Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Rebellious Hell ❯ Chapter 13

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A/N - I know this chapter took a little longer then usual to get out but I was away at schoolies all week. This chapter isn't quite as angst ridden as the last but it's still pretty sad…We get to find out what's happened to Goku…and how Bulma handles Turles' death.

Chapter 13: 'Weep'

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~*~ I hope all will be well. We must be patient: ~*~

~*~ But I cannot choose but weep, to think they should ~*~

~*~ Lay him i' the cold ground. ~*~

- Ophelia from 'Hamlet'

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"Nooooooo!"

Goku snapped back into consciousness as Bulma's scream of agony reached his ears.

Bulma!

Goku tried to stand up, but his left leg folded under him and a bolt of pain shot up his body. Momentarily blinded by the pain, Goku sunk into a sitting position and looked numbly down at his leg. The thigh bone had snapped and was sticking up through the skin.

"Turles…no…no…"

Goku looked sickly over at Bulma, who was curled up next to Turles, slowly rocking back and forth with her eyes tightly closed as though to block out something.

With an almighty effort, Goku managed to levitate himself into the air and float haltingly towards Bulma and Turles.

When Goku was almost at them he could see why Turles was so still and why Bulma had her eyes shut; Turles was dead.

Blood rushed in Goku ears and he fell to the ground as his power left him.

Turles was dead?

Goku stared at the mass of blood and gore which was all that was left of Turles' chest. Even though death had already claimed him, blood continued to pool around his body.

"Bulma?" Goku sat up again, forcing himself to look away from the body of his brother and concentrate on Bulma.

He had to take care of her now; he'd won the fight and had won his chance to claim Bulma as his mate. He had to stop her pain.

"Bulma?" Goku reached out a hand towards the traumatized beauty that lay in a shivering heap next to her former mate's body. He crawled closer and laid his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't touch me!" Bulma shrieked and sprang away from him, her eyes wide with pain and fear, laced with tears. "You did this!"
"Bulma…I didn't mean…" Goku tried haltingly to explain, but Bulma shook her head and buried her face in Turles' neck.

"You killed him! You did! I saw you! You killed him!" Her muttering was frantic and her hands stroked Turles' hair nervously.

"Bulma…stop this…" Goku reached for her again, and once more Bulma sprang out of his reach, this time trying to drag Turles' body with her.

"No! You won't take me away from him!" She curled up next to Turles and glared at Goku.

Slowly it dawned on Goku that Bulma, his beautiful friend, was mad.

She muttered incomprehensively into Turles' body again and then suddenly threw back her head and screamed, her fingers scratching at her face and hair, leaving bloody trails where they clawed.

"Bulma, stop it!" Ignoring the pain in his leg, Goku moved closer to Bulma and dragged her away from Turles, forcing her hands to her sides and away from her face.

Bulma screamed louder in his hands, kicking and clawing at him as she fought to get away.

"He's dead, Bulma! He's dead and this isn't going to bring him back!" Goku wrapped his arms around her, wincing as Bulma jarred his injured leg.

"I don't care! I want to die too! I want to die!" Bulma broke free of his grasp and scuttled back to Turles' side, dragging his body into her arms were she stared mournfully down into his face and began crying harder.

A sound behind Goku alerted him to another presence and he looked over his shoulder to see Vegeta slowly coming towards him, a sad and pained look on his face as he took in the situation.

He walked up next to Goku and glanced down at him. "I warned you."

Goku didn't say anything as Vegeta slowly made his way over to Bulma and gently took Turles out of her lap. Bulma stared down at the spot where Turles had been, tears gently running down her void face.

"Bulma, look at me." Vegeta sat down next to her and gently touched her cheek.

Goku felt a small pang of jealousy as Bulma looked at Vegeta instead of screaming and running away as she had with him.

"It's going to be alright, I promise."

"It's never going to be alright ever again." Bulma's voice was just as empty as her face.

"The pain will stop." Vegeta carefully drew Bulma into his arms and held her as she continued to cry. "One way or another, the pain will stop." Vegeta's eyes stared accusingly at Goku as he rubbed the back of Bulma's heartbroken form, lifting her into his arms. "I can promise you that much."

