Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Bonded by Pain and Blood ❯ The disorder ( Chapter 4 )

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Today was a really good day for Vegeta. Not only did he get to sneak a peek at Bulma's birthday suit, he also got to see Goku KO'ed by an article of clothing. Vegeta smiled to himself as he carried Goku into the C.C. building over his shoulder like a sack of rice. Because of Vegeta's compact build, Goku's head barely cleared the ground, and Vegeta had a tendency to be clumsy around doorframes and chair legs.

Bulma rounded on Vegeta after an `accident' with a marble plant stand. "Vegeta! Quit banging Goku around and put him down on the couch!"

Vegeta gave a nasty sneer at Bulma as he flipped Goku off his shoulders missing the couch entirely. Goku landed with a thud on the ground and snorted something about more pumpkin pie.

"BAKAYARO!" Bulma screeched, "I SAID ON THE COUCH! NOT 5 FEET FROM IT!"

"Watch where you drool, Bitch!" He replied as he tried to take cover from the shower of spit that Bulma unleashed when she yelled.

"WHAT'D YOU CALL ME YOU SORRY EXCUSE OF A MONKEY?!" Bulma's face turned three shades of red as more spit splattered Vegeta.

"UGH!! Not only you humans are ugly as HFIL, you have no concept of decency do you!" he said wiping more spit from his face.

"You wouldn't know manners if they landed in your lap and bit your ratty tail!

"YOU WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT MY TAIL, ONNA!" Vegeta pointed a finger at her took a threatening step forward.

"What, you mean that brown thing that makes you look like you forgot to wipe your ass?" Bulma also took a step forward

Vegeta's tail lashed violently behind him. "At least I don't look like I wash my hair in a swimming pool all day!" He took another step closer

Bulma's face turned another shade of red. She stood over Goku "You wanna talk about hair!? At least mine doesn't stick straight up as an invite for birds to nest in!"

"Quite, Wench! My hair alone would attract every female on Vejiitasei." Vegeta crossed his arms and glared at her.

"Oooo, really?! Oh, wait a second, Vejiitasei doesn't exist any more. Too bad you're stuck on Earth, `cause your hair went out in the 80's."

"It's not my fault you humans didn't know a good thing when you had it."

At this point the pair were arguing directly over Goku's body. Bulma forgot her friend was there and stood on his chest so she could be at eye level with the Saiyan Prince.

"As if you would know what style is! You couldn't…" Bulma stopped mid sentence when she felt something tap her foot.

"Bulmba? Coulb you bleese get off by face? You're beet stink!"

Bulma looked down and saw that one foot was standing on the boot shaped impression on Goku's face.

"Oh, Goku! I'm so sorry! Can I get you anything, aspirin, senzu bean? Anything?"

"GUST GET OFF!" he yelled. Having someone stand on your face would be uncomfortable for anyone. Even if you were a Saiyan.

Bulma quickly hopped off Goku with a worried expression on her face. He slowly sat up, gingerly rubbing his sore nose.

"Humph! I'll leave you two ladies alone." Vegeta sneered.

Bulma looked up "Oh, I'm sorry your highness, I forgot you were there."

Vegeta glared at her again. He stepped over Goku and headed for the door.

Bulma watched Vegeta's back as he left. Again she caught a glimpse at those strange markings on his bare back. `I'll have to ask him about that one of these days.'

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"Idiot woman!" Vegeta muttered under his breath. "Has not idea who she's dealing with." He continued curse and stomp about the C.C. ground in an angry fashion, until he felt a large ki coming towards him. Instinctively, he got into a defensive stance until he saw the ki's owner.

Gohan, Goku's son, landed in front of Vegeta. The 9-year-old boy was a mirror image of his father, except for the fact that he looked a little more human.

"Hey, Mr. Vegeta. My mom sent me to find out what was taking dad so long. Is he here?"

Vegeta avoided looking directly at the boy. He may be one of the strongest fighters on the planet, but his young eyes looked too much like every child's in the universe.

"Inside, Brat." He said jerking his head towards the C.C. building.

"Thank you Mr. Vegeta." Gohan made a small bow and ran to the building.

Vegeta turned away from the boy's direction. All of a sudden, he felt a strange and painful tightness in his chest, as if his heart wanted to bust. His head was pounding so bad he couldn't see straight. He felt burning vomit rise up his throat and a bitter taste in his mouth. Vegeta wrapped his arms around his middle as a spasm of pain ripped through his abdomen. The world was spinning and his knees gave out, sending the prince into darkness.

