The days were passing by rapidly while the summer got hotter and hotter. After the event in the bathroom, Vegeta and Bulma avoided seeing each other as much as possible; Bulma either stayed in her lab all day working on something or she was on a date with Yamcha while Vegeta, of course, spent all his time in the gravity chamber training.
One day, however, the prince of all Saiyans overdid his training and caused a massive explosion to the ship, completely destroying it as well as severely injuring himself. As soon as they heard the explosion, Bulma and Yamcha immediately rushed outside to the scene while Bulma became surprisingly extremely worried about Vegeta's well-being after she saw him lying on the ground unconscious. She told, or better yet, ordered, Yamcha to take Vegeta in the emergency room and while the prince was out cold for days, she stood by his side all day long, not leaving him for a second( this event actually happened in DBZ episode 124: Z Warriors Prepare). Yamcha became very suspicious about Bulma's true feelings towards the prince and he actually got worried that Vegeta might steal her away from him so he decided that it was time to make his next move. Bulma also got very confused while nursing Vegeta back to health, and asked herself why was she so worried about him in the first place.
"I can't believe how frightened I got about the thought of losing him."-Bulma thought while walking around the nursery room irritated while Vegeta was still unconscious recovering-But why? Why do I care about him so much? Sure, he turns me on, but I feel there's more to it than that. But what could possibly make me have any feelings towards this brutal Saiyan? We have nothing in common other than we're both very stubborn and take no for an answer. I really must be out of my mind for liking this ruthless killer. Who knows how many thousands or even millions of souls he murdered? Yet he seems so peaceful when he's asleep, so innocent."-then she stopped in front of Vegeta's bed and stroked his left cheek tenderly-"Goku did tell me that if was mainly Frieza's fault for Vegeta turning out this way so I guess he does deserve a second chance. He must be feeling so lonely for being one of the last survivors of his race. But what do I care, he's not my problem? He's a fully grown-up man, he can more than enough take care of himself! Yet, here I am, worried sick about his well-being while my boyfriend is outside wondering why am I so addicted to this Saiyan. I wish I knew the answer...No, no, no!-she thought angrily and confused while backing away from Vegeta-I can't have feelings for another man, I can't do this to Yamcha! Yamcha was always there for me, well almost always; but none the less, we've been through so much together, we care for each other, he is my first and only boyfriend, the first ever person with whom I made love with, the dearest person to me next to my parents, while I barely started to know Vegeta better. But ever since Vegeta came into my life, even when I'm with Yamcha, all I think about is him, wondering what is he doing, is he ok, is he hurt? I'm starting to wonder, even after what we've been though, is Yamcha really the one for me?"
More days flew right by until one day, Vegeta came to his senses; he suddenly opened his eyes and noticed he wasn't in the ship anymore, but in a strange room lying in a bed with a medical tube attached to his body and covered with bandages. But he was even more surprised to see Bulma next to him sitting on a chair and fallen fast asleep on the table.
"She really does care about me after all..".-Vegeta thought while staring at her-"I wonder what is really going on her mind, if she has any real feelings towards me? Too bad I can't read minds... or can I? Back on Namek, Kakarot found out everything that has happened to his bald friend on that planet by simply putting his hand on his friend's head. Who says I can't do the same, since I trained as much as he did prior his arrival on Namek? Not even he knew he could do that, so I might have also unknowingly developed such a technique."-then Vegeta reached out his right hand and placed it on Bulma's head as careful as possible not wanting to wake her up; he then closed his eyes and concentrated real hard on her unconscious mind.
Suddenly, after a few moments, thousands of images rolled through his head like a movie projection showing everything about Bulma's past: her first meeting with Goku, Oolong, Master Roshi, Yamcha and the others, their many adventures in gathering the Dragon Balls, the events on various World Martial Arts Tournament...As Vegeta went deeper into her thoughts he also found out about her first time with Yamcha which pissed him off terribly, but he became even more infuriated at Master Roshi, who was always all over Bulma and saw her naked countless times, not to mention the fact that Bulma also sometimes willingly showed her private parts to others when she was young to get something in exchange. Vegeta got sick and tired of the images and started concentrating on the part of the brain where the emotions are generated, which interested him the most. And there they were, Bulma's true feelings towards the prince of all Saiyans, feelings that she couldn't bare to admit not even to herself. Afterwards, Vegeta took his hand off of Bulma's head placing it back on the bed and started thinking. He was having a hard time processing all the images he just saw, so he tried to forget about them and concentrated on the received emotions instead.