Bulma only sobbed louder and clutched at Vegeta as though he was the last sturdy thing in her world.

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"Is she getting any better?" Goku came up beside Vegeta, who was watching Bulma through a glass barrier.

"Worse." Vegeta looked briefly at him, and then looked back to Bulma. "She's getting worse."

It had been two weeks since Turles had died. Goku spent most of that time in a healing tank, but Vegeta had spent almost all of his time either with Bulma, or with Raven.

During those two weeks Bulma had slowly sunken into a depression that was so bleak and black that even Goku felt it through his one-sided bond to Bulma. At first she had merely been angry and upset, but, soon enough, Bulma had slowly gone out of her mind from the pain and emptiness inside of her.

Seeing Bulma so fragile and distant had hurt Goku more then he thought anyone could hurt him, and it hurt him even more to know that her pain was being caused by him.

"Are we going to do it now?" Goku looked away from Bulma and back to Vegeta again.

"We have no other choice, we have to do it now or she'll die."

"She's so lonely." Goku ran a hand through his hair as the loneliness that dwelt in Bulma seeped a little into him.

"She's dying of a broken heart. How would you expect her to be feeling?" Vegeta opened the door that led into Bulma's room.

"How do we do this?" Goku went to stand beside Bulma, her appearance giving off the impression that the slightest touch might shatter her.

"She just has to drink your blood and the bond between you will be finished." Vegeta looked from Goku to Bulma. "You realize that she's going to hate you for doing this to her."

"I don't care how much she hates me, just so long as she's well again." Goku sat down next to Bulma and ran a hand through her hair.

Last night Vegeta had come to him and explained that the only way to save Bulma would be for another bond to be formed with her, and since Goku already had half a bond formed, the obviously solution was for him to complete it.

So, here he was; about to tie the woman who had been his best friend for longer then he could remember, to him, forever.

So why did he feel as if he was about to hand her a sentence of life imprisonment? The answer came to Goku in an unpleasant flash; because he wasn't just tying Bulma to him, he was forcing her against her will to join with him.

But he couldn't just let her die.

Even if Bulma hated him so much it poisoned their bond, Goku knew he would never let her go if it meant she would suffer like this again. But what would their life be like together if Bulma did despise him as much as he suspected she would? Would he be forced to sit by and watch as she had affairs with other men? Would he be forced to feel her love for another man?

Goku snapped back to reality to find Vegeta looking at him expectantly with a scalpel in his hand.

"You have to cut yourself and let her drink your blood." Vegeta handed him the scalpel and stepped back.

"I thought she had to bite me?" Goku held the razor-sharp knife to his wrist.

"Biting is the traditional way of bonding, but it isn't the bite that actually causes the bond, it's the blood. Once Bulma drinks your blood she'll be tied to you and you to her, forever."

Goku nodded and ran the blade along his wrist, cutting a shallow grove into his skin in which blood instantly welled up. Carefully, he held his wrist over Bulma's mouth and watched in morbid fascination as drops of his blood splashed onto her lips, staining them like some sort of exotic lipstick.

Goku reached across and gently parted her lips with a finger, dripping more of his blood into her mouth. Bulma licked her lips and swallowed in a reflect action.

Goku felt that tenuous hold he had on Bulma strengthen, and then, in a sudden burst of emotion, he felt Bulma's mind inside of his head. He felt her take his essence inside of her and in return give some of herself to him.

Goku opened his eyes to find himself kneeling by Bulma's bed with Vegeta supporting him. Goku could feel Bulma in his head, but her presence wasn't disturbing, rather, it was comforting as though she was meant to be there.

Vegeta pulled him back into his seat and Goku looked down at Bulma, who was awake and staring at the ceiling, her cornflower-blue eyes wide and frightened looking.

She slowly turned her head and looked at Goku, and then, with agonizing slowness, she pulled herself up into a sitting position and spoke:

"I hate you, Goku."

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A/N - Another chapter done…poor Goku! Can Bulma learn to love him, or is he doomed to be tied to an angry, hateful woman forever?
(Who? Are you talking about Chichi? ^_~ Lmao! - Ane.)
Please review and the next chapter will be out soon! (Sooner then this one was anyway!)