Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Rebellious Hell ❯ Chapter 5

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A/N - This took ages to come out, I know and I'm sorry but what with ff.net deciding to FORCE me to take down all of my NC-17 fics and re-post them you've all had to wait a very long time for this fic and I'm sorry about that.

Thanks again to Ane S. Thesia for beta reading for me ^_^ you rock!

Chapter 5: 'An Innocent Love'

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~*~ Such and act, ~*~

~*~ That blurs the grace and blush of modesty; ~*~

~*~ Calls virtue, hypocrite; takes off the rose ~*~

~*~ From the fair forehead of an innocent love, ~*~

~*~ And sets a blister there; ~*~

- Hamlet from 'Hamlet'

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Vegeta motioned for Nappa and Raditz to continue taking the others to their rooms, stopping Goku and Bulma, instead leading them into a small conference room.

"First of all, Kakarot, and this is in your best interest, stay away from Bulma if you can." Vegeta turned his attention to Bulma. "And you'd do well to avoid Kakarot as much as possible. If Turles catches you together…even if you are only innocently talking, there is no telling what he might do."

"Vegeta, what's this all about?" Bulma looked at Vegeta worriedly.

"Yeah…what's going on?" Goku had collapsed into one of the many chairs in the room and was looking at Vegeta expectantly.

Vegeta strode forward and grabbed Bulma, who gave a small sound of fright. He pulled her shirt away to reveal her shoulder with the bite mark Turles had given her on it.

"What's that?" Goku edged closer to Bulma and peered at the bite mark. Somewhere in his mind some instinct told him that the bite was important.

"This is his mark of ownership." Vegeta let Bulma go and she glared at him.

"Ownership? Turles doesn't own me!" She rubbed the bite mark worriedly. "This doesn't mean anything…"

"Of course it does!" Vegeta shook his head. "The bite mark means that you're Turles' mate, just as the bite mark you gave him means that he is yours."

"I never gave him a bite mark…and what do you mean that the bite mark means I'm his?"

"Did Turles not explain this to you?" Vegeta asked desperately, his eyes imploring her to understand.

She shook her head. "He just bit me one night…"

"So why didn't you bite him back?" Vegeta stepped forwards, staring at her intently.

"I didn't know I was supposed to bite him back," Bulma said defensively, crossing her arms across her chest.

Vegeta frowned to himself and began to pace the floor. "Bulma…has Turles told you if he loves you or not?"

Bulma was silent for several seconds, aware of the stares from Goku and Vegeta. "Yeah…he has told me he loves me."

Vegeta nodded slowly. "Do you love him?"

"I…I…" Bulma looked at Goku, his emotion-filled ebony eyes begging her to say no.

"Bulma?" Vegeta prompted.

"I don't know…I like Turles a lot…but, you see…he killed my entire planet while I watched." Bulma sadly looked at Goku. "It's not that I don't love him, it's that I can't love him."

"And that's your problem." Vegeta nodded. "It all makes sense now."

"What makes sense?" Goku asked, standing.

"Now I know why Turles reacted so violently to you being near Bulma." Vegeta gave Goku a friendly punch on the arm. "He's frightened you're going to steal her away from him."

"Why would he think that?" Bulma wearily sank down into a chair.

"Because you're only half bonded to him, and he's very nervous that somebody will steal you away and bond with you before he can make you a full bonded mate." Vegeta shook his head. "All you have to do, Bulma, is bite Turles back and he'll stop being so damned territorial around you."

Goku's eyes narrowed and he glanced at Bulma, then back to Vegeta. "What would happen if somebody did manage to bond with Bulma before he could?"

Vegeta's gaze slipped back to Goku. "Turles would probably snap…I don't know what would happen to him, but at a guess I'd say he'd go insane."

Vegeta looked at Goku for a second, the man was radiating hurt and anger, most of it directed at Turles.

He could only hope that Goku wasn't planning to do what he thought he was.

@--8------

Bulma sat on the bed in her new room and contemplated what Vegeta had told her about Turles' behavior.

He's jealous of Goku? But Goku's my best friend…how cold he be that jealous of him?

She glanced up through a curtain of blue hair as the door opened and Turles came in, his eyes scanning the room till they found her, a look of relief flooding his features.

"Hi." Bulma patted the bed and he crossed the room and sat down beside her. "What did that lizard king thing have to say?"

"You mean Frieza?" Turles yawned and pulled off his chest armor before settling back on the bed. "He wants me to join up with the other Saiyans and conquer planets for him."

"Are you going to?" Bulma lay down next to him and played with his spiky hair.

"I don't know yet. Frieza pays well, but I'm not sure I want to spend all my time with those guys." Turles' lip curled as though the other Saiyans disgusted him.

