His vision blurs as he opens his eyes halfway, his head throbbing horribly. He'd hoped that sleeping for 6 hours had helped his wounds heal, but he had been wrong. He turns his head, squeezing his eyes shut as a blinding light flooded his vision. He wonders where he is, but the dull ache of his broken ribs is all that ran through his mind as he felt a soothing touch on his forehead. He gasps, feeling the mental connection shooting through his body like lighting. He grabs the person's wrist, holding it tightly in his grip. He brings the hand closer his face and he inhales deeply, smelling her scent. He opens his eyes, blinking a few times to find her standing over him and his eyes widen. God she was beautiful. She had matured into the most beautiful woman he'd ever laid eyes on and to know that this is Bulma, his mate he smiles, relaxing his tense muscles. "I have finally found you," he whispers.<br>"Shh, rest Vegeta. Goku will be returning with sensu and then you will be healed."<br>Vegeta sighs, taking heed to her words and allows his head to sink back onto the pillow, his tail thumping the mattress. He kisses her fingers, holding her hand to his face, nuzzling her palm, relishing her scent. To feel her on him again felt like a dream as his eyes slowly close as he drifts into light sleep. "Bulma," he whispers.<br>Bulma smiles as she leans over, her long hair hanging over one eye as her lips hover over his. She kisses him gently, enjoying the feel of his soft lips against hers. "My Vegeta... It has been so long. I have been waiting for you all this time, hoping that you'd come back and you have." Tears silently roll down her pale cheeks and drop onto his chest, leaving a few dark spots on his spandex. She had removed his armor and now that she could see his body molded against the spandex, his body was everything that she'd drempt of. Compact and well built. Her fingers trace the line of his hard jaw, his face no longer the young 17 year old she'd met 8 years ago, but now he is a man. She wonders how he'd gotten his wounds and she bites her bottom lip, feeling his pain through their link and she sat down at his side, images of a white and purple alien with horns appeared in her head. She gasps as the images played like a movie in her mind. Vegeta had managed to escape, but not without a fight, leaving him in the state that he is in now. He had survived and now here he is, lying in front of her. So vulnerable... She runs an index finger over his widows peek as a smile crept across her pink lips. She studies his features more as she reaches for the camera she still had. She raises it to her eye, focusing on his face and pressing the button. "Later I'll take more, but for now I'll let you rest till Son Kun arrives with the others. She starts to stand up, but finds that she can't and when she looks down she finds his tail wrapped firmly around her waist, holding her in a sitting position on the bed. She sighs, resting her elbow on her leg and her chin in the heel of her hand. "I will stay then Vegeta. I promise." She takes his hand in hers and squeezes it. "I know you tried to keep your promise, but I have a feeling that what had happened 8 years ago was against your will. I know you tried and please, don't feel guilty because of it. I'm just happy to have you here now..." She looks up when she hears a tapping on her sliding glass door. "Come in, it's open!"<br>Goku opens the sliding glass door and pushes aside the curtains. He smiles as Chi Chi appeared behind him. She had insisted to come as well. "I have the sensu. Is he awake?"<br>Vegeta opens a weary eye. "Hai," he whispers, trying to hide his pained expression.<br>Goku smiles, "After I give you this Vegeta, I want you to tell me what did this to you."<br>Vegeta nods weakly as Goku sat next to Bulma, the sensu bean in his hand. "Open your mouth. Eat it and it will heal you and it also will keep you full for ten days. I had to go to Corrain's for this."<br>Vegeta opens his mouth a little, feeling the bean being dropped into his mouth. He chews the flavorless object and gulps. Suddenly, his eyes widen as his broken bones knitted together, his wounds closing. His sits upright, filling his no longer aching lungs with fresh air. He releases the air slowly turning to Goku. "A....arigatou..."<br>Goku smiles. "Your welcome Vegeta."<br>Chi Chi sits down at the end of the bed and remains silent.<br>Goku's expression turns serious, "Now, tell me."<br>Vegeta nods. "Freiza is the one who destroyed my planet... He forced me to watch the murder of my father and all of my people, then I witnessed my planet being blown into oblivion... It happened shortly after I left Earth."<br><font color=blue>~~~~~Flash Back-Space~~~~~</font><br>Vegeta bolts upright in bed when he feels the ship shuddering violently. He could hear their screams of pain as he stood up, his bare feet hitting the cold marble floor.