| Truth - Chapter 5 Bulma was still smiling at Vegeta. Vegeta thought of the fact that she could have taken too many tranquillisers. 'Are you on drugs?' Surprised by this question she answered: 'No, why?' -'Usually you would be mad and shouting in a time like this.' 'Well I am not on drugs. Can't I be happy?' Vegeta shrugged, turned around and walked towards the door to train outside. 'Hey Vegeta?' He stopped but said nothing. 'Thank you for last night. I like talking to you.' -'I am late with training so if you are finished talking then I am going.' 'Can I come with you?' -'It's your lawn.' 'Okay then.' She then jumped from her chair and walked after him through the door to the garden. Vegeta looked at Bulma, she was still smiling. He then powered up so that sand was whirling around. The sand did not reach Bulma as if he planned it that way. Vegeta wanted to fly away but Bulma stopped him. 'Hey! You said I could come with you!' -'I didn't say anything.' 'Yes you did.' -'Fine.' Angrily he grabbed her and lifted her from the ground. 'So where are we going?' She asked playfully, now lying comfortably in his arms. -'I am going to train somewhere and you wanted to watch. So if you shut up, woman, then we can finally leave.' With a simple 'ok' she let him carry her to wherever it was they were going. They had been flying for a very long time and Bulma was getting kind of bored. She looked up at Vegeta to see his grumpy face. 'How long does it take for us to get at your training spot?' Vegeta sighed deeply. -'Stop talking, it is bad enough that I took you with me without you yapping all day long. As a matter of fact I do not even know why I took you with me.' Bulma was still in her 'happy' mood and didn't pay attention to his response. 'Could you at least tell me where we're going?' No answer. 'Ah, come on. What's so bad in telling me. Is it a secret spot? If so you have to blindfold me or else...' -'Fine woman, I shall tell. Just stop this conversation thing ok? It is a small Island directly ahead of us.' 'Is that all? Can't you tell more about this Island?' Vegeta now looked at her. She could read the irritation in his eyes and stopped talking. However she didn't stop looking at him. I suppose he's not such a bad guy. He's just shaped by the past life he lived. He's something like...hard on the outside but deep inside he also has a soft spot or something like that. That spot probably lies very deep. I wonder if anyone could ever reach it. 'What are you looking at?' Vegeta snarled at her, finding it uneasy to have her in his arms. -'Nothing.' She took her gaze of him and fixed her eyes on the ocean that was now appearing. We are a long way from home. Kami, where are we going? Finally after many hours Vegeta landed on a small island the size of a section in capsule corp. not larger than a football field. 'You're going to train here?' Bulma said looking at the nothingness that surrounded them. Vegeta didn't answer to her question but lifted himself from the ground and flew of to the other side of the island. There he started to kick air and testing his agility by shifting from one side to the other and then to another side. Bulma soon got bored by watching Vegeta whoosh around and started kicking air herself. Vegeta noticed this but said nothing at first. He stopped moving and watched her moves. If she was to be trained she could actually become stronger than she is now. Bulma realised he stopped his training and stopped too. 'What are you looking at?' Vegeta smirked. 'You. What do you think you are doing?' -'Training, like you.' Bulma said feeling kind of offended. 'What for? To take on the androids? You know you will never be able to get as strong as me to defeat them.' He sarcastically pointed out. -'What if I am able to get stronger than you? And what if I wanted to take on the androids? What do you care?' Bulma started to punch the air as if she was proving her point. 'Stop doing that, woman. I do not want you fighting.' Bulma giggled and teasingly said: 'That is so sweet of you Vegeta. I didn't know you cared about me.' 'That is not it! I just do not want you walking in my way on the battlefield.' Bulma kept on teasing him -' You may say that, but I know what you truly mean.' Vegeta was becoming more irritated and growled. He did indeed not want her to become hurt but he denied it to others and thus to himself. He began to talk again. 'Besides your moves are completely wrong and you are to slow.' He then disappeared and reappeared in front of her. ' If you were strong and fast enough you could have seen me flying.' Vegeta was now standing very close to Bulma. She inhaled his scent. It smelled like sweat but there was something different about it, something not unpleasant. ' I like your smell.' She said dreamy. -'What?' Vegeta had a shocked look on his face. -'I'm sorry. I'm just saying something, don't pay attention to it.' Bulma said when she realised she was saying it out loud. ' I am going to train, woman, so do not interrupt me with silly questions.' With that he turned around and flew to the other side of the island again. Oh dear I suppose he's thinking that I like him. But I don't, do I? I mean he's cute and masculine and all but he's evil. She then remembered the dream she had before the purple haired saiyan told them about the androids. If he truly kisses like I think he does then maybe he's not so evil after all. She laughed and grinned widely when Vegeta looked irritated her way. Time passed by. Bulma could only be amused by the moves that Vegeta made. She had watched him closely and reckoned a pattern in his strange 'whooshing'. When she stopped paying attention to him she realised that the island was smaller. It now was the sized down to half of the football field it used to be. She noticed that the water closing them in and would soon devour the rest of the island. It was getting dark too. But Vegeta kept flying around, kicking air and punching the sky. Suddenly he flew up so he was now floating above the endless blue. He then dived with enormous speed into the ocean. Waves began to form where Vegeta had gone under. They splashed the island leaving nothing dry on it. Not even Bulma. 