When Vegeta opened his eyes, he wasn't on the C.C. grounds anymore. He felt the heat of burning buildings blaze around him. He heard distant ki blasts and occasional screams coming from a small group of houses behind him. He looked up and saw nothing but billowing clouds of smoke and ash above him. All was chaos.

Vegeta recognized it almost immediately. He was on a purging mission for Freeza on a small planet called Sayko-sei, a far cry from Earth. Freeza gave specific orders that no life form was to survive the planet's purging. Some very wealthy buyers were very interested in it for the natural resources. Vegeta liked purging missions. To have the power of life and death in your hands was a great thrill to the Saiyan no Ouji. He especially liked to play with his `prey'.

There was a fighting ki flaring to Vegeta's left. He turned to his opponent and saw a small female with blue hair and purple skin in a fighting stance. Vegeta chuckled, she was going to be easy to take down.

"You get away from my son!" she screamed. The female ran at Vegeta with blurring speed, but it wasn't enough.

"Give my regards to Hades when you see him." Vegeta said in a sneering manner. He pointed one finger at the attacking female and formed a small ki ball at the end. He fired it at her and vaporized her body.

"Humph, pathetic! Brave, but pathetic!" Vegeta said. He was about to move on to another area when he felt a small tug on the material around his leg. He looked down and saw a small hand gently curled around the fabric. The hand belonged to a small child with blue hair and purple skin, a small resemblance to the female that he just defeated. The boys' eyes were wide and shining with tears. The look of pure innocence and trust on his face.

"Mister… mister, do you know where my mommy is? I want my mommy. Can you help me find her?" Big tears rolled down the boys' dirt smudged cheeks as he spoke.

Vegeta gave a mock friendly smile at the child and held out his hand. "Yes, I know where you mother is. Let me escort you to her!" A ki ball formed in his outstretched, hand and fired.

"Vegeta… Vegeta wake up!" said a soothing voice

Vegeta was lying on something soft and smelled alcohol in the air. Someone was roughly shaking his shoulders. He slowly opened his eyes to a lovely shadowed face hovering above his own.

"Wha…where?" he grunted

"You're in the infirmary. Gohan saw you collapse before he came inside." Said the voice.

Vegeta slowly sat up. His head was still pounding, but not as bad as before. He looked to the owner of the voice and saw the blue haired beauty sitting next to him. She placed a hand on his back to support him. He would have brushed her off, but he was still shaking from the experience.

"I'll get the nurse now." She said. She remover her hand and walk behind a curtain surrounding the cot he was lying on. His back burned from where she had touched him. He realized that he was only wearing his navy blue shorts. He reached up to rub his head and found monitors stuck to his temples.

He heard muffled speech and jumped as the curtain was suddenly pulled back. His nerves were still on fire. A semi-elderly woman in a white lab coat smiled at him and picked up a clipboard. She examined the board briefly and smiled at him again.

"Well Mr. Ouji (Bulma just made up a last name for Vegeta) I see you gave us a little scare there. There seems to be nothing physically wrong with you though, and now that you are awake, you are free to go. I'll have the nurse give you a quick check-over just to be safe, k'?"

The doctor turned to Bulma and gently grabbed her elbow as if to lead her somewhere. Once they were out of earshot from Vegeta, she turned to Bulma with a concerned look in her face.

"I've seen this kind of behavior in war veterans and people with traumatic childhood's. You said he just collapsed, right?" Bulma just nodded her head. "Well, it seems to me that Mr. Ouji is suffering from a psychological disorder called `Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome.' It can lie dormant for years and then surface with the right trigger. Anything that might remind him of a traumatic experience will set him into a flash back of the experience. It's like he's reliving the past. If this goes on any longer, some serous damage could be done to his psyche."

Bulma had a worried look on her face. She felt like she was on the verge of tears. "What can we do?" she asked

"I suggest some professional help right away. I'll give you the number of a good psychiatrist I know who specializes in these things."

Bulma shook her head. "He'll never agree to go."

The doctor gave her a grave look. "Then I suggest giving him as much love and understanding as you can. But without help, I don't know what will happen."

"Thank you doctor. I'll do what I can."

Bulma went back to where Vegeta was lying and heard a terrified scream come from behind the drawn curtains. The horrified nurse came bursting through the curtains followed by a bedpan.

"Get out! How dare you touch me! I'm the Saiyan no Ouji!"

Bulma just shook her head with her hands on her hips. "This is going to be impossible."

That's chapter 4. Tell me what you think. If you guys write more I'll try to be faster with my updates, and if not, Vegeta will throw a bed-pan at you!

Tootles

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