Chapter 8
Bulma sat staring at 18.
�I need to know what the fuck goes on when you get Hunted, and when you mate.� She was so confused now. After setting two of her ribs in place and bandaging the rest of her body, Bulma sat down with 18 for dinner while Chi Chi slept.
18 smirked.
�You really don�t know, do you?� She laughed when Bulma growled. �Sorry Bulma, it�s just that in the streets of my town, all the women get Hunted by a different man each night. It�s not the perfect little happy life-time thing as some think it is.� Bulma stared at her blankly. She sighed. �OK, here we go. I�m not even supposed to talk about it, since we�re under Age, but I learned a lot living by myself for four years. My older brother (who do you think that was? � 17!!) told me all this stuff before he got killed in some street brawl. I�ll only tell you once, so you better listen.� Bulma nodded and 18 continued.
�He said when a male Saiyan finds a female Saiyan that he wants to, er�mate�with, he�ll Hunt her as long as she�s of Age! Any Saiyan of Age who even thinks about an under Age female is a rat. What Chi Chi�s father did was like rape. He violated her. Think of what will happen when her future mate tries to be romantic and grabs her tail. She�ll freak out! It�s going to suck for the both of them��
Bulma nodded and looked down to the floor. Had Vegeta known what he was doing? He probably had, the bastard. But it was impossible for him to have known what it would do to her. She knew that because he was Under Age. That made her think. How can a guy even tell if you�re of Age?
As if reading her thoughts, 18 answered her question.
�He said things happen to Saiyans when they come of Age. For one thing, they stand, talk, and walk differently. I don�t know why. He also said something about a mark�let me remember.� 18 rubbed her temples and then smiled. �On the day of our coming of Age, we�ll get a mark, somewhere on our body. For every Saiyan girl it�ll be different.� Her eyes glazed over. �I remember my Mom had a green raindrop right on her forehead��
18 paused, and the she wrinkled her nose in disgust.
�I don�t have to explain the whole sex thing with you, do I?� She shuddered.
Bulma stuck her tongue out.
�No way! That�s disgusting. I don�t know how our parents can stand it! Yuck�� Bulma looked like she was about to vomit.
18 smirked.
�Good. I was hoping I wouldn�t have to tell you that.� Her smirk fell a little. �But you know what my big brother told me?� She continued at Bulma�s inquisitive look. �He said that as soon as we come of Age, we�ll love sex! We�ll want it whenever we see our mate, and we�ll want it wherever we see our mate. Isn�t that nasty?�
Bulma stuck her finger in her throat.
�That can�t be true! Not me! No way. I won�t ever want to have sex. That is completely and totally disgusting.�
((The Flying Pen stops, rereads this page and startles. �Did I write this? Woah, hold on. How can sex ever be disgusting? I mean, come on-it�s sex! ::smirks an evil smirk:: But I don�t want to confuse some of my readers. So let me explain it to you a little better.
Have you ever told a little boy that as soon as he gets older, he�s going to like the girls? And we�ve all heard his reply.
�No way! Girls have kooties and I�ll never like them as long as I live!� Then, after swearing on the moon, stars, and sun that he won�t ever like them, he admits to you. �I don�t see why Daddy ever married Mommy � she is a girl!�
Young Saiyans (in my story) feel the same way about sex. Unfortunately, that�s all going to change for them in the coming chapters. ::grins evilly:: MWA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!
�I agree.�
18 and Bulma stopped and stared at Chi Chi, who moved from the doorway to the stove to get her supper. �Sex is horrible, and my mom found out the hard way.� She sat down with them.
Bulma noticed she was paler than usual, but she seemed okay besides that. She asked just to be sure.
�You okay Chi? That was rough back there. I�m sorry.�
�Oh, it�s not your fault Bulma. I�ll get over it. And we�ll all get that arrogant Prince. You just wait, �cause I have a plan.�
The girls all looked at each other and smirked.
�And what is this �plan� Chi Chi?� 18 asked. �We all just saw Bulma get her ass kicked by the Royal Bastard.�
Chi Chi looked at Bulma.
