Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Rebellious Hell ❯ Chapter 7

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A/N - Well I told you all that I'd get this chapter out as soon as possible and if I don't say so myself I think this is pretty good time, don't you? For all those people who voiced their concerns over Goku being a little too mean, don't worry about it. He turns nicer again soon so just stick with the story.

Chapter 7: 'Repent'

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~*~ Confess yourself to heaven: ~*~

~*~ Repent what's past; avoid what is to come; ~*~

- Hamlet from 'Hamlet'

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Bulma let out a tired sigh as she opened the door to her quarters and wearily walked in, dropping her coat on the floor and collapsing tiredly on the bed, then sat up with a scream as a hand grabbed her shoulder…

"Jesus, Turles!" Bulma put a hand to her chest to still her fast-beating heart. "You scared the hell out of me!"

"Sorry, didn't mean to." Turles raised an eyebrow and gave her a charming smile, which froze around the edges as he leant close and sniffed at her clothing. With a growl he pulled Bulma up close to him and stared into her eyes. "You were with him again, weren't you? After I warned you to keep away you still went near him!"

"What…?" Bulma tried to pull away from Turles.

"Don't 'what' me! I can smell him on your clothes!"

"Smell who?" Bulma tried again to pull away. "Turles, you're scaring me!"

"Shut up!" he howled. "You went near Kakarot again!"

"We met in the hall…that's all! We just talked for a few minutes, then Vegeta came and got me…Honestly, Turles!" Bulma stopped struggling and prayed that Turles would calm down enough for reason to return.

Turles breathed heavily for a few more minutes, but gradually his eyes cleared again. "You're telling the truth?"

"Yes." Bulma relaxed against him and put her head on his shoulder. "For a second there, Turles, I thought you were going to snap."

"I almost did," Turles admitted. "I just can't stand the thought of you being near him!"

"It's okay, you're the only man who I want to be with, you know that." Bulma smoothed some of his unruly hair back from his face. "You don't need to get so jealous."

Turles ran his hands down Bulma's sides until he clasped her waist. "I can't help it."

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"Have you seen Goku?" Vegeta asked Nappa as he paused in the doorway of the rec room, in which Nappa and Raditz were sprawled.

"Not for a while," Nappa answered absentmindedly, chowing down on a chocolate bar.

"What about you?" Vegeta asked Raditz.

Raditz avoided his eyes and shrugged. "Last time I saw him he was looking for Turles."

"But Turles isn't here; he went with Frieza down to the planet Golan so that Frieza could test his strength. He isn't going to be back until later tonight." Vegeta took a few steps into the room. "Raditz, if you know something…"

"All I know is that Goku wanted to know where Turles was, and then he disappeared." Raditz stood up. "Don't worry, he won't be far away."

"That's what I'm afraid of." Vegeta whirled and left the room.

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"Turles, what's gotten into you?" Bulma laughed as he pushed her down onto the bed and crawled over her, purring as he pulled off his armor and kissed her again.

"Nothing, I'm just not feeling myself today." Turles smirked as if he had said something funny.

He began to unbuttoned Bulma's shirt and kissed her again as he ran his eyes down her body and started removing her shirt. His eyes fell on the bite mark on her shoulder and, for a brief second, Bulma saw his eyes flash with something other than passion…Hatred.

"Turles? What's wrong?" She tried to push him away and stand up, but he pushed her back down on the bed again and smiled.

"Oh, it's nothing…it just looks like your bite is…fading. I should probably bite you again." He lent his head down and ran his tongue along the bite mark.
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea, Turles…I mean, I'm not sure if I want to bind with you yet."

"Who would you rather bond with? That Goku…I mean, Kakarot?" Turles pulled back again and Bulma froze as she looked into his eyes.

"You never call Goku Kakarot…you've always called him Goku before, like me. What's changed?"

"Oh, nothing…been spending too much time with Vegeta, I guess." Turles tried to brush it aside, but Bulma felt deep in her bones that something was wrong.

