Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Silent Words ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Bulma leaned back in her chair and wiped away the sweat on her brow. "It's finished!" She smiled at her newest invention. Bulma picked up the radar in both of her hands. She clicked the power button and watched in pleasure as it powered up. From her seat in the lab it could detect Namek and it's dragon balls. There were seven to be exact. Bulma was giddy with how successful her dragon radar was!
"Bardock! Look!" She held up the radar towards the head scientist. Bardock walked over to Bulma's desk and looked at it.
"Lady Bulma, you have surely out done yourself this time. The Royals shall be pleased! You may have just saved the universe with this creation." Bulma smiled to herself, this invention will make it easier to locate the dragon balls and also give the Saiyans an upper hand on Frieza.
"I knew I saw something in you when you were eight years old. I am thrilled to have followed my intuition on you, Bulma." The Queen looked down at her favorite lady in waiting. She just presented her new invention to her husband and Nappa, Raditz, and Kakarrot. "I am pleased, Lady Bulma. Congratulate yourself on this." The King smirked at the aqua female from his throne. Bulma inclined her head slightly and smiled to herself, she was proud she could somehow contribute to saving her prince.
Nappa, Kakarrot, and Raditz walked into the throne room and looked at Bulma. She was holding an odd shaped contraption that was shaped like a circle with a large green screen. "Men, Lady Bulma has something to show you that might aid you during your travels." The King gestured towards Bulma allowing her the floor to speak.
"This is a dragon radar. It senses the locations of the dragon balls and gives you metric measurements of the distance between you and its location. The signal from Vegetasei is faint, but it still can pick up their signal. Once on Namek you should be able to use this radar to get in the approximate location of the dragon balls and collect them much quicker than Frieza can. Hopefully you will be able to collect over half of them by the time Frieza collects one, maybe two." Bulma triumphantly sauntered up Kakarrot. I will be trusting you with this since you were Vegeta's main guard." She winked at her friend.
"Geez Bulma, I don't know if I can handle this sort of thing." Kakarrot smiled at the smaller woman. "Don't be silly, ding dong! It's simple, all you do is press the button on the top of the radar and then they appear on the axis. You'll see your movement tracked as a slop connecting to the coordinates of the nearest dragon ball!" Bulma excitedly explained how the radar worked; unaware she confused the three men at the word axis.
"Just connect the dots, sons." Bardock stepped forward and shook his head at his two sons. My, they were dense. "Bulma, you're awesome!" Kakarrot exclaimed in his usual fashion. "It's all in a day's work!" She winked at the Saiyans before excusing herself from the throne room. All the work and excitement exhausted her. She had been finding herself grow more anxious by the day wondering if Vegeta was safe. The wondering and stress had taken a toll on her body. Bulma slowly trudged to her bedroom and collapsed to onto her bed. She didn't bother taking her dress off. In another month her friend and his comrades would be leaving for Namek.
Bulma slowly drifted to a restful sleep in her cozy bed. She briefly wondered how Vegeta was before she went into a deep sleep.
V
Vegeta stepped out of the rejuvenation tank, green goo dripping off his body. He was handed a robe and told where the showers were. Vegeta's eyes were dead and had a sinister gleam to them, the medic noticed immediately. While Vegeta was in the bathroom he looked over to one of his techs, "Whatever they did to him affected him more than physically."
Vegeta looked at his reflection in the mirror. The large scar that started at his xiphoid process and traveled to between his third and forth rib glared back at him. It made a nasty dark keloid where his once perfect skin was torn by the monster's horn. Vegeta frowned at his reflection, he could see him hardening on the exterior, but on the inside he just wanted one thing. He wanted Bulma.
He knew he could never let any of the Ginyu Force, Cold Empire, or Frieza know about her or she would see the same fate so many woman have under them. Vegeta shuttered at the though of the woman he watched die at Zarbon's feet.
The prince quickly snapped out of his trance and showered before returning to the infirmary. The techs gathered new armor and spandex for him and waited anxiously for him to speak. Vegeta silently dressed and wrapped his tail behind his waist before leaving. He growled in irritation when his scouter chirped in his ear, it was Zarbon wanting him in the command room.
"You've healed nicely Vegeta." Zarbon smirked at the smaller Saiyan. "Next time, we won't be so easy on you. Hope you learned your lesson." Vegeta stared ahead, not allowing anything to show on his face.
