the door open she prepared a ki blast. Once she realised it was Vegeta she disintegrated the ball and relaxed her body a little.
"Catch you off guard did I?" Vegeta mocked with his trademark smirk plastered on his face and a slight raise of an eyebrow.
"Shut up Vegeta, uh, what do you want?" Although she was somewhat expecting him to come and talk to her about the mission she had suddenly sprung on him but still she had been surprised by his sudden entrance.
"Considering you just told me we are going on a mission tomorrow morning I want more details about where and why." He huffed and crossed his arms. His eyes strayed from her face and he began looking at her body. For a girl of 16 she had a perfect hour glassed figure which was made even more present by her choice of tight purple spandex. He couldn't deny her beauty and the fact that she was a spitfire made it even more fun to be around her. Bulma noticed his eyes stray down her body and smirked.
"See something you like?" She retorted placing her hands on her hips and tilting her head.
"No of course not women, now answer my previous question." Annoyed that she had noticed him checking her out he decided he wanted to get out of this room as quick as possible.
"Okay, we are being sent to planet Taska, it is located it the upper east side of the universe, we are to wipe out all inhabitants and Frieza wants us to locate some kind of rock material and bring and excessive amount of it back."
"Hn, and it will be a month long journey their and a month back?"
"Yes"
"And a month to find this rock?"
"Yes"
"Why does he want it anyway?" Vegeta asked curiously.
"I'm not entirely sure but I know that if Frieza wants it then it must have significant value or is extremely useful" Bulma grumbled. She hated that she was playing a part in expanding and strengthening his empire but even she knew the best way to kill your enemy is if you are trusted so she completed all missions he asked without arguments or questions well… with minimum arguments.
"Hn and you want to just hand it over to him?"
"Look I've been on this god damn ship for 7 years, I know what I'm doing so don't you dare think about sabotaging this mission just to piss him off because believe me it will not end well for you." Bulma spoke in a harsh cold tone before entering a door to the left which Vegeta assumed was the bathroom. A few moments later Vegeta left and entered his own room for a much needed shower.
In the early hours of the morning the saiyans and two traiyans were making their way to the dock to board their ship. They had been given a median size ship which was made for 4 people; it contained a living area and a small kitchen, a bathroom, training room and 3 bedrooms. The ship was automatically set for the destination but in case of an emergency Bulma knew how to manually control the ship. They hadn't been sent in pods because the planet was not too far away that they would be needed to put under for the journey.
It had been two weeks since they left Frieza's command ship and Vegeta had ended up sharing a room with Kakarot and the idiot had been annoying him. It was all the bloody women's idea.
Flashback
"VEGETA YOU HAVE TO SHARE, STOP BEING AN ARROGANT PRICK."
"I AM A PRINCE I WILL NOT SHARE A ROOM WITH THAT LOW CLASS"
"UGH YOU'RE SUCH AN ASSHOLE"
"DUMBASS WENCH"
"INSIGNIFICANT JERK"
"BANSHEE"
Vegeta and Bulma had been arguing for ten minutes about Vegeta sharing a room with Kakarot.
"GOD, LOOK ME AND CHI ARE SHARING WHICH LEAVES TWO ROOMS SO YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE"
Vegeta went silent for a moment and considered his options. He couldn't stand Raditz and his annoying ability to never shut up about women and how much of a lady killer he thought he was. Nappa he could stand for a short amount of time but Nappa's need to protect him annoyed him to no end. This left Kakarot. Kakarot, he for some reason preferred over the others. Despite his idiotic behaviour, he respected his strength and had grown up with him in the palace.
"FINE WOMEN, IF IT WILL STOP YOUR ANNOYING SCREACHING I WILL BUNK WITH KAKAROT" He sighed in defeat.
Flashback Over
Over the past two weeks he had been enjoying his heated arguments with the women. It made the otherwise boring journey entertaining. It was currently around two in the morning and he had been training all night. He knew it was about time he got some rest but first he went to the kitchen to grab a sufficient snack. As he entered the kitchen which was also connected to the living room he noticed Bulma's form asleep on the sofa.
He slowly approached her careful not to make a single sound and looked at her almost peaceful face. She was unbelievably beautiful he could see it even more clearly now. He had been fighting his growing feelings for the girl for weeks now. She was everything he was, strong, brave, intelligent, and proud. She was his perfect match. He watched her for a while and she began to stir. A pained and terrified look crossed her features and she began mumbling 'no'. He immediately realised she was having a nightmare. Suddenly she screamed and jumped up. She grabbed Vegeta and tackled him.
