By: Sassy Bulma-san
Chapter Seventeen
*Same Day: Later That Afternoon*
Vegeta walked silently into his Musume's room. His eyes peeking in between the slight crack of the door. He saw her, resting against Goten.
She looked saddened with pain as her eyes were closed. But everything else was telling him she was scared and something was wrong. Ever since "it" happened, she seemed distant to him. Was Trunks’ words true that he spoke? Her normal spark of life she held was gone. That fire of spunk she had like her Kaasama with his attitude. No longer happy did she seem.
"Bra...." Vegeta said in the silence of the room that just broke with his presence. Bra looked at him, her eyes opened with a look of lost and confusion. Goten immediately stood, nodding at the older man. Obviously he wanted to talk to Bra, alone. With that, he bent down and kissed Bra's cheek and walked out. Vegeta's shoulder brushing against his as he walked out.
"Tousama." Bra said still sitting on the bed as Vegeta stood there before her. Crossing his arms like a studied statue. "Trunks told me." was all he said. His eyes resting a little softer now that the other man was gone, though his voice never changing from its rough and strong presence.
"Ie, I have visions now. All of the future, a future I can not face alone. I also can peer into minds." She said getting up and walking over to her window. Looking out she leaned against the frame. Her eyes casting down at the ground below her.
"Then you know why I am, of course I need to tell you something." he said, still remaining in his pose like before. A quick glance, she looked back at him. He was looking at her, his eyes showing difference in his tone. Showing caring and love for his Musume. "There is a legend that speaks of your new found power. You need to know it, it may determine our fates. Of course you will need to know how to control it. " he said as this caught interest in her mind. Bra looked back at him. This time turning around.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not sorry. I hope you can understand why. He makes me happy, and this new found power shows he was meant for me. How else could you explain this course of events that is happening? Then again, he won’t be here for long." she said on saddening note. "So that is why she is sad " Vegeta thought.
"Bah, I will not have you saddened." he said. Bra just stood there for a moment, then she smiled.
"I know.." was all she said as went over to him. Hugging him, like she had done so many times when she was young. With that Vegeta pulled away.
"Get some rest, tomorrow will be long." was all he said before walking out the room.
Bulma padded across her floor, running up the stairs as she clenched the scouter into her hands. Her face redden with furry and anger. Pain though aching in her heart most of all. Her feelings taking over as tears streaked down her face, her feet missing their footing.
Falling forward, she caught herself. Landing on her palms, scraping them against the metal steps. Her knees catching the metal steps below as they hit them with a short aching new pain to run through her body. Finally she just collapsed, not caring. Sobs coming out as they racked her body. Little noises coming from her mouth as she closed her eyes.
"No..this can't be true. Vegeta..." was all she said as she cried even more. Her hands clenching at her heart, thoughts of dying pushing into her mind. Everything racing, her heart pumping fast as blood flowed in her veins with a new pulse. More tears covering her face of redness as her eyes puffed out and her cheeks became salty with a wet glisten.
Feet hitting the floor hard seamed to echo now as she lifted her face up to see the door open as the figure stood there an then with a quick blink of her eyes was at her side. "Woman, what are you doing?" he said picking her up. His body leaning against the wall on the right side of steps as she clung to him.
Looking at her she made no comment, she just sat on him. Tears flowing freely in front of him, her body convulsed with racks of heart wrenching pain. Everything paining her was entering his mind as he sat there with this frail little creature in his arms. Only once had she done this. Never had they spoken of it.
Holding her for all she was worth, he just rocked her back and forth. Noting to the side he saw a scouter. Lifting it with his mind, his arms never released her as she squirmed. "Woman, where did you get this?" he asked as her head looked up at him.
She just looked back at, reaching out at it and pressing a few buttons. A quick light came from it, an image being held in a small cube like shape. Like a hologram.
Carefully looking at, Vegeta's eyes opened wide as himself appeared on there. But it wasn't him.
"From the future, she is mine an Pan's Musume... She is called Chibi-Vegeta. Our planet is under attack, an I can not afford to lose my child. I sent her to you, because only you can raise her while this going on. She was born with the power of the dragon, there for the dragon is within her. She has yet begun to control it though. In our time line, we are under attack. I could not risk loosing her." Vegeta (m) said profoundly as he sighed softly.
Looking at himself, he looked back down at Bulma who watched with such hurt rushing over her as he felt everything.
"Bulma and Trunks had died a long time ago, leaving only me an Pan. I still love her, Bulma. As Pan still loves Trunks. Though I could feel that woman pushing me to be happy without her. And I am, with Pan. I hope though in your alternative world you do not lose her with out saying I love you like I have. Please take care of her. " an than it was gone. The small image within the cube disappearing as Vegeta took the scouter from Bulma's hand. Turning it off.
The last part leaving confusion within her, she heard her name and Trunks name but the rest was only missing words to a puzzle.
"It was in Saiya-jingo, my native tongue." Vegeta said looking at Bulma as she stared up into his face. "What did you say?" she asked softly, looking for some answer to relieve her of this new found pain.
"That, I must do something I could not in that alternative universe." he said, pulling her closer.
"That was not you from the future?" she asked, new thoughts plaguing
her mind now. A hope opening her eyes wider with the statement he said. "Bah,
foolish woman. Of course not. I will keep you all to myself and no one else."
he said kissing her lightly as she poured out her heart to him. Tears still
escaping to race down her checks with a new feeling, joy. Something she yearned
to feel with this man who meant more than the world to her.