"In three weeks time we will reach Namek." Frieza purred in excitement, "Lucky for you Vegeta, this race has no women." Zarbon and Frieza laughed mockingly at the prince. He still made no change of emotion, though on the inside he was disgusted.
"Maybe he would prefer men!" Zarbon cackled at him. Vegeta let out a low warning growl, though he did not mean to. "What was that monkey?" Zarbon countered taking a step forward. "Zarbon, leave the furball be. We have more important things to attend to." Frieza frowned slightly at Vegeta before dismissing him.
Vegeta headed to his room, angrier than he was before he saw the two. He made his way towards the training facilities in Frieza's large ship. He had a lot of pint up energy to let out.
The Ginyu force was working on their stupid dance routine when Vegeta walked in. Jeice noticed Vegeta first and yelled over at him. "Hey, yo Vegeta! What do you think about our knew routine?" Vegeta growled at Jeice's accent before starting a set of sit-ups as a warm up.
"Man, you are never going to get the ladies if you act that stuck up." Jeice crossed his arms and watched Vegeta continue with his exercises. "Jeice! Back in formation!" Captain Ginyu yelled to the rust colored humanoid. "Yes, sir!" Jeice hurried back and they began to practice.
Let them be foolish, their idiocy will distract them from my ascension.ÊVegeta frowned at himself knowing how far he had to go to over come Frieza. He also hoped his message reached his father in time and that they planned accordingly. Vegeta continued on with his workouts, blocking everything out of his mind.
V
As time progressed, Vegeta hardened into a tough shell of the man he was before joining Frieza's army. Scarred and abused, Vegeta's eyes were half crazed and his voice now dripped with venom. His sarcastic and haughty personality turned to one of coldness and death. He became a ruthless killer, able to kill thousands without thinking twice.
Vegeta pushed anything that remained dear to him to the far back of his head where it was unreachable to outside intruders. It had been a month since Vegeta allowed his mind drift to Bulma for more than a fleeting second and even longer since he had shown any form of emotion.
Three months dragged on slowly and Frieza's ship was finally landing on planet Namek. Vegeta followed the Ginyu force down the ship's ramp and observed his surroundings. The planet was very green, the water was green and the sky was a blue-green shade. There were sloping hills with green vegetation and unique trees. These trees were long with little to no limbs and had a round tuft of leaves at its top.
Vegeta frowned as he sensed his surroundings, he could not feel anyone from the Saiyan Empire's signature. "Well, what are you goons waiting for? Look for those dragon balls!" Zarbon hissed at the Ginyu Force and Vegeta. Vegeta let a low growl rumble from his chest before he lifted off into the air.
The rest of the Ginyu force frantically searched and purged the villages, but Vegeta had different plans. He had to find somewhere secluded to reach out to his father. This was their one and only chance to overcome Frieza.
Vegeta flew for ten minutes until he found a secluded island away from Frieza and his little posy. The prince lowered himself and his inside a cave. He walked far enough inside to where he felt no one would find him. Vegeta pulled out his tablet from his chest plate and called for his father.
V
The King was waiting in the command room to hear from his soldiers they made it to Namek. Bardock stood back and watched the coordinates progress. They were scheduled to land within the hour, but wouldn't beat Frieza to Namek.
The King raised his eyebrows in surprise when he saw his son video call on the screen.
"Nice to hear from you, Prince Vegeta." The King analyzed his son; it had been at least four months since he had last laid eyes on him. The elder Vegeta was sad to see that the prince was just a shell of his former self. His eyes were dark orbs with no hint of life, his mouth set in a permanent frown.
"No time for bullshit father. Why the fuck isn't anyone here?" the Prince hissed. "They are due to land in an hour." The King was taken aback by his son's language. "Who did you send, surely Kakarrot?"
The King smirked, "Yes, Kakarrot is on the ship along with Nappa and Raditz. But Prince, Bulma is there too."
Vegeta's mouth dropped slightly and he shuddered, this is not good. "Why the fuck did you send that god forsaken harpy here?" Vegeta roared.
This is when Bardock decided to intervene, "Your highness, there is complicated technology on board and Bulma was the only suitable engineer to send with them. It is to your advantage that she is there."
Before the King could talk to his son again the Prince cut off the communication and shoved his tablet back into his chest plate.
"This isn't good." The King pinched the bridge of his nose. He had no idea his son's time with Frieza would damage him like this. Bardock stepped towards the command panel and made a call towards his ship to speak with his soldiers and Bulma.
