The ship lands in a clearing with a loud humming.
The Z senshi wait silently in the forest, wondering what they could be in for.
Bulma steps closer to Yumcha, wanting to be close to someone just in case anything bad happened.
The door to the craft opens revealing a group of tall, well built men in strange armor.
As soon as the door opened the group of saiyans looked towards the forest, their scouters alerting them of the ki signatures that were just up ahead.
Nappa frowns. "It seems, Kakarotto hasn't succeeded."
Radditz smirks, "Pity. All the more fun for us."
Everyone's eyes widen when they notice that these men had tails. All eyes go on Goku's tail then back to the group of men.
Tien blinks. "I can feel it...they are powerful... very powerful."
"This isn't good," Yumcha replies. "I think we should get out of here till we can figure out what these guys want."
Goku stares in wonder, "Strange... their just like me."
"That doesn't matter now Goku! Just by looking at them tells me they are much more powerful than us so maybe we should get the hell out of here," Bulma whispers.
Everyone nods in agreement.
The saiyans approach the forest.
"Looks like we'r going to have a little action boys," the captain replies.
"RUN!," Chouzou squeaks.
Everyone flies up into the air except for Bulma whom is on her hover bike. She was scared out of her mind.
Radditz frowns, noticing one of the children with wild black hair and a tail. "That must be my little brother. I'll take care of the little traitor myself and bring him forth to the king."
The captain nods, dispatching his team to different directions to attack the Z senshi.
Goku looks behind him just in time to see a young man with long spikey hair fly at him, shoving him off of kintoun and onto the ground. Goku falls and turns to Radditz. "What's your problem?!"
Radditz frowns, "What is wrong with you Kakarotto? Have you gone soft? Why haven't you destroyed Earth's inhabitants?"
Goku frowns, "I don't know what your talking about mister."
Vegeta spots a young girl on a hover bike trying to out run Nappa. He laughs to himself, finding it amuzing that Nappa was having a little difficulty. Vegeta decides that maybe this chase would become quite interesting and so he follows close behind.
Yumcha whirls around with Tien and Chouzou. "We can't run. I won't let them hurt Bulma!"
Tien and Chouzou nod before being attacked by 3 saiyans.
Bulma flies down through the forest and looks behind her to see the man still in hot persuit. She turns around to find a branch coming her way. "Aiieee!" She jumps off of her bike as it hit the large branch and crashed to the ground. She lands hard on her feet and breaks into a dead run, not daring to look back.
Nappa chuckles. "You can run all you want little bitch, but I'll always be right behind you."
Bulma screams and pushes her legs as fast as she can. She couldn't give up, no matter how much her lungs burned for air. She had to keep going. Suddenly, it began to rain, making it more difficult for Bulma to see as it poured in thick sheets. Damnit, just what I need! She looks down at her waist and pulls out her gun. She whirls around and shoots at Nappa, catching him by surprise as the bullet hit his shoulder and bounced off.
"Ow, that hurt! You'll pay for that you bitch! Now I'm pissed!"
Bulma screetches. "Damnit!" Bulma slips in a slick patch of mud and is sent sprawling to the ground, injuring her ankle in the process. She yells in pain and looks up to find the large bald man staring angrily down at her.
Bulma was near tears. "Please, don't hurt...me..."
Nappa grabs a handful of her hair and pulls her to her knees.
"Aieee," Bulma cries in pain.
Vegeta flinches from his hiding place. For some reason this scene bothered him. He shrugs it off and watches with curiosity, waiting for the right moment to jump in.
Nappa smirks, "Heh heh, you're a cute little thing. I bet your bones would break so easily... hows about we find out huh?"
Bulma screams as he tugged her hair even harder.
Bulma shoots her gun at him again, but Nappa catches the bullet in his fist. He smiles down at the bullet in his hand. "Naughty girl. You should know guns don't hurt saiyans." He settle the bullet on his thumb and flicks at Bulma and it shoots through her right shoulder. "Pay backs hell ain't it."
Bulma screams as she felt hot blood pouring from the gun shot wound in her shoulder.
Nappa laughs and shoves his knee into her stomach, causing blood to spray from her mouth. Bulma falls to the ground, barely able to move as the rain poured even harder.
Nappa looks down with a smirk as lightling flashed behind him. "Nightie Night little bitch..." He brings back his fist and is about to blast Bulma when...
"NAPPA!"
Nappa flinches, still holding Bulma by the hair as she barely hung onto consciousness. "Ouji sama."
Bulma takes this distraction as her chance to escape. She pulls out her automatic knife, snapping it open with her good arm. "Take this you fucking bastard!" She brings it back with all her strength and plants it into Nappa's arm.
Nappa yells in pain, releasing her hair and holding his injured arm.
Vegeta smirks, unable to hold his amuzement.
Bulma staggers to her feet and takes off to a limping run but is stopped by Vegeta. She looks up at the boy who looked no older than she. The age of 17. She blinks, horrified. "N..No." She attempts to stab Vegeta with her other knife but he catches her wrist.
Vegeta chuckles. "I'm not as stupid as him. Don't think I'll fall for the same mistake."
