Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ do ut des ❯ healing albruna ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Because in front of me was an image of Bulma and Vegeta kissing...

"Uhh.. uh!" I pointed accusingly at the bowl of glass. Too shocked to get a normal word out of my mouth.

"What's she doing?" Albruna asked. "Is that the prince?"

"It is the prince" Gabrielle confirmed.

- - -

Vegeta broke the kiss, and looked at the blue haired woman in front of him. A look of confusion and hurt was plastered on his face, before he recomposed himself, and his expression turned to his normal scowl.

"Out!" he bellowed, pointing at the tent's exit.

Bulma too looked shocked, and there were tears forming in her eyes. She walked out without looking behind, without facing the prince.

- - -

"Lunch!" Gabrielle called me.

"yeah?"

"Make sure Bulma gets here, I have this feeling that she will go back to the altar, and it's not the time to return now." she explained.

I nodded. "I'll be right back!" I said before leaving Gabrielle's cottage, behind me.

At the time I reached the crossing, I could already see Bulma coming from right.

"Bulma!" I waved at her. Causing the girl in the distance to look up to me.

"Lunch!" she called me as she came closer, I could see she had cried ; her eyes were all red and puffy. "How is Albruna?" Bulma asked with a hint of worry in her voice.

"She is okay." I told her the truth. "A bit drowsy, but Gabrielle's herbs made her a lot better."

"Good." Bulma said. "Where is Chi?"

"Isn't she with you?" I asked her confused.

Bulma looked at me with that sort of look only she could give me.

"Lunch, look around!" she said, a bit irritated. "She isn't here! The last time I saw her she was with that soldier back at the camp."

I nodded understandingly. "Follow me." I said. "We can watch her in Gabrielle's bowl."

"huh?" the scientist asked me.

"Wich stuff." I explained.

"Oh.." she said. An uneasy silence came over us as we walked back to the witch's cottage.

"So what happend with the prince?" I asked her.

Bulma's face got as red as possible, and I could discover moisture in blue eyes again, they never became tears though.

"Nothing.." she murmered.

"Bulma." I started. "I saw you two kissing, now tell me what happend. I won't betray you, honestly, what do you think, I'm Claudia or something?"

She smiled at me but remained mute.

"Come on B-chan, you can trust me." I tried to encourage her. "Besides it can't be that bad, and hey, I told you about my switch to yellow thingy!"

Bulma sighed. "It can be that bad."

After a moment of silence she continued talking.

"Chichi got me in this situation that I was supposed to follow him. Me and Chi had this plan that she would give the baby to that Kakarot-guy. But therefore we had to get Vegeta out of the way."

I nodded understandingly. Kakarot seemed a nice guy, and he might be so stupid to take the baby. If Vegeta would know that, well then we're done for.

Bulma continued.

"So I followed him to his praetorium, and as soon as we were in, he asked me what the hell was wrong, and that I should hurry up... first of all I had no idea what to ask him, and I had to win some time..."

"So you seduced him.." I finished for her.

"Hah! He wished!" the blue haired woman exclaimed. "No, I was just taking around the view, trying to win some time and to come up with something to ask him.. so I tried him to give me a drink, you know, 'My throath is so dry, some water would be good..' It made me win some time. But well he got impatient after that." she explained. "Anyway, I was kinda lost in thoughts, and I dropped my mug..." she took another pause. "So we both bent down to pick it up, and well then it just happened..."

I looked at her weirdly. Did she just say the kiss just happened, as if on an impulse. Vegeta kissing Bulma on an impulse? So totally...

"Honestly?" I asked her, knowing that Bulma could be quite a flirt if she wanted to.

"Okay, so maybe I tried to seduce him a little.." Bulma grinned. "But just a little!" she said showing some tiny space between her fingers.

I smiled at her. "Same old Bulma!"

"I could be dead by now.. you know what Lunch?"

"What?"

"I will never try to seduce any boy, or prince again for that matter!" she vowed.

"Good." I said. "Because we're not supposed to." I told her before entering Gabrielle's house ,which we had reached in the mean time.

"Albruna!" Bulma called her, and walked over to her friend. "Good to see you're okay again."

Albruna, with her long dark red hair, smiled. "Good to see you to Bulma." she said while hugging her.

"So what's up with Chi?" I asked, sitting next to Gabrielle on the couch.

"Look for yourself." Gabrielle said, her hands hovering above the bowl of glass.

- - -

"So what do you want to eat?" the soldier asked the Vestal Virgin in front of him.

