Bulma sat there trying to mend the Saiyajin Prince's battle outfit. She took
notice of the hole that was in the chest area right above his heart. ~That must
of been the final blow...~ She thought as she remembered that he had been
killed on Namek. A flash of pity rose up in her as she thought about it. ~Wow,
Vegeta may have been one the bad guys, but even he didn't deserve to die like
that...~ In fact the only one she could think of that was deserving of such a
death was Freezer. Vegeta was nothing like him. You wouldn't see Freezer
saving the life of his mortal enemies son...Of course Vegeta had said that he
hadn't saved Gohan's life and that "he wasn't worth it" but you could see right
through that "bad guy" act. He had saved Gohan and he probably didn't even
know why himself. ~I guess he's not used to helping people....~ She giggled to
herself.
"Have you got that done yet, woman?" Came a deep voice from behind her.
She spun around in her swivel chair to face him. "You'll have to have patience
your majesty." She purposely emphasised the word "majesty." She took not that
he had on human attire and that he looked DAMN good in it. It was so weird
to see him like that. He never would have known that he was the same Vegeta
that came to Earth to kill them all. He looked like an extra delicious hunk. ~tee-
hee! I can get used to this guy...~
He folded his arms and scowled at her. "Patience? If I have to wear this
HUMAN attire for one more minute...."
He was cut off before he could finish his threat. "Oh? Well listen here buddy!
You're a guest here in MY house and you'll just have to act civil! You'll just
have to HAVE patience! You should be happy that I'm doing this in the first
place!" Bulma screamed at him.
He "hmph'd" and took a place in front of her. ~Damn woman. She had better
stop talking to me like that or I'll blow her and the rest of her insane family to
hell!~ He tried to forget the fact that actually needed to stay here since he
didn't have anywhere else to go. That part made him feel VERY uneasy. He
wasn't in control here and that was something that he was NOT used to. And
as much as he didn't want to admit it, he had been slightly worried as to where
he was going to go until Bulma had told him to come with her.
He watched her sow a bit and then asked a question that had been bothering
him ever since she had asked him to stay with her. "Why did you ask me to stay
with you?"
Bulma looked up from her sowing and smiled slightly. She shrugged and said
matter-of-factly, "Well, you didn't have anywhere else to go and well, I had
plenty of space."
She could of sworn that she saw like disappointment flash across his face. But
it was hard to tell seeing how his expressions hardly ever changed and they were
almost invisible to the untrained eye. But for some reason she could see them
perfectly.
"That still doesn't really answer my question. Have you forgotten who I am
woman?" He said a bit heatedly.
Bulma saw what he was getting at and smiled even more. "Of course I know
who you are Vegeta. I haven't forgotten that it was you who came here a year
ago and was threatening all of us with certain disaster and the end of the world
as we know it. Oh, I haven't forgotten what you WERE but quite frankly I'm
more concerned with what you are NOW."
Vegeta was shocked at first and didn't know what to say, he wasn't used to
these "sentimental"moments. But he was quite familiar with how to be angry.
"Hmph, you humans are more stupid then I would of ever imagined! You
actually think that I'm some "good-guy" now?! I'm the same as I was then and
don't expect me to repent or anything, cuz' it won't be happening!" And with
that he stormed out of the room.
Bulma was only slightly shocked by his reaction. She was half expecting him to
blow up. She just sighed and went back to sowing.
Later that night...
Vegeta sat there in the tall oak trying desperately to concentrate on his ki. But
it was near impossible. He couldn't get the blue haired beauty's words out of his
head. ~Oh I haven't forgotten what you were, but quite frankly I'm more
concerned with what you are now...~ Could he really have changed like the
woman had said? His first thought was to laugh it off but there were some
things that really bothered him. Like why had he saved Kakarotto's brat? He
hadn't even thought about it before he already had it done. It was like he did it
by pure instinct. He shuddered at that thought. That was NOT what his
instincts should of been like. They should of been to sit back and laugh as the
boy was torn apart by Freezer's beam.
He shook his head as if to clear his conscious of the intruding thoughts. ~What
if I AM getting soft?~ A bit of consideration and he decided that he would
have to test himself to see if the impossible had actually happened.
He flew out of the tree and headed towards the Capsule Corporation....
At the Capsule Corporation...
Bulma stared out at the moonless sky, mesmerized by it's beauty. Although the
moon was no longer present, the sky was still amazingly bright. She sighed to
herself as she wished that she had someone to share this moment with. She had
broken up with her long time boyfriend, Yamcha earlier that day. She had
caught him with another girl AGAIN and she suddenly realized what a waste
of time Yamcha was. He was SO immature and wasn't ready for a commitment
that she so desperately needed. It hadn't been as hard as she thought it would
be, not at all. ~maybe I'm growing up...~
Suddenly, a flash of steel blue caught her eye. She looked up towards the sky
and saw Vegeta racing towards the complex. For a moment, she allowed herself
to be in awe of the whole scene. The trail that flared behind him looked very
much like a shooting star and the whole picture looked very beautiful. She had
seen her friends fly many, many times but had never really thought about how
much she envied them.~They must have the greatest feeling of freedom. They
can just fly away from their troubles...~
She was about to call out to him as he came nearer, but stopped herself as she
saw the look on his face. His face was set in dead determination and he looked
REALLY mad.
She quickly ducked behind the railing and peeped between the bars at him,
praying that he hadn't seen her.
He suddenly stopped and seemed to consider something. He seemed to snap
out of it and to her horror, a glow of ki energy had begun to form around his
hand.
~Oh, Kami, please! I don't want to die!!~ Her grip tightened on the bars as her
heart began to race. Why was he doing this?! Didn't her generous hospitality
mean anything to him?! She had been so sure that he had changed. Tears began
to fall down her delicate features as he shaped the energy into a ball...