"Goku and Vegeta aren't so bad."

"Goku…Puh…I don't trust him." Turles sat up and pulled Bulma close him. "I saw the way he was looking at you…He was planning something, mark my words."

"Now you're being stupid. Goku and I are best friends, we have been since we were kids." Bulma lay back again. "What about Vegeta? Do you like him?"

"Yeah…I guess." Turles yawned again. "He stopped by to talk to me just after I left Frieza's office." Turles looked at Bulma again. "He said that he'd had a talk with you."

Bulma nodded. "He told me why you were so nasty to Goku. He also talked to me a little about Saiyan bonds."

"He did, did he?" Turles sighed. "Then you know what I did when I bit you?"

"I do know." Bulma pushed a strand of hair away from her eyes. "I wish you'd told me what you were really doing when you bit me in the shower."

"I was going too…but at the time it just seemed so right to me. We were connecting in a way we never had before and making you my mate seemed the perfect thing to do." Turles pulled Bulma close to him and sighed sadly. "If I'd known how you were going to react, then I might have told you before-hand…given you a little tie to get used to it."

"You should have done that anyway." Bulma wrapped her arms around Turles and rested her head on his chest. "Don't be jealous of Goku, Turles. He's my best friend and I never thought I was going to see him again…I can't bear having the two men I care about the most in my life hating each other."

"Goku hates me too, huh?" Turles growled softly. "I don't expect you to understand why I despise him so much, but I'll try to not kill him."

"Turles…"

"Bulma, I can't promise you anything more. When I saw you hugging him today I nearly tore his throat out, I was that jealous." Turles was almost shaking with rage. "I know that you thought it was an innocent embrace, but all I could see was another un-bonded male hugging you, my soon to be mate." Turles took a deep breath. "Bulma, will you bond with me? I'm living with this constant fear that I'm going to lose you. I know that every time I see you with another man I'm going to get insanely jealous until you bond with me."

"I don't know, Turles…I need time to think about it. This isn't like an Earth marriage; this is forever. Vegeta told me that once I bond with you we'd be tied together for life. That's not a decision I can make over night, I need time."

Turles nodded. "You can have time…Just know that I love you, Bulma, and every minute that we stay only half bonded I'm getting more and more desperate for you."

Bulma looked up at Turles and smirked. "I wouldn't worry about it too much, I'm not likely to run off with any of the men I'm currently surrounded with." Bulma ran her nails down the fabric of Turles' training suit and licked her lips. "Besides, loathe as I am to admit it, I kinda like you more then any other guy I've ever liked…"

@--8------

"I forbid you do what you're planning on doing Kakarot!" Vegeta shoved Goku into the wall and glared at him. "Don't think I didn't see that look in your eye when I said what would happen if Bulma bonded with somebody else. I know you want revenge on Turles for destroying your family and friends, but you cannot go about it this way."

Goku pushed Vegeta away from him and growled. "I'll get my revenge any way I want to."

"No you won't!" Vegeta growled. "You have no idea what will happen if you manage to seduce Bulma! The consequences would be devastating for Bulma and yourself."

"I don't see how. She can't really be happy with him, the man who cold-bloodedly murdered our entire planet." Goku smashed a fist into the wall. "It's not fair! A murderer like him doesn't deserve somebody as sweet as Bulma!"

"It doesn't matter if she deserves him or not, the fact is that he loves her and she appears to love him in return whether she realizes it or not. If you interfere in their relationship the chances are that you'll send Bulma mad, as well as Turles."

"I don't believe you." Goku pushed away from Vegeta and agitatedly paced the room.

Vegeta stared at him for a moment, realization dawning on him. "This isn't just about revenge, is it? You like Bulma too, don't you? You're jealous of Turles!"

"Aren't you?" Goku snapped.

Vegeta was silent for a minute. "I don't deny that I find Bulma very attractive, but I know that she could never and would never love me as long as Turles is around, and I respect that." Vegeta grimaced. "Besides, she's not really my type."

Goku snorted. "Well I don't care what you say, I'm going to make her mine."

Vegeta shook his head. "Well, don't expect my help, I'm on Turles' side this time, Kakarot."

Goku turned away from Vegeta. "So be it."

A/N - Ack! Goku plans on getting Bulma so he can have her and make Turles go insane! Meanwhile, Vegeta kinda likes Bulma, but Bulma likes Turles who wants to make Bulma his mate, only she's having second thoughts because deep down she hates commitment….My God! This is like something out of The Bold and the Beautiful! (On at 5pm on channel 10 weekdays…hey don't laugh! tBatB rocks!)

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