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Bulma finished dressing
and pulled on a long black leather coat, Vegeta finished putting his armour
back on and smiled at her, shaking his head in amusement as Bulma blushed.
�So�when do we see
Cooler?� He stood up and stretched, his tail winding securely around his waist.
Bulma admired herself in
the mirror then turned around, her face half hidden behind the spiky jags of
her carelessly lopped off hair, �We�ll go now. They
wont stop me from seeing Cooler�and the sooner we get to Cooler the sooner you
can kill him�you can kill him right?� Bulma voice raised a notch, �Cause if I
loose you again Vegeta I wont survive it�I wouldn�t be able to stand it.�
Vegeta walked across and
pushed her hair behind her ear, �Firstly, I can kill him. I killed his brother
and I would have killed his father if Chichi hadn�t beaten me to it. Secondly,
you wouldn�t survive if I died, you�d have to live on so you could look after
Trunks.� Vegeta�s face took on a sterner look, �Besides if I somehow got killed
I�d want you to exact vengeance!�
Bulma nodded her head,
�You�re right�I�d go on living, but�I don�t think I�d really recover if you
went and died on me.�
Vegeta shrugged, �You know
yourself better then I do.� He paused and looked down at the floor then back up
at Bulma again, �I was going to ask you this after Id defeated Cooler�and I will defeat Cooler, but I�m going to ask you now�just in
case something goes wrong.�
�Ask me what?� Bulma felt
her heart speed up.
�I want you to be my
mate�my lawful mate.� Vegeta looked up and met her eyes then quickly looked
away, �You don�t have to if you don�t want to��
�I�d love to be your
lawful mate.� Bulma hugged him and gave him a quick kiss, �I�ve been waiting
for you to find me and ask me for seven long years, nothing is going to stop me
from saying yes.�
Vegeta looked relieved,
�Good�now, to Cooler!�
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Chichi, Goku, Jay,
Eighteen, Trunks, Vegeta and Bulma strode down the hallway towards Coolers
throne room, they walked past stunned guards and palace personal who could only
stare with open mouths as the Princess Bulma of the Ice-Jin Empire and her son
Prince Trunks of the Ice-Jin Empire walked down the hall with Prince Vegeta of
the Saiyan Empire and his three best warrior.
If any of the guards
looked closely at Prince Trunks and Prince Vegeta they quickly saw how alike
the two looked, and realised that the rumours of Princess Bulma�s love affair
with Prince Vegeta hadn�t been rumour after all.
None of the guards ran
ahead to warn Cooler, they were all too shocked or too pleased with this turn
of events to warn there would-be ruler.
For although loyal to
their King it was a well known fact that the Princess Bulma was well liked by
the palace guards, liked far more in-fact then King Cooler.
Bulma walked by them all,
her head held high with dignity, she strode through the huge marble hall that
preceded the throne room and the guards at the door ahead opened the doors
almost on cue as Bulma and company swept through to face a shocked Cooler.
�Bulma
what�V�Vegeta?� Cooler stood up,
his face betrayed no emotion but there was a stillness
to him that Bulma knew meant he was shocked�and scared.
�How did you get here? How
did you get onto my planet?� Cooler glared at them all,
�It wasn�t hard.� Vegeta
stepped forward and glared at him, �So�we meet again,
Cooler.�
Cooler opened his mouth
and hissed angrily at Vegeta, �Stay where you are monkey, you don�t want get
hurt.�
�You couldn�t hurt me if
you tried lizard breath�and you know it!� Cooler took a step forward, his eyes
glowing a warning red colour, �Trust me little Prince, you do not want to fight
me.�
�I think he does.� Stepped
forward, �He�s stronger then you Cooler, he killed your brother and a female of
far less strength easily defeated your father�do you really think you�ll be
much more of a challenge?�
Cooler laughed, �Little niece,
you forget your place.�
�I know my place!� Bulma
spat, �My place is here with my Prince!�
�What a pity.� Cooler
looked thoughtfully at Bulma, �I was hoping we could afford this, I had such
wonderful plans for you��
�Plans
which included marrying her off to Zardon?� Vegeta began to power up,
�Well that wasn�t part of
the original plan, but I figured Zardon could keep her in line��
�Well you didn�t count on
me!� Trunks stepped forward, his tail lashing about furiously, �I killed that
low life scum as easily as I could squash a bug!�
Cooler looked interestedly
down at Trunks, �I always knew you�d be strong, boy, but I didn�t figure on you
being strong enough to tackle Zardon yet.�
�He�s my son.� Vegeta
spoke proudly, �What did you expect?�
Cooler looked at the side
door almost expectantly, �I expected him to be weak like you.�
Vegeta growled and took a
flying leap towards Cooler, his anger allowing him to power up to super saiyan
in a flash, he rocketed into Cooler, slamming an elbow into his chest and kicking
him in the face in the blink of an eye.
