Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ I just want to feel ❯ I just want to feel ( Prologue )

A/N: I noticed many grammatical errors so I'm reposting this fic and adding new chapters. This is my first attempt at a fan fic so any constructive feed back would be good, English is not my first language so please bear with me and forgive any grammar errors. In addition, there might be some lemons later on, seeing as they they're needed for Trunk's conception. With that said, on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters and am neither receiving nor asking anything in exchange for it, except rights to my fic.

I just want to feel - Prologue

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It was late afternoon when Bulma found herself staring out of her balcony towards the gravity room (GR) that stood on her back yard. Thinking of what that boy who claimed to be from the future had said about the androids and what she could do to help the others apart from being there to repair the GR every time Vegeta would blow it up.

There it goes again, to her surprise (not really), her thoughts strayed once more to the infuriating yet very handsome saiyan prince who was currently residing in her house, they had been doing a lot of that lately.

Ever since the boy went back to his own time, Vegeta had been training nonstop. Of course, it would be the obvious thing to do since they were going to face androids that supposedly kill everyone, but he was overdoing it a bit, in her opinion.

He would wake before sunrise, she could hear the humming of the GR, and he would come out of it late at night to eat, shower and sleep. It was the same every day. She was starting to worry about him, even though she knew she shouldn't, but she couldn't help it. He wasn't eating much and the little times that they crossed paths, she noticed that he didn't look so good.

She had to admit, if only to herself, that she had liked Vegeta from the very first moment that she laid eyes on him, that time when he came to find the dragon balls to wish for immortality with his bald friend. In fact, she found him extremely attractive, but since he was trying to kill her friends at the time, she didn't allow herself the pleasure of dwelling on such thoughts.

Nowadays, though he still voiced his plans to destroy the earth as soon as he reached super saiyan level and killed the androids and Goku whenever addressed by any of the boys, she could see a difference in him. She wouldn't go as far as to say that he was a changed man, but he did act differently, though she didn't know if it was for the better.

When she first met him in person on Planet Namek, she found him infuriatingly cocky but funny at the same time, in a scary, sarcastic sort of way. Even though she would never openly admit it to anyone, she enjoyed his presence and she some times had to choke on her laughter when he made his witty comments. Although he could get her very angry at times, so angry in fact, that she some times forgot how he could kill her without effort and retorted with insulting comments of her own. Surprisingly enough, he seemed to find it amusing when she did, of course, he would deny such an accusation, but Bulma knew that he enjoyed their little verbal spats just as much as she did.

But now he was so distant. He hardly said a word to anyone except for the usual "Fetch me some clothing, woman", "Where's my food", "Woman, the gravity chamber is broken, fix it!" and we can't forget the occasional grunts and "hmph's" of response when he was talked to. Then there was the fact that he scarcely ate and was starting to look pale. She didn't know much about saiyan anatomy, but his body was still made of flesh and blood and, as any other, it needed food and rest to function properly, not to mention the fact that saiyans need to eat over twice as much as a human does.

To be honest, she was starting to miss their daily bouts. He was actually being more cold and detached than before and she could almost swear that his scowl had deepened in the last few days, if such a thing were possible.

She had to do something. But what? She couldn't just go up to him and say, "Hey Vegeta, you're looking a little under the weather there; why don't you eat something and get some rest and relaxation". With her luck and his present mood she would probably be "blasted to the next dimension", as he would say. But she couldn't just sit back and watch as he slowly destroyed himself over his obsession of being stronger than Goku; could she?

No. Bulma decided. She would do something about it now. So she went back into her room, picked up the phone and called to order take out from a little Chinese restaurant not so far from the compound that she knew he liked and headed down to the GR. Now all that was left was for her to convince Vegeta to take a break from his intensive training and come eat with her; but how?

She could not admit to him that she was worried about his well-being and she most definitely would not let him in on her secret feelings for him. Bulma didn't know how, why or when it happened, but she realized that she had actually come to have real feelings for the prince and that she genuinely cared about him.

Bulma felt bad about it that is why, she guessed, she hadn't let herself realize it before. She felt guilty when she thought about how he was the man that used to threaten to destroy the planet she called home on a daily basis, not to mention that he had tried to kill her friends on several occasions and was partially responsible for Yamcha's death when he first visited the earth.

Oh God. Yamcha! How could she have forgotten about him during her tirade? She was still his girlfriend and that made her feel even worse. She had tried to push her feelings for her saiyan houseguest out of her mind, but to no avail. How could he make her feel this way? She had never felt anything like this before, with anybody, not even with Yamcha, and they had been dating for over ten years. Still, Vegeta made her feel like a schoolgirl with a crush. It was exhilarating and frightening at the same time.

Just as she reached the kitchen and was heading out to the GR, there was a big explosion that shook the entire compound and she remembered how Vegeta almost died when he'd blown up the GR not so long ago. So she ran out the door with only one thought on her head, "Please, Vegeta, not again..."

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A/N: Well there you have it. Let me know what you think of it, whether it's a good or bad thing, it would be helpful and well appreciated. Also, let me know if you wish for me to continue. Thank you for your patience.

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