Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Rebellious Hell ❯ Chapter 8

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Once again a huge thanks to Ane S. Thesia for beta reading for me.

Chapter 8: 'My Jealousy'

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~*~ I am sorry that with better heed and judgment ~*~

~*~ I had not quoted him: I feared he did but trifle, ~*~

~*~ And meant to wreck thee; but beshrew my jealousy! ~*~

- Polonius from 'Hamlet'

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"Oh, God!" Bulma sagged against the wall and sobbed as Goku slammed the door shut behind him.

What would Turles say when he found out?! He'd go mad! He'd kill Goku for sure and maybe even hurt her! There was no way that she could hide Goku's scent, or the scent of her blood…Turles would know what had happened the instant he walked in.

And Bulma couldn't bear the thought of him leaving her all alone.

So caught up was Bulma in her grief that she didn't hear the door open again, or the sharp intake of breath as somebody surveyed what had happened.

"Woman, what happened?"

Bulma shrieked as Vegeta tapped her on the shoulder and then let out a sigh as she saw it was only him.

"Goku, he…he bit me!" Bulma clambered unsteadily to her feet and bit her lip. "He was dressed up like Turles…I almost slept with him! But I didn't know! I swear I didn't know it was Goku."

Vegeta closed his eyes for a second. "This isn't good. Turles is due back for a while, but if he even suspects what Goku has done…" Vegeta trailed off and he stared at Bulma again. "You didn't bite him in return, did you?"

"No, no I didn't."

"Well thank God for that." Vegeta gazed around the room and shook his head. "Okay, I'll take care of all this. I want you to have a shower and get cleaned up, wear something that will cover the bite on your neck. While you're showering, I'll take care of the mess out here and I'll move all of your and Turles' belongs to my room and move mine over here. We'll switch rooms."

"Will Turles buy that?" Bulma looked warily at Vegeta. "He's not stupid, he'll know something's up."

"No doubt, but if we give him no reason to suspect anything, then he'll let it go. Now go and shower and by the time you're out everything will be taken care of."

Bulma nodded and scampered to the shower, grabbing some clothing from the closet on the way over.

"Oh, and, Bulma, when your out of the shower, I'm going to take you to a healing tank so we can heal that bite on your neck. Turles will know something's up if he catches site of it."

Bulma nodded and Vegeta sighed again and looked unhappily around the room. If only he'd gotten here sooner he could have prevented all of this. Goku had no idea what a dangerous game he was playing by fooling around with Bulma like this.

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Turles yawned as he walked down the corridor to his room. It'd been a long day; Frieza had had him destroying city after city down on that planet. All in all it had been an extraordinarily boring day. If Frieza had wanted to test his abilities then he should have at least had him destroy a planet that would prove to be a challenge to him.

He halted outside of his room and growled softly in his throat. Something was wrong…he could tell. The woman's ki was inside…but so was Vegeta's.

Turles flung open the door and stalked in, his tail lashing about as he caught sight of Bulma and Vegeta sitting together at the small table in the middle of the room.

"What's going on?" he demanded angrily, glaring at Vegeta.

"We…were switching rooms with Vegeta." Bulma stuttered, her eyes darkening with fear as Turles turned his angry gaze on her.

"Why?" He scented the air and growled again as he smelled Goku…and the unmistakable smell of Bulma's blood.

"I had an accident." Bulma looked at Vegeta quickly and he nodded. "I slipped and cut my neck open…Luckily, Goku was nearby and he managed to save me." Bulma lifted a small hand to her neck and shakily smiled at Turles. "If he and Vegeta hadn't gotten me to the healing tank on time, I could have died."

"Died?" Turles took a tentative step forward and swallowed. "You almost died?"

"It was a close call." Vegeta stood up. "If you don't mind, I'll show you to my old room and you can get some sleep."

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Goku stared out at the stars, his arms crossed in front of his chest as he tried to gather his thoughts enough to think straight.

Had he done the right thing with Bulma? He didn't think so…but he'd been following his instincts.

She would never believe him, Goku knew, but he did love her. He'd always loved her, although admittedly not always the way he did now.

Bulma was so beautiful; it was no wonder Turles had fallen for her. She had hair as blue as the summer sky and as soft as spun silk, eyes that were so deep a man could drown in them forever, lips so red and lush they begged to be kissed…and her body…She had the body of a goddess.

Bulma was perfection personified…He'd always seen it, but it was before he'd been married to Chichi so he hadn't given his attraction to Bulma much thought.

But now Chichi was gone.

Now he wasn't bound to his old life anymore. He was free to create a new life for himself and he desperately wanted and needed Bulma to be a part of it.

Goku sighed and closed his eyes. He didn't want to cause Bulma any pain by harming Turles, but if in the end he had to get rid of him, he would. Bulma would eventually forgive him and would learn to love him…then they'd be together forever.

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Turles held Bulma tightly against his chest and purred reassuringly as his tail swept up and down her body in an effort to comfort her.

As soon as Vegeta had left, Bulma dissolved into tears and had sobbed helplessly, murmuring that she was sorry to Turles.

Turles didn't know why the woman felt she had to be sorry, it wasn't like she'd done anything wrong, she'd hurt herself…She hadn't doe anything to hurt him.

"What's wrong?" he asked her gently.

Bulma shook her had and buried her face into his neck.

"You can tell me, Bulma, I won't hurt you. I love you." Turles pulled her back until he could stare into her teary eyes.

"I'm scared, Turles." Bulma's voice shook.

"What of?"

"Of what I'm feeling inside of me." Bulma wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and took a few deep, hiccuping breaths.

"Our baby…?" Turles felt his own heart stop in his chest. He hadn't given a thought to their child…had it been hurt when Bulma was hurt?

"Our baby is fine." Bulma gently stroked her stomach. "Our baby."

She closed her eyes and seemed to come to some sort of a decision. "Turles, I want to know what will happen once we've bonded. How deep will our connection be?"

"Soul deep." Turles felt the spark of hope that Bulma would bond with him flare to life again. "We'd be able to communicate telepathically and share images in our minds…"

"Would you be able to see my memories?"

"No." And thank god for that! Turles added silently. If there was one thing he didn't want, it was for Bulma to end up getting scared away from him by his memories of destroying civilization after civilization.

Bulma nodded slowly. "I've been thinking, Turles, about us, about the other Saiyans and about our child." She took a deep breath. "I'm going to bond with you…It's the right thing to do and, although I don't want to admit it because it scares me, I do love you. I love you despite the fact that you're a murderer, despite the fact that you've committed crimes far more horrible then I could ever imagine. And despite the fact you killed my family."

Turles knew this was supposed to be a solemn moment, but he couldn't help but grin.

The woman was going to be his!

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Vegeta glared at Goku. "That was a very stupid thing you did back there with Bulma."

"I know." Goku rested his head in his hands. "She's never going to trust me again."

"Oh, it's not only that. If I hadn't come along to help Bulma out, Turles would have known what you'd done and he would have come looking for you. Luckily, Bulma and I managed to hide all the evidence of you ever having bitten her."

Goku didn't respond.

"She's going to bond with Turles tonight." Vegeta watched as Goku leapt up.
"She wouldn't!"

"She is. We discussed it and I convinced her that it was the best thing for her to do." Vegeta calmly stood up ad walked out the door past Goku. "If you're smart, Goku, you'll let it go."

"You don't understand, Vegeta, I can't let it go." Goku sat back down and stared at the stars. "It's not over yet."

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A/N - We-ell! Turles and Bulma are going to bond…unless Goku can stop them! Please review and I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can!