Dangerous Bond

Chapter 43 : Bulma's Plan

Bulma hit a combination of numbers into her phone, glancing worriedly at the green numbers on the box-like machine beside her. 30 HRs, machine read.

"Pick up already" She urged frantically as the phone rang for the fifth time on the other end.

She waited a second more and a 'click!' came to her ear.

"Hello? Son resid..."

"ChiChi!" She half screamed, "Is Goku there? I really need to speak to him! It's urgent!"

"Goku's out training right now," She informed the other woman, "But I could get him if you want..."

"YES! Uh, um, I mean, yes please ChiChi, it means a lot to me if you could..."

On the other end of the line ChiChi shook her head, that woman was strange sometimes...

"Ok, I will do. He'll be over in a second."

"Arigato! Arigato gozeimashta ChiChi!" She put down the phone.

ChiChi sighed and turned away from the counter before closing her eyes and concentrating. She and Goku had a bond, but it was darn hard to use! If she knew how good the one between Bulma and Vegeta was she'd start cursing the day Goku hit his head on a rock and lost most of his Saiya-jin traits.

'=Goku-kun!=' She called to him.

Halfway up a mountain stopped in the middle of his training, rewarded with a kick in the face from Piccolo and a punch in the stomach from Gohan.

'=Ooof! Hey Chi, anything wrong?=' He asked.

'=Well, Bulma just called up throwing a hissy fit wanting to see you NOW, if you must know.=' Her tone became more serious, '=Look, Son-kun, I think you should go see her, she sounded like she'd been crying or something...='

'=I'm on it Chi!=' He responded and was back outside Capsule Corp. in and instant.

Vegeta was sitting on the front step of the house, seeming not to have even noticed the presence of the other warrior. He was resting his chin in his hands, elbows on knees. His tail (which Goku hadn't noticed before) was lying on the step beside him, the last ten centimetres hanging limp over the edge.

"Hey Vegeta!" Goku called, "D'you know where Bul..."

"Lab." The Saiya-jin no Ouji interrupted, his voice flat.

"Okay, thanks!"He jogged over to the other building.

Vegeta watched him go, wondering vaguely what Bulma was up to. Deciding to follow Kakarot he got up, only to be hit by the same wave of pain as before, only ten times worse. He hit the ground silently, too overwhelmed by pain to even scream. The might Saiya-jin warrior was out within seconds.

Bulma stopped short in the middle of telling Goku her 'plan'.

"Oh no, not again!" She complained, leaving the lab and marching over to the unconcious form of her mate. "I though that he might stay better for a while longer after eating that bean..."

Goku stared at Vegeta in disbeleif. It had been weird enough when he found the Saiya-jin no Ouji on the floor before and just hearing about what sickness he had. Seeing him like this and knowing what was wrong was even worse! He was so used to the normal, arrogant and powerful Vegeta that went around insulting everyone that this weak and Bulma-dependant version caught him off guard. He wondered if Bulma was right and this illness really was fatal... He hoped his first ever friend's plan would work.

"Help me get him inside." Bulma was saying.

He nodded and lifted the shorter Saiya-jin from the ground with little effort. When Vegeta was safely on his bed and Bulma was sure the Saiya-jin no Ouji couldn't be any more comfortable that he was Goku turned to her.

"So what do I do again?" He wanted to know.

Bulma sighed and launched herself into re-explaining her plan for the 39th time. It was a clear, easy thing to do, yet STILL Son-kun couldn't seem to get it.

"Look, I've got some poisen particles being duplicated right now," She told him, "And in 30 hours they'll be done and can be turned into an antidote to save Geta. All I need you to do is stay here and stay awake for the 30 hours. If he looks like he's in super bad pain or is about to black out just lend him some ki to get over it with, okay?"

Goku nodded, sure that this was easy now. "Got it this time."

She nodded back. "Good, cause if he's dead by the time I get back I WILL NOT be your friend ever again, got it?"

"Yup. Oh, and Bulma?" He called after her as she left the room.

"Yeah?" Her head popped back around the door.

"You're lucky you're not fully bonded yet, 'cause he'd pull you down with him if he died and you were."

Bulma blushed and left the room, how the Hell did he know that she and Vegeta were 'together'? She brushed it off as she headed back to the lab, it was hard enough keeping herself from falling apart on the spot without having something else on her mind. She sat down in one of the chairs in the lab and watched the machine for signs of defect and malfunction.

'I swear,' She thought to herself, 'If this thing fails and he... dies... I'll become and assasin and won't stop killing until every member of that supplier is dead!'

Back upstairs Goku slid down the wall and sat with his back against it. How was he supposed to stay awake for 30 hours when it was soooo booorrrring in here? Nothing was happening! Little did he know, but his 'watch Vegeta' assignment was going to be anything but boring...

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