"She's quite an outstanding woman; I've never met anyone like her before."-Vegeta thought-"I can't imagine what she sees in that insect called Yamcha. She most definitely deserves more, a more loyal and royal person...a person like me. I'm sure that my genes combined with hers would result a half Saiyan offspring of a high-class, much stronger than Goku's kid, Gohan. Hmph...it doesn't matter right now. She may be the hottest woman I laid my eyes on up until now, still she's nothing but a mere distraction for me. My main goal is to regain my lost pride by becoming a Super Saiyan and surpass Kakarot once and for all. And by accomplishing that, I will become the most powerful warrior in the entire Universe., just like I was always meant to be "-then the prince eagerly stood up from the bed and went outside the corridor as silently he could, not wanting to wake up Bulma and give her any explanations.
Afterwards, the prince began searching Mr. Briefs throughout the Capsule Corp. and once he found him, he demanded him to fix his destroyed gravity chamber as soon as possible. But Mr. Briefs had anticipated Vegeta's demand and while the prince was recovering, he already built him a new one. Vegeta couldn't be happier and immediately entered the ship, as he turned the gravity up to 350G and commenced his training even though he was still covered with bandages. Meanwhile, Bulma was having a bad dream where Yamcha was cheating on her again, when all of a sudden, she woke up, only to see that the bed besides her was empty. She became very nervous at the sight and went straight to her parents to ask them if they knew where Vegeta was. It was then, she found out from her father that Vegeta started training again despite not being completely healed yet, at which Bulma became more furious than ever at the prince, however, she couldn't talk him out from doing so. In the end she gave up and went back on focusing on his relationship with Yamcha, but no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't stop herself from thinking about the prince of Saiyans.
The end of August was approaching, while Bulma could hardly wait to see what Vegeta's present will be, although she tried not to have high expectations from him. And she was right by doing so, cause one week before her birthday was coming up, Vegeta took the ship and flew into space for an unknown reason. Bulma was quite devastated to see him leave all so sudden like that, but managed her best to keep herself calm in front of her parents, especially in front of Yamcha, who was the happiest person to see Vegeta leave, hoping that he would stay gone for good. By this point, Bulma gave up all hopes of her and Vegeta getting together as she could not believe how less he cared about her.
With Vegeta out of the picture and Yamcha planning to make his next move, indeed, the chances of Bulma and Vegeta getting together is very slim. What can possibly twist their chances in their favor? Find out only by reading the next part!
One day, however, the prince of all Saiyans overdid his training and caused a massive explosion to the ship, completely destroying it as well as severely injuring himself. As soon as they heard the explosion, Bulma and Yamcha immediately rushed outside to the scene while Bulma became surprisingly extremely worried about Vegeta's well-being after she saw him lying on the ground unconscious. She told, or better yet, ordered, Yamcha to take Vegeta in the emergency room and while the prince was out cold for days, she stood by his side all day long, not leaving him for a second( this event actually happened in DBZ episode 124: Z Warriors Prepare). Yamcha became very suspicious about Bulma's true feelings towards the prince and he actually got worried that Vegeta might steal her away from him so he decided that it was time to make his next move. Bulma also got very confused while nursing Vegeta back to health, and asked herself why was she so worried about him in the first place.
"I can't believe how frightened I got about the thought of losing him."-Bulma thought while walking around the nursery room irritated while Vegeta was still unconscious recovering-But why? Why do I care about him so much? Sure, he turns me on, but I feel there's more to it than that. But what could possibly make me have any feelings towards this brutal Saiyan? We have nothing in common other than we're both very stubborn and take no for an answer. I really must be out of my mind for liking this ruthless killer. Who knows how many thousands or even millions of souls he murdered? Yet he seems so peaceful when he's asleep, so innocent."-then she stopped in front of Vegeta's bed and stroked his left cheek tenderly-"Goku did tell me that if was mainly Frieza's fault for Vegeta turning out this way so I guess he does deserve a second chance. He must be feeling so lonely for being one of the last survivors of his race. But what do I care, he's not my problem? He's a fully grown-up man, he can more than enough take care of himself! Yet, here I am, worried sick about his well-being while my boyfriend is outside wondering why am I so addicted to this Saiyan. I wish I knew the answer...No, no, no!-she thought angrily and confused while backing away from Vegeta-I can't have feelings for another man, I can't do this to Yamcha! Yamcha was always there for me, well almost always; but none the less, we've been through so much together, we care for each other, he is my first and only boyfriend, the first ever person with whom I made love with, the dearest person to me next to my parents, while I barely started to know Vegeta better. But ever since Vegeta came into my life, even when I'm with Yamcha, all I think about is him, wondering what is he doing, is he ok, is he hurt? I'm starting to wonder, even after what we've been though, is Yamcha really the one for me?"