The King smirked when he met Bulma's inquisitive eyes on the call screen.
"Your highness." Bulma inclined her head with respect.
"Lady Bulma, I just spoke with our prince." Bulma's eyes widened, this is the first time she heard of Vegeta since his letter two months ago. "Things have not gone well for the prince, he has changed quite a bit. Now Bardock has instruction to give to you."
Bardock nodded his head and looked up at the Lady. "Lady Bulma, may I speak with my sons and Nappa, too?" Bulma nodded and called the men over. After a brief exchange of greetings Bardock continued, "Frieza has already landed. Seeing that you all are about to enter Namek's atmosphere you must proceed with caution. I expect he is already sending his forces out on purging missions so they will definitely notice a ship landing."
Bulma zoned out when she heard that Vegeta changed, evidently for the worse. She couldn't ignore the sinking pit in her stomach and wondered if he would be harsh towards her again. Maybe he forgot his promise to her that he'd mate her upon his return.
"Oh, Bulma." Bardock paused and waited until Bulma looked back at him. "Yes?" She was anxious to hear what he had to say to her. "Vegeta wasn't too happy that you are accompanying them on this trip." He motioned to the three Saiyans behind her. "Be weary when you see him, he will be outraged you came. However this is a positive sign, he still holds you in high regards and values your safety." Bulma nodded before dismissing herself.
Bulma walked over to the ship's window, she could see Namek approaching and could not ignore the nagging feeling at the pit of her stomach.
Oh Vegeta, I haven't forgotten that night with you. Please remember me when you see me.
"Bulma?" Kakarrot lightly touched his friends shoulder, she turned around and looked at him, unaware of the tears streaming down her face. Kakarrot frowned at her sadness, "Don't worry about Vegeta, he will come back to us. I know he will."
Fifteen minutes later the ship's computer told its passengers to prepare for landing. Bulma swallowed and clipped in her seat belt. As the ship entered the planet's atmosphere she squeezed her eyes shut, unaware of what lie ahead for her.
V
"Bulma, stay here!" Kakarrot pressed his finger to Bulma's mouth informing her to be silent. Nappa approached Bulma from their ship, "Here is a scouter. If anything happens press the button on its side. It will immediately sync to ours and whatever you say or hear we will hear."
Bulma nodded her head and placed the scouter on her ear. "We are off to look for Vegeta and collect those dragon balls. Lay low Bulma, you have no way of protecting yourself. Frieza's men are ruthless and do not care who you are."
Before she could protest, the three Saiyans took off into the air. Bulma plopped herself on the ground and just waited. Luckily she encapsulated many things to keep her entertained, but she could not calm her nerves from the impending reunion with Vegeta. Bulma ran her fingers through her hair. After he left she decided to cut it above her shoulders. It was long enough to pull back in a bun, but now that she was on a mission it was unnecessary. She had a red headband pushing her bangs from her face, but that's about all she did to her hair today.
Bulma looked down at her appearance, she was dressed in the exact opposite of her usual palace garb. Today she was wearing black leggings with a brown work dress that cut off mid thigh. She also wore matching brown boots with a spandex turtleneck. "I feel like a man." She grumbled to herself, she could not remember the last time she had been this un-manicured.
Bulma pressed her head against the canyon's wall Kakarrot placed her end. In her half dream state she daydreamed of Vegeta randomly coming across her.
Bulma looked over towards the canyon's opening and though Kakarrot was standing there. "Kakarrot? Did you find the dragon balls?" She sleepily asked. When he made no move Bulma stood up and walked towards the figure. "Kakarrot?" She quietly questioned.
When Bulma got close enough to see the intruder, she was it was Vegeta. "Vegeta?" She quivered as she said his name. The prince took three defiant steps towards her, "Woman where are they?"
"Where are who?" She asked, taking the same three steps backwards. Vegeta continued walking towards her. "The dragon balls you enigma." He growled at her before lunging out and grabbing her small neck in his huge hands.
Bulma took a long look into his eyes, "Vegeta?" she whispered. She noticed his eyes were red with blood lust. He was not the same Vegeta that was in her room that night. Bulma suddenly had a dropping feeling in her gut.
Bulma's body twitched in her sleep causing her to fall out of the chair she un-capsulated for her to sit in. Bulma frantically looked around and when she realized she was safe she went back to her chair. "Man, this blows. I'm the genius here but I get hidden away like some child. I am a full grown woman!" She yelled up towards the empty sky.