Vegeta turned to hit him
again when the side door suddenly opened an five small
blurs threw themselves at vegeta, in a flurry of
punching and kicking too fast too follow.
�What the�?� Vegeta dodged
a punch from a small red haired girl and kick aimed from a small blue haired
boy.
�No!� Bulma�s
eyes widened in horror as she recognised the Project 109 � Gen X children,
�Paris, Jackilyn, Sunny, Paul, Yakult! What are you doing?�
Jackilyn, the small red
haired girl turned and smiled evilly, �Cooler is our King, he must be protected
at all costs!�
The small blue haired boy
turned to stare at Bulma too, �Zardon told us the truth, you are an enemy of
the Empire, we were not to trust anything that you
said.�
�You lied to me?� Bulma
stepped forward imploringly as Sunny, Yakult and
�We acted with accordance
with the laws of the Empire.� Jackilyn and Paul threw themselves back into the
fight against Vegeta, who was dodging the attacks from all sides, not hitting
back but avoiding all the blows he could.
Suddenly a stray blow from
�I wont
let you do this!� Bulma threw herself into the fray, jumping in front of Vegeta
and managing to hit Sunny across the face, she dropped to the floor with a
frightened yell and suddenly there was silence.
The other Project children
had paused and were now looking at Bulma in horror. Sunny whimpered and picked
herself up.
�You listen to me you
silly little children! I am your mother! You will do what I say and I say STOP
IT!� Bulma kept her eyes on the children as she helped Vegeta up, �Now line up
against that wall!� She ordered with an iron tone.
The children their eyes
wide moved to do as she said, Paris pausing only to look at Sunny�s face where
Bulma had hit her.
�Didn�t you learn anything
that I had taught you?� Bulma watched the kids as Vegeta walked across the room
to where Cooler had been standing, watching with a smirk�a smirk that had now
been replaced with a look of fear.
�Attack them! I am your
King and I order you to kill her!� He roared.
The kids looked at each
other and then at Bulma who shook her head, �You don�t have to obey him! You�re
not his little soldiers; you�re not his little toys! Your people and people
have rights!�
Bulma shook her head as
she stared down into the blue eyes of the most intelligent child she had ever
seen, �And why did you believe him?�
�Because
he told us too.�
�And I told you not to believe
him.�
�But you�re a traitor!�
�I�m also your mother.�
Bulma stepped forward, �I never lied to you, I only
told you the truth! And the truth is that I am, to all intents and purposes you
mother! Who protected you from all those painful experiments Zardon and Cooler
wanted done? Me! I did! Whose blood do you think runs in your veins? Mine!�
Bulma stared at the sullen faces of the five Gen X projects and sadly shook her
head again, �Look at your selves, you�ve lowered yourself to fighting your own
mother, and all because some low life scum who calls himself king has ordered
you too.�
The five children looked
amongst each other, eventually all of them looking at Bulma again.
�I want you to make a
choice now. You can grow up and lead a healthy, normal life, the kind of life
that I missed out on! Or you can stay here and fight for you precious king
a man who is responsible for the deaths of all your
other brothers and sisters, make your choice and make it now.� Bulma stared
each child in the eyes.
Jackilyn was the next to
step forward, �I don�t want to either�they keep hurting us.�
Yakult and Paul stepped
for murmuring the same things.
Finally only Sunny was
left, she rubbed her face where Bulma had hit her a
sniffled.
�I�m sorry I hit you,
honey.� Bulma softened her voice, �But you were going to hurt Vegeta�and I love
Vegeta.�
Sunny�s eyes filled with
tears and she ran forward and threw herself into Bulma�s arms, �I just wanna
rest�I want a mommy!� She burst into tears, her little body racked with sobs.
Bulma picked her up and
turned around, she nodded at Vegeta who had backed Cooler into the corner.