More days flew right by until one day, Vegeta came to his senses; he suddenly opened his eyes and noticed he wasn't in the ship anymore, but in a strange room lying in a bed with a medical tube attached to his body and covered with bandages. But he was even more surprised to see Bulma next to him sitting on a chair and fallen fast asleep on the table.
"She really does care about me after all..".-Vegeta thought while staring at her-"I wonder what is really going on her mind, if she has any real feelings towards me? Too bad I can't read minds... or can I? Back on Namek, Kakarot found out everything that has happened to his bald friend on that planet by simply putting his hand on his friend's head. Who says I can't do the same, since I trained as much as he did prior his arrival on Namek? Not even he knew he could do that, so I might have also unknowingly developed such a technique."-then Vegeta reached out his right hand and placed it on Bulma's head as careful as possible not wanting to wake her up; he then closed his eyes and concentrated real hard on her unconscious mind.
Suddenly, after a few moments, thousands of images rolled through his head like a movie projection showing everything about Bulma's past: her first meeting with Goku, Oolong, Master Roshi, Yamcha and the others, their many adventures in gathering the Dragon Balls, the events on various World Martial Arts Tournament...As Vegeta went deeper into her thoughts he also found out about her first time with Yamcha which pissed him off terribly, but he became even more infuriated at Master Roshi, who was always all over Bulma and saw her naked countless times, not to mention the fact that Bulma also sometimes willingly showed her private parts to others when she was young to get something in exchange. Vegeta got sick and tired of the images and started concentrating on the part of the brain where the emotions are generated, which interested him the most. And there they were, Bulma's true feelings towards the prince of all Saiyans, feelings that she couldn't bare to admit not even to herself. Afterwards, Vegeta took his hand off of Bulma's head placing it back on the bed and started thinking. He was having a hard time processing all the images he just saw, so he tried to forget about them and concentrated on the received emotions instead.
"She's quite an outstanding woman; I've never met anyone like her before."-Vegeta thought-"I can't imagine what she sees in that insect called Yamcha. She most definitely deserves more, a more loyal and royal person...a person like me. I'm sure that my genes combined with hers would result a half Saiyan offspring of a high-class, much stronger than Goku's kid, Gohan. Hmph...it doesn't matter right now. She may be the hottest woman I laid my eyes on up until now, still she's nothing but a mere distraction for me. My main goal is to regain my lost pride by becoming a Super Saiyan and surpass Kakarot once and for all. And by accomplishing that, I will become the most powerful warrior in the entire Universe., just like I was always meant to be "-then the prince eagerly stood up from the bed and went outside the corridor as silently he could, not wanting to wake up Bulma and give her any explanations.
Afterwards, the prince began searching Mr. Briefs throughout the Capsule Corp. and once he found him, he demanded him to fix his destroyed gravity chamber as soon as possible. But Mr. Briefs had anticipated Vegeta's demand and while the prince was recovering, he already built him a new one. Vegeta couldn't be happier and immediately entered the ship, as he turned the gravity up to 350G and commenced his training even though he was still covered with bandages. Meanwhile, Bulma was having a bad dream where Yamcha was cheating on her again, when all of a sudden, she woke up, only to see that the bed besides her was empty. She became very nervous at the sight and went straight to her parents to ask them if they knew where Vegeta was. It was then, she found out from her father that Vegeta started training again despite not being completely healed yet, at which Bulma became more furious than ever at the prince, however, she couldn't talk him out from doing so. In the end she gave up and went back on focusing on his relationship with Yamcha, but no matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't stop herself from thinking about the prince of Saiyans.
The end of August was approaching, while Bulma could hardly wait to see what Vegeta's present will be, although she tried not to have high expectations from him. And she was right by doing so, cause one week before her birthday was coming up, Vegeta took the ship and flew into space for an unknown reason. Bulma was quite devastated to see him leave all so sudden like that, but managed her best to keep herself calm in front of her parents, especially in front of Yamcha, who was the happiest person to see Vegeta leave, hoping that he would stay gone for good. By this point, Bulma gave up all hopes of her and Vegeta getting together as she could not believe how less he cared about her.
With Vegeta out of the picture and Yamcha planning to make his next move, indeed, the chances of Bulma and Vegeta getting together is very slim. What can possibly twist their chances in their favor? Find out only by reading the next part!