"NO NO YOU WILL DIE FRIEZA BY MY HAND"
"Women, calm down I'm not the lizard" Vegeta spoke calmly trying to convince her that she was safe.
"NO No no no" She gradually got quieter with each 'no' and began pounding her hands on his chest. Vegeta made no attempt to stop her from hitting him knowing it was best she got this out her system. Seeing how vulnerable she was right now he put his pride aside; lifting her into his arms he placed her back onto the sofa and held her in complete silence for a few moments. All of a sudden Bulma raised her head and looked up at Vegeta with tear stroked eyes.
"Vegeta?" confusion washed over her. Why was he comforting her? Didn't he hate her? All he did was argue with her and try to piss her off.
"Shh" He softly responded.
"Thankyou" She quietly mumbled barely loud enough for him to hear but he did. "And if you ever tell anyone I said that. I will kill you… slowly and painfully"
Vegeta chuckled lightly knowing she most probably would.
"Women if you tell anyone about this either I will be forced to end you"
A small smile spread over Bulma's face. Luckily for her Vegeta didn't see. She knew she was being foolish allowing herself to get attached to him but no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get him off her mind. After a few minutes of silence Bulma had drifted off again, sighing Vegeta picked her up and gently put her to bed.
After that night both Vegeta and Bulma had been busy avoiding each other. Two weeks had passed and both knew they showed weaknesses that night and refused to show anymore so thought it would be best if they kept away from each other. Vegeta indulged himself in training and Bulma indulged herself with mission plans and learning about the planet. It was the morning of landing day and Bulma had been up early in the control room ready to manually land the ship as it couldn't automatically land. Chi Chi and Kakarot who had grown extremely close were also in the control room with Bulma.
"Chi come on it'll be fun" Kakarot attempted to persuade Chi Chi to go swimming in one of the planets lakes.
"But Kakarot we are on a mission" She reasoned
"Pleaasee" He begged.
"Fine but only if we have time" She smiled at him. Over the four weeks they had spent almost all their time together other then when Vegeta commanded him to train. They had both developed feelings for each other.
"You two need to focus on the mission at hand. The last thing we need is for this mission to fail." Bulma coldly told the two and then continued to focus on the control panels.
A few moments later in walked Nappa, Raditz and Vegeta.
Nappa merely nodded towards Bulma in greeting, Raditz grinned at her and Vegeta completely blanked her. What a surprise. Spinning back round on her chair she continued to focus on the planet ahead. They had just begun entering the atmosphere causing everyone to find something to hold onto. The ship was shaking drastically causing Chi Chi to fall onto Kakarot. A sheepish blush crossed Kakarots cheeks as he helped her up and once again latched onto something.
"WOMEN I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU COULD LAND THIS THING!?" Vegeta had to shout over the sound of the chaos as items fell all around the ship.
"I CAN, SHUT UP AND HOLD ONTO SOMETHING!" She wasn't surprised that it had taken a chaotic situation for him to talk to her. After another two minutes of madness Bulma eventually brought the ship into a safe landing in a clearing.
"Okay, Chi you and me will take the east side of the planet, Kakarot and Raditz you ta-" Before she could finish Vegeta interrupted.
"Women, who put you in charge?"
"Frieza did and if you know what's good for you, you'll listen to my commands Vegeta." She spoke his name with a harsh tone. He was really starting to get on her nerves now.
"I refuse to take orders from a banshee like you. Raditz, Nappa, Kakarot come on" He started to leave when Bulma responded.
"A BANSHEE LIKE ME? LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE PRICK I HAVE YEARS MORE EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE AND STRATEDY SO DON'T YOU DA—"
"YOU WENCH, HOW DARE YOU TALK TO THE PRINCE OF SAIYANS IN THAT WA—"
"BULMA, VEGETA" Chi Chi shouted at the top of her lungs causes the saiyans to cover their ears in pain.
"WHAT?!" both Vegeta and Bulma responded as they turned to face her.
"Look outside."
Both looked out the front window towards what Chi Chi was referring too. There in front of them was a huge army of pissed off natives. There had to be hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers.
"Brilliant. See woman this is what your screeching has achieved." Vegeta muttered before flying out the front of the ship and past the army and shortly after Nappa followed.
Bulma rolled her eyes at his immaturity. It appeared he had gone to clear the rest of the planet alone and leave the army to the rest of them.
"Kill all life forms. But cause as little damage to the planet as possible, understood?" They all knew what to do and exited the ship; they all shot into the air and began blasting as many as they could. The battle had begun.
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