Bulma punches Vegeta across the face with her injured hand only causing her hand to feel like it had broken into pieces. She screams as her hand began to bruise.
Vegeta laughs. "Ha hah, I let you do that because you are so weak girl... you're power level is only 5. How pathetic."
Bulma cries out, her legs wobbling. "Fine, then kill me you bastard. If that's what you want, then do it! I'd rather die than suffer..."
Nappa frowns while pulling the knife from his arm. "Gladly."
Vegeta gives Nappa a death stare, causing him to stop in his tracks. "You don't honestly want to spare the bitch's life?!"
Vegeta smirks. "She's got spunk. I'm sure she'll make a good servant don't you Nappa?"
Bulma groans, coughing up blood from when Nappa had kicked him in the chest. She knew at least 2 of her ribs were broken and now she could feel herself slipping away.
Vegeta looks down to find the girl falling limp and he holds her up, slinging her over his shoulder. "I'll take her back to the ship. Make sure you find Kakarotto and only till then will my father be satisfied."
Nappa nods and flies off into the opposite direction.
"Kame hame haaaa!" Goku shoots the blast at Radditz.
Radditz swats the ball of ki away carelessly. "Is that all you've got brother?"
Goku's eyes widen. "B..brother?!"
Radditz smirks. "Yes, I'm your older brother and you were sent here 7 years ago to destroy Earth. What has happened to you? Have you lost your memory?"
Goku blinks, wondering what the hell this guy is talking about.
Radditz growls. "You've lost your memory somehow! Damn you! Oh well, we'll just have to influence you all over again now won't we little brother?"
Goku backs away only to be grabbed from behind. He struggles but to no avail, this guy was much stronger. Goku's tail wriggles from here to there as he tries as hard as he can to fight Nappa.
"The king wants to speak with the brat. If he has indeed lost his memory then we'll find a way to make them come back."
Radditz nods and turns to the other saiyan groups who had beaten the others and left them to die in the forest. "Come, we've got what we want."
The Captain calls to his army to gather and return to the ship. "Kings orders!"
~~~~~Later~~~~~
Bulma stirs to find herself in a strange tank. She looks through the blurry water and wonders how she'd gotten in here. She winces in pain, remembering her ribs and other wounds. She moves into a fetal position, not noticing that she is being watched.
Vegeta stands with his arms crossed. For a human she sure let Nappa have it. How amuzing... Nappa being stabbed by a weak little human. He is so stupid... Vegeta chuckles to himself. He turns his gaze back to the girl who looked about his age. He admired her courage, he didn't know that such a young girl had so much determination. He had watched her with excitement as she sunk that knife into Nappa's arm with all her strength. He had stood stunned and realized how thick headed Nappa really was, knowing perfectly well that any smart saiyan such as himself wouldn't have allowed that to happen. The girl was attractive, he had to put it at that. Vegeta frowns, Attractive? Where the hell did that thought come from?~~~~~Kame House~~~~~Yumcha staggers through the door with Tien and chouzou close behind. They fall into a heap on the floor, leaving Roshi and the others to wonder what had happened.
Before Yumcha falls unconscious he whispers, "They got Bulma and Goku.....gotta.....save.........them."
Roshi frowns. "This is definitely not good."
~~~~~Vegetasei space craft~~~~~
Goku is thrown roughly to the floor in a heap. Goku frowns, growling at Nappa.
"Silence brat," boomed a voice.
Goku pauses and turns to the man who sat before him. "??"
"Kakarotto, you have not fulfilled your mission. From what I understand you have lost your memory somehow."
"I honestly don't know what your talking about old man," Goku replies angrily before getting smacked upside the head.
"Don't insult your king brat," Nappa replies.
Goku frowns, his tail bristling.
King Vegeta sighs in frustration. "Send him to the cells. Perhaps spending time there will jog something from his puny little head."
"Hai Sire," Radditz and Nappa reply in unison.
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Bulma turns to her side and feels the touch of silk against her cheek. She opens a lazy eye to find herself in a large and rather luxurious room. She sits up and finds that she is in a large bed with silk sheets, pillow covers, and comforter. She blinks, wondering if she is dreaming. First she is beaten sensless and now awakens to find herself in a bedroom fit for royalty. At the mention of the word royalty the door opens and the young man she'd run into earlier steps in. She'd reconize that jet black flame-like hair anywhere.
"So your up girl. It's about time...you've been out for nearly 24 hours."
Bulma frowns backing up against the head board. The blanket slips away to reveal that she is only in her underwear and bra. She screeches and pulls the blanket up, but not in time before Vegeta had seen.
Vegeta blushes and tears his eyes away from her.
After many tense moments Bulma spoke. "Why am I here? I thought you were going to kill me."
"Apparently, my father has other plans for you. He wants you to become my play thing, but I refuse. He is deliberately trying to anger me by forcing whores on me."
Bulma growls. "Oh, so I'm a whore huh?!"
Vegeta scowls at Bulma not realizing what he was getting into when he called Bulma a whore.