V
"Well here's the second one." Raditz placed another dragon ball down by his feet and looked over at Kakarrot and Nappa. Suddenly all three of their scouters picked up a signature reading.
Kakarrot glanced over his left shoulder, "Vegeta is approaching." Nappa looked in the direction Kakarrot was staring in. Sure enough, there was Vegeta approaching. "What do you think he's going to do?" Raditz asked, now watching the prince approaching. "Whatever it is, he isn't going to be happy." Kakarrot frowned as the prince slowed above them.
Vegeta levitated above his three men and crossed his arms. He had a deep frown set on his face. "Where is she?" He hissed they all knew he meant Bulma.
"Oh you mean Bulma?" Kakarrot awkwardly scratched the back of his head and smiled. Vegeta growled at his friend while lowering himself to the ground. The three noticed how sinister he looked now. Vegeta balled his fists up and walked towards Kakarrot. "Vegeta, it was only right she came with us!" Kakarrot put his hands up in defense.
"I don't give a fuck whose bright idea it was to bring the harpy with you three, but someone is going to pay!" Vegeta then let out a hefty punch into Kakarrot's gut. "Do you realize what would happen if she is hurt? What my mother would do?"
Kakarrot wheezed and crumpled to his knees, Vegeta evidently got a lot stronger over the months. Vegeta stepped back and cracked his knuckles. Before the three Saiyans could stop him, he took off into the air again.
"What should we do?" Nappa looked over the crumpled over Kakarrot, "We find the rest of the dragon ballsÉand hope no one on our side is killed during the process."
V
Frieza stood outside his ship casually slapping his tail against the Namekian soil. His thin black lips curled into a disgusting smirk. The Ginyu force had collected four dragon balls in a day's time.
"I say we do a celebratory dance, for these dragon balls!" Captain Ginyu chanted as he began to dance in a circle around Frieza and the dragon balls. "Ginyu, shut up!" Frieza hissed at her first in command. The lizard prince kneeled down to his new collection and began stroking them. "This is incredible, just have to find three more and I will become the supreme ruler of the universe!" Frieza began laughing to himself at the very thought.
"Lord Frieza, what about Vegeta?" Ginyu asked in a dumbfounded voice. Frieza paused, momentarily forgetting about the stray prince. "Find him and bring him back. I'd love to see where he has run off to." Ginyu nodded and signaled his force to follow him. They set their scouters for Vegeta's signature and were on their way.
Meanwhile, while Vegeta was on hot pursuit for Bulma, the Lady in distress had other plans. It had been a few hours of sitting by herself and she have had enough! Bulma walked out of her canyon hiding place and headed toward the nearest body of water. She knelt down near it and removed her headband. As she was about to submerge her head a giant alien fished popped its head up and looked at her.
Bulma looked up at it and after a second, let out a blood-curdling screen. She scooted backwards on her rear screaming frantically in fear. "No, no, no, no, no! I am a Lady of an extensive empire! I shave my legs and wear dresses and get my hair done! I do not sit around on planets and wait for men to get back with their stupid dragon balls!" Bulma began to cry in frustration, "I just hate this! I want to go home!"
In the middle of her kicking and screaming, Bulma did not notice an intruder land all but ten feet away. He watched the woman frantically kick and cry out her woes before approaching her.
"Something the matter, princess?" His smooth voice called out to her. Bulma froze upon hearing his voice; she slowly turned her head until she met his cold eyes.
"Call me Zarbon, beautiful." The aqua and green humanoid called out to Bulma. The Lady immediately recognized he was with the Cold Empire. The color drained from Bulma's face and she lost all the words she could say to dissuade the alien man from coming any closer. "Where are you from? Surely you aren't from here. You aren't Saiyan either." Zarbon continued to progress towards her. Bulma opened her mouth, but the words refused to come out.
"Maybe you'd like a word with Frieza." He laughed and pushed his hair away from his face, Bulma began to tremble with fear, and she was done for!
"The harpy will be speaking with no one." The raspy voice came from behind Zarbon. The humanoid smirked, "Vegeta, so nice of you to join us." Bulma gasped, Vegeta was here.
Zarbon slowly turned around and looked at the prince. "Lord Frieza will not be happy with you." Vegeta frowned, "Like I could give two fucks." He snarled. "Maybe we should take care of this little issue here and now." Zarbon slid into his battle stance.