"I didn't know you'd been spending any time with Vegeta. I thought you'd been with Frieza most of the time. I'm the one who Vegeta always seems to be hanging around."

"Sniffing around, you mean." Turles eyed the bite mark on her neck and Bulma tried to worm away.

"I don't want to do this again, Turles, the half-bond is there, you don't have to bite me again."

"Oh, but I do, you see." In a movement much like a striking snake, Turles fastened his teeth on the bite mark and bit down.

Bulma's back arched and she screamed in pain.

During the throws of passion, being bitten hadn't hurt, but having Turles sink his teeth in without any warning was painful. So painful that Bulma knew if he didn't stop soon she would pass out.

"Stop! Please….Turles, it hurts, stop!" She felt his teeth pierce her skin and instantly the pain intensified, causing her to scream even louder than before.

Turles pulled back, blood dripping down his chin. "I didn't mean for it to hurt you so badly."

Turles' voice had changed and Bulma instantly felt so forgiving. He sounded so sincere, so regretful…so un-Turles like.

In that instant it all became clear. As 'Turles' was hugging her, she let her hands drop down to where his tail should have been…but there was no tail and that meant that the person hugging her could only be…

"Goku!" Bulma pushed him away and jumped from the bed, pulling her shirt closed and shakily buttoning up the buttons.

"I am sorry, you know, but I couldn't let you become fully bonded to him. All you have to do now is bite me and you can be my mate instead." Goku leapt up from the bed and slowly walked towards Bulma. "You can't want to be with him, Bulma, you can't."

"Goku…How could you do this? What's wrong with you?" She bumped into the wall and Goku came to a stop in front of her.

"What's wrong with me? I'm trying to protect you, Bulma!"

"From who?"

"From him! Turles! He's only going to hurt you, Bulma, and I can't let that happen. Not when I love you so much." Goku stepped up and kissed Bulma, who was too stunned to do anything but stand there.

"Just mark me back and we'll be bonded and he'll never hurt you again. We don't even have to tell the child you're carrying that I'm not its real father." Goku gently stroked her hair.

"You're…you're mad, Goku!" Bulma slipped from under his arm and walked quickly towards the door. "I don't know what Vegeta and his groupies did to you, but…"

"They didn't do anything!" Goku leapt in front of Bulma again and barred the door. "It was all HIM! He killed my family! He destroyed my planet! He's taken away everything that I loved and now he's even trying to take you away! I'm not going to let that happen. I have to protect you."

Goku stood there breathing heavily and, for the first time since being back with him, she realized how badly hurt he really was over the loss of his family, friends and planet. All this time in space he'd been clinging to the fact that they were still alive, loving them from a distance, and then he'd suddenly found out that, despite his best efforts, they were all dead. Even she, Bulma, the person who Goku had grown up protecting, had injured him by all but telling him to get lost because she had found another male instead of him.

He was mad with grief and Bulma hadn't even seen it.

"Oh, Goku…I'm so sorry." She walked forward and gently hugged him. "I love you too, but only as a friend. I know this has been hard for you…but you're only hurting me by doing this. I…I love Turles and I'm going to bond with him."

"Bulma, no…" Goku held out a hand to her as Bulma pulled back and opened the door to the hallway.

"What you did just now was wrong. I'm not going to tell Turles because he'd flip out and probably try to kill you…but I am going to ask you to leave and not to come near us again until we're fully bonded. This is hard for me too, Goku, because I do love you…but not in the same way I love Turles. Maybe you're right when you say he's only going to hurt me, but I have to give it a chance." Bulma stood by the open door. "Please, leave."

Goku gave Bulma a long look and then slowly he nodded. "I'm leaving, but this isn't going to go away, Bulma. I do love you and one day you're going to be mine instead of his. Somebody like him doesn't deserve somebody like you."

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A/N - Yeek! What is going to happen in the next chapter? Will Turles and Bulma finally bond? Will Goku try to get Bulma away from Turles again? And what will Vegeta do when he hears what has happened? Please review and I'll get working on the next chapter as soon as I can!