"Nothing.." Chichi answered, looking around in the tent.

"And your baby?" Kakarot asked. He soon corrected himself. "I mean what would the baby like to eat?"

Chichi smiled at him. That sort of smile we were warned for not to give. "Some warm milk would do fine." she said.

The soldier nodded, and rushed to find some milk. He heated it up a bit, not scaliding, just a bit warm, and poured it in a little bottle and handed it to the raven haired beauty in front of him.

"So what's your name?" he asked interested, as he watched the Vestal Virgin feeding the baby. He smiled.

"Chichi," she answered, looking up smiling at him. "And your Kakarot right?"

The soldier grinned, "Well my name is Goku, Vegeta is the only one who calls me Kakarot, long story." he said. "Chichi, you're good with children, so what's the boy's name?"

- - -

"Oh my!!" Albruna squealed. "We don't have a name for my baby yet!!" she had these little stars in her eyes ; she was so happy to see her child.

"Be quiet Albruna," Bulma told her. "I want to hear what they're saying."

- - -

"Well..." Chichi began. "Like I said before, it's not my baby, so it's not up to me to give him a name."

The soldier nodded. "So what did you want to talk about?" Goku asked.

"Goku," Chichi started on a serious tone. "This baby isn't mine, but from one of the other Vestal Virgins..."

"What?" Goku exclaimed, "No way.. we have to get this little kid somewhere safe."

Chichi smiled at him, he was truely a good person. "I know.." Chi said. "So I wanted to ask if you could take care for it.."

This left Goku speechless. After some few seconds Chichi continued.

"Please?"

"Ah.. I.. I'd love to Chichi, but I am a soldier! The army is no place for a little kid like that.."

"So isn't the altar, do you know what would happen with him if they find out?"

Goku nodded solemnly. "I know."

"Please, goku?" Chichi looked at him with pleading eyes. "I don't know else to do.."

"Well okay, but just for a week! I have to go battle at the south coast next week, and I won't bring him with me."

Chichi smiled at him. "You're the greatest! I will pick him up next Friday, okay?"

"What?" Goku asked confused. "Are you already going?"

"Yes," chichi said. "I have to go home, I will come back Wednesday, to check you up, okay?"

"No! It's not!" The soldier said. "I don't know the first thing about babies! What does he eat, and when does he sleep?"

"I'm sure you'll find out, try some warm milk, and let it sleep whenever he wants to," The raven haired girl explained. "But I really have to go now." She handed over the baby.

- - -

Albruna's hand started shacking.

"She's going to give him away, ne?" Albruna said. "I will get my baby back, right?"

"Its hard to tell, babies only bring trouble," Gabrielle said. "But he will be better of there than in at the altar. Albruna, I know this is hard for you, but you have to hold on, okay?"

Albruna nodded, trying to swollowing back the tears.

Poor girl, so much happened this day. I don't blame her for having these mood-swings. Goku started speaking again, my attention returned to the bowl.

- - -

"I'll try Chichi!" Goku said. Holding the baby in his strong arms, the baby itself was asleep. "I'll see you next Wednesday, okay?"

"Yes Goku, and thanks for everything!" she said before leaving the tent.

- - -

"Albruna, Bulma, Lunch," Gabrielle stopped focusing on the bowl, and it turned white immediately. "You should return home now, to catch up with Chichi." Gabrielle stood up and walked over to her kitchen, soon she came back with a bowl of herbs. She handed them over to Albruna, who was staring into nothing. "Use these Albruna, they will make you feel better." She turned to me. "And for the rest of you," she passed a quick glance at Bulma. "Take care, and may the good spirits be with you."

I nodded, and stood up also. "Gabrielle, would it be okay if I came by tomorrow evening?" I asked her.

She nodded and smiled. "That will be fine. But now you should better get home."

I nodded, and leaved her cottage with Albruna and Bulma.

"May the good spirits be with you!" Gabrielle repeated, as she waved goodbye.

I sighed and waved back. Good spirits, yeah.. we sure need them.. I thought as I wondered what was about to happen as we reach the altar.

'Why can't we just bring the baby to Gabrielle? Why is she so against it? What happend with her that Albruna knows but I didn't? And what happend to Ganna? Was she capable of lying to Philippus and Claudia? Philippus.. did he even know that Albruna was pregnant? How could he do such a thing to her? And what will happen to the baby? Will Goku manage to keep it alive? Won't Vegeta find out? And did that kiss of him and Bulma effect the future?'

So much questions, and we have only future to answer them..