"Prepare to meet your demise, I am the sovereign Saiyan prince!" Vegeta powered up and flew into Zarbon. The two levitated above Bulma and commenced to fight to the death. Zarbon got a few hits in and made contact. Vegeta took a punch into Zarbon's stomach. Zarbon bent over and grabbed his flesh, and then Vegeta balled his fists together and brought them down in the center of Zarbon's back.
Zarbon plummeted to the ground and his body caused a giant crater in the Namekian ground. Bulma gasped and ran back to her canyon to hide, she watched the fight progress from behind a rock.
Vegeta gave Zarbon no break, he followed him to the ground and continued to punch and kick the unconscious alien. Vegeta backed off and gave Zarbon a chance to stand up. "Vegeta, impressive. Your time on Lord Frieza's ship has improved your strength greatly. However, not great enough for my second form!"
Vegeta took a couple steps backwards and his mouth dropped, "What?" he stuttered. "You heard me!" He laughed before squatting down and powering up further. "Prepare to die!" Zarbon screamed.
Bulma stifled her horrified scream as she watched the once beautiful man turn into a disgusting oversized reptilian. Zarbon pointed his snout up to Vegeta and smirked. With a sudden movement Vegeta was on the ground and did not have a chance to fight back. The giant pummeled Vegeta's face and continued to beat his upper body. Vegeta got irritated and had enough; he glared at Zarbon through his bloody vision. "Enough!" The Saiyan roared.
The giant Zarbon flew backwards with Vegeta's new aura. Vegeta allowed the blue aura to enlarge as his enemy trembled at the sight. He spit blood and phlegm out of the corner of his mouth before sliding back into his stance. "I've had enough of you! You stupid enigma!"
Before Zarbon could respond a huge ki blast broke through his abdomen and exited though his back. Vegeta released the ki blast and stood back as he watched its tail travel through the now large hole inside Zarbon.
Vegeta watched coldly as Zarbon's eyes rolled to the back of his head and he collapsed to the ground. Dark purple blood seeped the Namekian soil and his last breath rattled through his teeth. Zarbon was gone.
Vegeta sighed before launching another blast towards Zarbon causing his body to disintegrate. Once Zarbon was completely gone, he turned his attention to Bulma. She gulped when she noticed Vegeta staring at her, she did not like the look on his face.
She cowered behind the large rock and watched Vegeta approach her. His eyes tinged pink with rage. "How dare you foolish woman come here, you have endangered the whole Saiyan race by doing this you fool!" Vegeta backed Bulma into the wall of the canyon so she could not go anywhere, but he continued to walk towards her.
Bulma closed her eyes when she saw his arm recoil and ready to fire, but she felt nothing but a light pressure on her chest. Bulma opened one eye and looked down, his fist was directly between her two breasts. Her face heated with a blush and she looked up at Vegeta's face. He was staring at his own fist with a slight frown.
Suddenly the heat pooled to the pit of her stomach causing her legs to tremble. Vegeta inhaled through his nose and caught her sweet smell. He gradually looked into her eyes and smirked. "Vulgar woman." He brought his fist to his side and turned his back on her.
"Vegeta!" She ran up to him and tried to wrap her arms around his waist but stepped back when she felt him stiffen. "Vegeta, what's wrong?" Bulma quietly asked.
"No hear woman, you almost got yourself killed once, I won't let it happen again." He looked at her over his shoulder and frowned. Bulma stepped back and held her hand to her chest. "Vegeta, it was their best interest I came."
"I see." He shut her off and turned around to face her. Bulma's heart accelerated as he took her in with his stern gaze. "Do you remember what you promised before you left?" She meekly asked.
Vegeta sighed and rolled his eyes, "Of course I do, woman. I have not gone back on my word." He lightly smirked when her eyes lit up. "But, for now we must keep you hidden. You must stay here."
"Please don't leave me alone! I have been here by myself for hours!" Vegeta approached the woman with a sadistic smirk, "Come." He reached out for her and grabbed Bulma by the waist. Bulma gasped when she felt Vegeta's rough lips against hers. His mouth pried her mouth open in a passionate kiss. Their tongues touched one another and he pushed his hand into her hair. He groaned into her and pressed his whole body against hers. Bulma could feel his body was changed and not as soft and huggable as it used to be. He kissed her with a huge hunger and a need she never felt before.
"No more!" He yelled and pulled himself away. "Vegeta?" Bulma questioned, but he was already in the air flying away.