Chapter 3
Vegeta manuevers Bulma to be behind him as he step into a fighting stance.
"Your defending that human Vegeta, why?" Zarbon steps aside to get at Bulma, but again Vegeta steps up and maneuvers Bulma to be behind him so he could be sure she was safe. He couldn't explain the feeling he had for the human woman, but he'd felt this feeling ever since he first laid eyes on her. "By Kami, I swear if you so much as lay one finger on her I'll send you straight to hell!"
Bulma's eyes sparkle. He's defending me. MY HERO! EGAD! WHAT AM I SAYING?!
Suddenly, Vegeta shooves Bulma away as Zarbon charges at him and sends him reeling into the sky. Vegeta raises his hands to the air and quickly brings them down, throwing a ki blast with it.
Zarbon dodges and turns into his beast form and throws all his brute force at Vegeta.
Bulma screams when Vegeta lands at her side coughing up a good amount of blood, but gets back up to his feet. She notices that his side is bleeding and if she or Vegeta lived through this she would have to take care of it. Bulma covers her head when Zarbon sends many ki blasts down at Vegeta and one came down towards her, but Vegeta grabs her and flies up into the air to save her.
"Well, Vegeta...you obviously like this human...or she is of some sort of importance to you...she knows where the dragonballs are doesn't she? Master Freiza wants the girl...he wants to know the password! Now hand her over! Before I am forced to kill you!"
"Hmmph Zarbon you fool, you think you can defeat me and take her...you'v got another thing coming." Vegeta leans down quickly and whispers to Bulma. "Hold on tight..I'm about to do something."
Bulma whimpers and nods while wrapping her arms tightly around his neck. She could feel the power pulsing within Vegeta as he brought back his hands and screamed, "GALLACT GUN!" He began shooting ki blasts like a machine gun and sending Zarbon to his death.
Bulma screams into his shoulder as Vegeta breathed hard and began to descend rapidly to the ground and they land with a hard thud. Bulma could feel Vegeta crumbling into a heap in her arms and she reaches into her pocket for her capsules for the first aid kit. She prepares to throw down the capsule when Vegeta grabs her arm.
"No, not here...the ginyu force...they are coming...we must hide somewhere. I will fly us..." They both rose into the air again and Vegeta blasted off at full speed while Bulma tore a piece of her shirt to hold the cloth against his wound to help stop the bleeding.
Vegeta finds a well hidden cave and he flies in and Bulma brings out a capsule and upon throwing it down a battery powered lamp comes out. She turns it on so she could inspect his wounds. "Take off your chest plate Vegeta...let me help." She leans forward to help him remove it and he turns and growls at her.
"I can do it myself thankyou...I NUGH!" He removes the armor and collapses against the cave wall.
"Stay still Vegeta, I'v got something that will help you right away." She looks inside her first aid kit while Vegeta watches with little interest.
Upon finding what she was looking for Bulma brings out the little white pouch and opens it to only find one bean left. The remaining sensu of her whole kit. "Trust me Vegeta...eat this and you'll feel good as new." She drops the small brown bean into Vegeta's hand and he brings it to his nose, sniffs it then eats it.
Vegeta's eyes widen as he feels his wounds heal and his body pump up with all the energy that he had lost in the fight. He stands up and tests his preveously wounded areas and finds nothing there.
Bulma smiles. "Your welcome Vegeta. It was the last one I had...I guess it came in handy huh?"
Vegeta sits back down, not bothering to put his armor back on. He looks up and his coal black eyes meet with her blue ones.
There is silence and he watches Bulma turn around to put her kit away. When Bulma turns back around her lips connected with his. Vegeta pulls her close to him and removes one of his gloves so he could feel her hair between his fingers.
Bulma's fingers graze his bare arm and she gasps at just how soft his skin was and she had the urge to touch him again and so she does. Her shock fades as she feels his warm tongue dart through her lips, probing her mouth carefully, savoring her taste. Vegeta removes his other glove and takes a handful of her hair and admires its silkly feel against his fingertips. Finally he pulls away and finds Bulma staring into space shocked yet smiling like she'd never been kissed that way before.
"V...Vegeta," Bulma replies.
"Hmmph, I'm going to rest now."
Bulma smiles when she realizes that he was blushing. She could see his cheeks turning scarlet in the dim light of her lamp. She realizes just how tired she is as well and she lays down close to Vegeta and huddles into a little ball.
The cave floor felt cold beneath her and she shivers. Suddenly she could feel him breathing on her neck and then a warmth spread through her body.
Vegeta sends the warmth of his ki to Bulma and it works well and he hears her sigh with relief. Vegeta's expression softens as he runs his fingers through her hair again.
For so long he wanted to do this and now he could and he was doing it at that very moment. He finally had her...alone with him...the human woman that never left his mind...even in battle with Goku he thought of her...even in space as he slept he thought of her. And he thought of her now and here she was...laying just feet from him and he finally could touch her...to savor the sweetness of her mouth. He lays down and stares at her back for a while till his eyes become heavy and he falls asleep.
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Krillan lands in front of the cave where Bulma was supposed to be and he sees numerous foot prints in the dirt and he knew that some of them didn't belong to her and he turns to Gohan. "I think he took her.."
"Vegeta?"
Krillan nods, "Either him or one of Freiza's henchmen."
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Hours later
Bulma stirs and snuggles against the warmth next to her and suddenly feels the rythmic breathing against her neck and she looks up to find Vegeta sleeping peacefully beside her. He had his arms around her and held her to him, almost protectively like as if he'd claimed her as his. Bulma's thoughts drift to the kiss and she smiles. She never knew that Vegeta could be so gentle yet here he was, holding her and rather closely at that. He must really like me.She lets her fingers drag across the soft skin of his bare arm and she rests her cheek on it and smiles. He feels so warm...like a heater...I'm so cold. She feels his finger gently caressing her cheek and she looks up to find him staring down at her, showing no sign of breaking their embrace.
She smiles timidly.
Vegeta leans forward and kisses her gently on the lips. "I think I've bonded to you."
"Bonded? Wha.."
He kisses her harder, not allowing Bulma to finish her question. His stomach growls and he pulls away from the kiss. He sits up and pulls on his armor and gloves, then stands up stretching.
Bulma frowns at the absence of his warmth and she sits up and watches him walk outside and over to one of the lakes.
"He must want to catch fish or something," she thinks. What did he mean he said we are bonded? She could feel herself denying that Vegeta accually liked her in that way and that he was just a lonely guy. But no matter what she did she couldn't shake that feeling that she had...a strong feeling of need and lust for him and she frowns. Why do I always have to fall for the evil mysterious type of guys. Curse me and my stupid hormones!
TO BE Continued...