'Great I was already feeling like swimming anyway.' Her great mood disappeared into the waves. 'Vegeta! Could you at least warn me about your bath!' She screamed angrily at the dark spot under water. Vegeta swam to a place were he could float in the water without being disturbed. That woman is really annoying. She distracts me. I should not have taken her with me. But I did. Why? What does she want? What do I want? He thought things over carefully down there in the dark water. He thought of Bulma and the Earth. He did not know why he cared for staying on it. He also thought about Goku. Kakarott, I shall destroy him! Vegeta released an energy ball towards the ocean floor. I cannot seem to end his life. He should bow down to me. Goku the low class warrior had angered him much. He had a weak hart but he was quite powerful. Maybe he has gotten so powerful because of his bond with that nagging human woman, Chi-chi. If I were to be 'bonded', perhaps I too could become a supersaiyan. Vegeta shook his head. Bubbles floated to the surface. No, what am I thinking. Even if it would work, who would be my mate? Vegeta still felt Bulma's ki; it was weakening. He also felt that she was getting closer. It wasn't exactly warm anymore so Bulma started to shiver. The wet clothes did not dry in the last bit of sunshine. 'Vegeta!' She screamed once more. 'Vegeta!' I really need to go home. I'm cold.' There were no ripples on the surface showing that Vegeta was actually there. The dark spot had disappeared too and even it was there she could not see it because of the falling darkness. The sandbank (as what she called it, although it was not made out of sand but hard brown rock) was now not bigger than her own living room. Where could he be? And how can he stay under water for so long? I don't think that's normal, even for a saiyan. Maybe he's hurt and can't come up? I should go rescue him. No, what am I thinking he's probably just training like this. Bulma looked at the water that was closing her in. I'm worried. What if he's injured? Ok I'll give him 5 minutes and then I'm going after him. If I disturb 'his highness' with training then I'll just point out that I want to go home. So Bulma waited for those 5 minutes without seeing Vegeta coming to the surface. 'Ok. I'm going in.' She said to herself when she ran into the water. It was cold and salty. She inhaled deeply and dived under water. She couldn't see much because only the moon shone on the ocean and there was no other light that lit the water. Bulma tried to go as deep as she could but soon had trouble with oxygen. Before she went up she saw Vegeta hanging in the darkness with eyes shut. At the surface, she swam to above the place where she had seen him. There she dived in again as fast as she could. Quickly she swam to Vegeta's shadow. When she got to him, his eyes were still closed. She shook him softly. He opened his eyes and looked at her. She looked back and pointed her finger to the surface. She then wildly began to swim up because of the oxygen shortage, not getting any further. Vegeta grabbed her waist and pulled her up very fast using his flying capability. When water did not surround them anymore she gasped for air. They were now high above the ocean. Vegeta had taken Bulma in his arms again. 'Thank you, Vegeta.' She coughed. 'I don't think I'd made it if you hadn't help me.' Vegeta grumbled. 'Silly woman. Don't get yourself into trouble next time.' -'Trouble? I thought you were hurt or something. I came to check up on you.' 'I can handle a little water. After all I am the strongest in the universe.' He replied trying to be his own grumpy self, but it did not work that well. Bulma chuckled. 'Fine be the strongest and the toughest. I just want to go home. Can you take me there?' She looked at Vegeta with the sweetest smile she could get on her face. He said nothing but did what she had asked him. It was now midnight, and according to Vegeta, they were close to capsule corp. Bulma had asked him many times how long it would take for them to get home. Every time he had said: 'we are almost there'. 'Vegeta? What were you doing there in the water? The only answer she got was 'training'. Bulma looked at his face; it had a troubled look on it. It's strange that even though he hides his feelings, I can see what he's feeling. 'Besides training.' she said. There was no response. 'You must think when you're doing nothing. What were you thinking?' -'I don't think.' Again a short answer. ' That is impossible. It's scientifically proven that everybody thinks. Unless there is something about saiyans I don't know, you think.' She said with a serious look on her face. 'Whatever I was thinking it is none of your business.' Vegeta said with a rough but soft voice. Bulma did not speak more after she said: 'You're right'. Vegeta stared blankly ahead of him. Not paying attention to the shore that loomed up in front of them. Baka human woman, of course I was thinking. She keeps prying into my personal affairs. What is she getting at? When they were back at capsule corp. again, you could see that it was already getting lighter. The sun would soon be up. Bulma and Vegeta had not slept that night, so Bulma had fallen asleep during the flying trip in Vegeta's arms. He had not noticed that she was asleep until he wanted to put her on her feet. He saw that her eyes were closed and decided to not disturb her. So he flew to the balcony and softly opened the door. He then carried her to her bedroom and laid her on the bed. Before he wanted to go away he could hear her say that she had a great time, even with the water thing. Vegeta left her there to sleep. |