<br> (Vegeta's only wearing his blue spandex and nothing else... merowrrrr...Tee-Hee)<br>He pokes his head out his door to find the halls dark and the lights extiguished. He blinks, the eerie silence making him feel a little uneasy. He steps out into the hall ignoring the cold air, his tail poofing out to conserve heat. Suddenly, his foot slips and he falls forward into a warm puddle of water. He frowns, pulling himself up and then his nose caught the scent. He looks down to find that he is lying in a puddle of crimson colored blood. The whole front of him is drenched in blood as he pulls himself up onto his feet. His eyes adjust to the darkness and he nearly falls back in surprise to find nearly the whole royal guard dead, their bodies scattered throughout the hallway. The stench of freshly killed meat invades his nostrils forcing a knot to rise in his throat. His mental senses buzz a warning, but before he can move, something slams into his back, sending him flying through the air. He back flips, his blue aura flaring and his teeth bared. "Who are you and why have you done this?!" He looks around him, the blackness not answering.<br>"Well, Prince Vegeta. It seems that you have discovered my dirty secret."<br>Vegeta's eyes widen. "Freiza..."<br>Freiza smirks, emerging from the shadows, his body partially engulfed by blackness. "Vegeta, you are all that is going to be left of your race and as their prince, you will watch them all die. Including your father... I will make you see what I can do and I will make you a part of my army. You show so much potential my boy." He teleports, standing behind the trembling Vegeta. "I frighten you don't I? You are perhaps the only one who knows of my full power. You know that I can kill you without even a second thought."<br>Vegeta gulps as a clawed hand flew out and connected with his gut.<br>Freiza now stands before Vegeta his hand poised in the air. "Bow to me."<br>Vegeta growls, rising to his feet. "I will never bow to you."<br>Freiza flies forth, throwing a series of punches that Vegeta is hardly able to block.<br>Vegeta stumbles back, blood flying from his mouth as a hand grabbed his hair and jerked him forward.<br>"Come boy, you will learn to respect me, but first. You must witness their deaths."<br>Vegeta writhes in Freiza's grip, throwing useless punches that hardly effected Freiza and only annoyed him further.<br>"Remain still if you wish to live boy."<br>Vegeta growls, knowing that he had to survive, then perhaps someday he'd destroy him. He stops struggling, his tail bristling and lashing wildly behind him. He is suddenly thrown to the floor and his tail is ceased tightly. His eyes widen and he lets out a piercing scream that echoed nearly 5 times throughout the corridors of the ship.<br>Freiza smirks. "A perfect design flaw. You monkeys are so pathetic." He grabs Vegeta's hair with his free hand as the other held his tail, thrusting the teen's head back so he will stare straight ahead. "You will witness my first triumph."<br>"What the hell is this for?!"<br>Vegeta searches the darkness, recognizing his father's voice through the agonizing pain emanating from his tail. He cries out, tears of pain welling in his eyes as Freiza's grip tightens on his furry appendage.<br>King Vegeta emerges angrily from the shadows and he stops dead in his tracks when he finds what Freiza is doing to his son. "Release him now!!!"<br>Freiza smirks, his tail lashing out and wrapping around Vegeta's neck. "I want him to watch as I kill you."<br>The king's eyes widen as his son screams again, the pain from his tail becoming unbearable. "How dare you!"<br>Vegeta's eyes widen as the hand releases his hair and it begins to glow. His eyes connect with his father's, blood trickling down the corner of his mouth as Freiza's tail tightens around his neck, nearly strangling him. He chokes, spitting blood.<br>King Vegeta roars, launching himself forward, determined to save his son, but it is not ment to be. A red ki blast is sent forth and before he can do anything, it pierces his heart straight through his armor. His eyes widen as he falls forward, his hand gripping his son's arm. "A...Avenge our deaths...my son.... You are k...king now....." He falls limp and hits the floor with a thud.<br>Vegeta blinks back the shock. His father was the strongest of them all and he fell with one blow. He grits his teeth, as he is thrust forward by Freiza's tail, his face mashed against a viewing window.<br>"Watch boy. Your planet is about to perish... I have a death ball hovering just outside that I have been saving just for you to witness."