Bulma stands up, ignoring the fact that she's only wearing her under clothes. She marches up to the prince and frowns. "Well you...you bastard. I am far from a whore and if you think I'll allow you to even touch me or even dare to breath on me! You royalty types are so stuck up! Your all the same! Always trying to act mightier than thou and all that other bullshit! Well, you listen to me princy! Never will I ever be your little whore slut or even a servant in that matter! I'm gonna find a way out of here and go back home if it's the last thing I do! EVEN IF IT COSTS ME MY LIFE! YOU HEAR ME YOU POMPOUS ROYAL BASTARD!" Bulma stares eye to eyes, nose to nose with Vegeta, her face red with anger as she finished her screaming at him.
Vegeta blinks his face etched with surprise. Boy did that Earth girl have a mouth. The shock soon washed away as his pride returned. "HOW DARE YOU! You...you insult me after all that I've done for you! You ungreatful bitch! Perhaps I should throw you into the hallway and let the guards have their way with you huh?! I..I mean I save you from being killed by my overly stupid body guard whom insists to be my body guard although I don't need one! This is the thanks I get! Well, perhaps your race may be weak, but you sure hell have a mouth that I've never seen and...and...no sense of respect for the prince of Vegetasei!
Now it was Bulma's turn to be surprised as she took a step back. The way he was blushing and yelling at her made her smile and she couldn't help but giggle.
Vegeta stares at her wide eyed, his mouth hanging open as he breathed heavily from yelling as his tail bristled behind him. "What the hell do you find so funny?!"
Bulma laughs even louder, unable to control herself. "You...you just...HA HAHAHA look so funny yelling like that! You HAH HAHAHAH look so cute....HAH HAH your face all flushed! HEEE HHEE HHAHAH!"
Vegeta blinks, "Cute?! ME?! CUTE!!!!"
Bulma smiles, "Maybe you aren't so bad after all. I've never met a person who could beat me in a verbal fighting match before, but MAN! You sure hell showed me huh?"
Vegeta was dumb founded. Not only was the girl laughing at him while standing in her underwear, but she....complemented him...admitting her weakness right in front of him. He chuckles, "Heh, kinda funny neh?" WHAT THE HELL AM I SAYING?! GAAH! She's trying to brain wash me! Vegeta whipes the grin from his face and scowls. "Whhhy you!"
"Oh don't 'why you' me! Even a teenager like you needs a release. I mean, man! With a frown like that you probably scare all the girls away, but not me! I may be a weak Earthling, but I never let anyone ruin my pride! Oh, and by the way..."
"WHAT?!," Vegeta screams as a vein popped on his forehead.
"Do you know by any chance where my clothes are?!"
Vegeta falls over in a face fault, his legs twitching. Man was this girl ever different from the ones he'd met in the past. He looks up, regaining his dignity and the blush returning to his cheeks. He walks over to one side of his room and gathers the pile of cleaned clothes. He throws them at her and turns the other way, allowing her to dress.
Bulma quickly pulls on her clothes and frowns. "Now, where's Goku?"
Vegeta raises an eyebrow. "Huh? Goku?"
Bulma sighs, "He is one of you! You know, short little squirt with hair going in 7 different directions with a tail and an orange gi. Ya can't miss em!"
"Oh, you mean that third class saiyan Kakarotto? He was taken to the prison cells to be kept there till my father figures out what to do with the little traitor."
Bulma frowns, "That little TRAITOR happens to be a boy who saved the world once!"
Vegeta rolls his eyes. "Feh."
Bulma sighs, wondering if she could possibly charm this guy into helping her save Goku. Boy, would Yumcha really be impressed if he found out she escaped from these people. "Oh, I hate to change the subject, but doesn't royal life bore you? I mean, I sorta understand your perdicament. The son of a bastard king right? With all the money in the universe and not knowing what to do with it?"
Vegeta flinches. "How the hell do you know so much about me?"
Bulma shrugs. "Experience. I happen to be the daughter of the richest family on Earth."
Vegeta frowns. "Why the hell am I even letting you talk to me?"
"Because you obviously have nothing better to do," Bulma replies while crossing her arms like Vegeta.
Vegeta growls. This girl was starting to get on his nerves, but for some reason the youth inside him wanted a release. He wanted something different in his life and he found this escape to that joy through the Earthling girl that he'd met only a day ago. Besides, he was young and he had a life too...He could do whatever the hell he wanted, he was the fucking prince of saiyan-jins for crying out loud!"
Vegeta scowls. "Why should I trust you?"
Bulma had a strange feeling that she shouldn't have to worry about this young guy hurting her. She could tell he was stuck up and had more pride than she had, but he just... she couldn't quite place it. She felt safe with him. She scratches her head, wondering if she is in her right mind. "Oh well, I suppose introductions are in order. I'm Bulma Briefs and you are?"
Vegeta doesn't reply. He looks her up and down, knowing that if she dared to try anything that he could easily kill her. No harm done. What could possibly go wrong? Besides, she's only a weakling human... If she is to be my servant she must learn to address me properly. "I am Prince Vegeta and you will address me by that name from now on or pay the consequences."
Bulma flinches. "Okay...geez... you can stop making your hand glow like that now."
To Be Continued...