�I know your dad was into that high tech mumbo jumbo, right?�
Bulma didn�t take insult to it. She knew her father was in the Royal Science Division. He had made Head Scientist when he was nineteen with his invention of the Capsules.
�Yeah, why?�
�And I know he built you a Gravity Bubble. That�s all we need. Your Gravity Bubble.�
18 was lost.
�Okay��Gravity Bubble�? What the hell�s a �Gravity Bubble�?� she asked, picking up her plate to take to the sink.
�It�s a room that has controlled gravity so you can train under harder circumstances.� Bulma turned to Chi Chi. �I�m listening.�
Chi Chi smirked.
�What can we do to make sure that in one year, when we�re all of Age on the night of the full moon, no male whatsoever can force us to have� she shuddered �sex with them?�
The other girl�s faces lit up.
�Get strong enough to kick their asses before they get us! Chi Chi, you are brilliant!� 18 clapped her hard on the back. �You should go into depressions more often. Makes you think harder.�
Bulma just stood their, grinning like an idiot. The other girls stared.
�What do you think will happen if he,� Bulma said, meaning the Prince, �chooses one of us?� She paused for dramatic effect. �That after one year of waiting for us to come of Age, one year of us training and getting stronger, and one year until the full moon, he finally makes his decision. And it�s one of us. And he can�t have us because we�re too fast? Too strong? And our will power is much too great for whatever the coming of Age does to us? We have to promise to not want sex.� Bulma smirked. �I can see it now � Prince Vegeta finally chooses a mate � and then gets the shit beat out of him, while we all fly free. When one of us beats the shit out of him, then the Royal Guards will have to leave us alone. They won�t dare try to Hunt us then! This is our ticket!�
The three of them joined in her mirth. 18 stopped suddenly, and Chi Chi and Bulma saw a shiver run up and down her spine.
�Oh shit�� it was barely a whisper.
Bulma jumped up and put an arm around her shoulder, Chi Chi following suit.
18 didn�t even look at them.
�You know what my brother also told me?� She looked straight out the window. �He said that stuff happens to us on Full Moon nights. Besides turning Oozaru (the giant monkey thing for those who don�t watch the show). Males, they�they get stronger. Like, three times as strong as they used to be. And their senses! He said that they could smell and hear and see and taste and touch everything at least five times better. He said females don�t get stronger, but they do get faster. Loads faster. He said something about making the Hunt more interesting�I wish I had paid more attention to him.� She looked up at them after the long silence that followed that statement.
Chi Chi�s voice was wavering as she spoke.
�Do you know what this means?� she asked them.
Bulma�s face turned murderous.
�That we have a hell of a lot of training to do.� The three girls set their faces with determined looks and then went to see what free time they would have to train. Their mornings were full of the �purification� ritual, and their afternoons were full of some sort of �testing�. Bulma lifted her head up from the schedule they were reading.
�This means we work right before and after supper, until we have to go to sleep. Deal?� She placed her hand out. Chi Chi put her hand above it, followed by 18.
�Deal!� They all three headed for showers and bed, except for Bulma, who wanted to surprise them the next morning. She slinked out of the window after they were in all asleep.
Vegeta on the other hand, stood on his balcony facing the girls� dorms. He had seen the light still on in their kitchen. He had seen them all looking over something, then he had seen them � do a cheer? What the hell? He saw Kakkarot below his balcony, also staring into the window. The Guard looked like he thought no one was watching him. But Vegeta was. His eyes immediately found Krillin, who was also staring into the window, but looking away quickly as if debating something. He knew one thing. They had better not have an obsession with the blue one.
He rubbed his sore jaw and smirked as memories of their fight jumped to his head. He might as well send the other girls home. He knew who was going to be his future mate. The future Queen of Planet Vegeta. He smirked as he turned to go to sleep, but stopped when a blue flash caught his eye. He looked back out the window to see the blue girl shooting out of her window. Where is she going? He jumped off the balcony and followed her, being sure to conceal his power level.