<br>Vegeta hisses in pain as his face is pressed harder against the thick glass, tears of anger and pain burning his eyes. He watches in horror as the death ball begins to quickly descend on his planet and then it explodes in one huge super nova, being reduced to nothing but space dust. Vegeta's eyes widen as he felt nearly a thousand ki's suddenly blink out into non existance. He screams, "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"<br><font color=blue>~~~~~End Of Flashback~~~~~</font><br>"After that, Freiza forced me to do his dirty work for the next 8 years, constantly reminding me of my dead race... Trying to anger me so I would fight him, but I would not allow him to have the satisfaction. I escaped, but not without a fight and he allowed me to leave, but I know what he's up to. He's most likely going to see if I become stronger and then probably in a few years he will return. He wants to test me and I'm going to become stronger. I must or he will destroy planet after planet just for his own sick pleasure."<br>Goku, Chi Chi, and Bulma stare at Vegeta in horror.<br>"He is far stronger than any being in the whole universe and from what I understand, the reason he destroyed our race Kakarotto is because he is afraid of a super saiyan being born among us. You and I, we must try to become what Freiza fears or we will never succeed. Plain and simple. You will watch everyone you have ever loved, die."<br>Goku frowns and nods. "Then we will have to try."<br>Vegeta frowns, "You make it sound like it's so easy. I learned how to sense ki and from what I read from you, you're only one-hundred short of 2,000. The legend says that a super saiyan's level is over 60,000 thousand and that type of power has not been seen since 300 years ago, but I must succeed. I will not quit and I will train, no matter how many years it takes me. I will AVENGE my race and I will kill Freiza if it's the last thing I'll ever do."<br>Bulma sighs, her heart sinking to her feet, knowing now that the world is yet again in danger and not even Goku would beable to stop it this time.<br>Chi Chi clings to Goku.<br>Vegeta sighs, "I have a feeling that he will come most likely in 5 years... Till then, we will have to train. To become as powerful as we can."<br>Goku nods, "Hai, then I will train."<br>Chi Chi gasps, "Goku! Are you nuts?! This Freiza is so strong that he can destroy planets!!!"<br>"We have to have faith Chi Chi," Goku whispers, his fists clenched. "I may not have liked them, but that was my race too and I will avenge them as well."<br>Vegeta leans back, his eyebrows furrowed, his tail thumping against the bed.<br>Goku stands up, "I will tell the others about it, but you stay here. If they see you now, it might get a little hecktic."<br>Vegeta grunts something inaudible and crosses his arms as Goku leads Chi Chi to the back door.<br>Goku turns to Bulma. "See ya later."<br>Bulma smiles weakly as her friend flew off with Chi Chi in his arms. Bulma leans forth a little, her long waist-length hair, falling over to one side, hiding her face.<br>Vegeta turns his gaze to her as he sat up. "Bulma."<br>Bulma looks up through her hair, eyes sparkling with fresh tears. "I'm scared."<br>Vegeta takes her wrist, pulling her to him, holding her.<br>Bulma buries her face into his chest as she felt his hand run through her long hair.<br>"I didn't just come to tell you about that, but before I begin training..." His voice trails off as he rests his fingers beneath her chin, pulling her up to him and crushing his lips to hers. <i>You are so beautiful...</i><br>Bulma wraps her arms around his neck, straddling his waist with her legs. She can feel his bare hands sliding down her back and slipping beneath the hem of her jeans. <i>I made the wish...</i><br>Vegeta pulls away from the kiss to stare into her eyes. "You age like a saiyan now?"<br>Bulma nods, "Perhaps that is why I look so young at 25 years of age."<br>Vegeta smirks, combing his fingers through her hair. "I will have you with me always." He kisses her lightly on the lips, sliding down onto his back and holding her to him. He takes the hem of her shirt and lifts it over her head, revealing the fact that she isn't wearing a bra. He smiles, rolling over and pinning her down.<br>Bulma thrusts up with her hips.<br>"Still impatient as always," Vegeta purrs as he sits up, pulling his spandex shirt over his head and kicking off his gold tipped boots.<br>Bulma smiles upon seeing his well sculpted chest, his abs so hard you could grate cheese on them. She rests her hands on his chest, feeling him beneath her palms. Vegeta had changed a lot from the thin 17 year old to what sat before her now. She gasps when she feels his lips clasp onto one of her breasts, suckling hungrily at her as he thrusted against her. She tugs at his pants, growling in frustration.<br>Vegeta chuckles, taking off his pants and flinging them across the room. He reaches over and turns the bedside lamp off, draping them in darkness accept for the glow of the half moon that shone through the back glass doors.<br>Bulma tugs her pants off and thows them aside. Her eyes widen when she hears the sound of ripping and before she knew it, her underwear was gone.<br>Vegeta smothers his face in her stomach, licking her pale skin slowly, bathing himself in her scent. At last she was in his arms, Freiza or not.. he would fight, but not alone...<br><font color=blue>To Be Continued...