I pulled away from him and shook my head. Oh, great! What had I *done*? I stole one last look at Vegeta, who looked greatly surprised. I ran out of the greenhouse and didn't stop until I got to a certain room, a room where many little children had once learned Saiyan ways. I wasn't one of them anymore, I never really was.

I pushed open the wooden door and looked around. It was basically the same as before, as I remembered it, just more...Earth-like. Everything looked as if it had been adapted to the children. There were more desks. There was writing on the chalkboard.

War- there is two kinds. One of the body, and one of the soul. Both are dangerous.

How right that was. I was in the middle of *both* kinds! Surely no one would have thought this would happen back on Earth, where I sat around the mansion every day, wasting my freedom and happiness. How little I had known then scared me...

This room held too many painful memories for me, too many thoughts of my past. And ones of Lela, ones that saddened me, and filled my heart with anger towards everyone. That was something I didn't want to happen, for I had already been angry enough so far. I especially didn't want to be mad at Vegeta, his father was another matter.

I looked around the classroom sadly. I had never bonded with any of the other kids. We just couldn't relate, with the exception of. . . Lela, but I wouldn't think about that. The most I had ever done with them was maybe talk or play a couple of times. Maybe that was why I had become friends with Vegeta, we could relate to each other, and we had similar minds and temprements. I never should have stolen that kiss. What if he didn't want that? Then it made me look like a slut! I sighed disdainfully and exited the room.

I walked slowly down the dim halls. It was evening now, and soon Vegeta would be King of the Saiyans. And then what would I be? Probably just a servant, a scientist, whatever. But I wanted to still be friends, like we always have been. We had so much fun! What would I do if we had to quit? I would positively die! I wouldn't have anything to stay for, besides my job, but that didn't matter to me. It wasn't like I was being paid!

I came to the hall leading to the 'greenhouse'. I wasn't sure if I should go in, or continue on. Going in the greenhouse possible meant seeing Vegeta, something I couldn't handle for sure, but continuing meant the possibility of getting lost. I sighed in frustration and returned to my room. I might as well *sleep* all the pain away.

~*~

I awoke to the sounds of birds chirping outside my window. It relaxed me, being an Earthly sound, and I was grateful that my room was next to the greenhouse. I should have been happy, but I really was sad, because this was the day Vegeta would be King. And I would be tossed aside like a candy wrapper.

I looked at the clock. 11:30 AM, it read. I had an hour and a half to get ready, approximatly. That meant I had to hurry. I sighed tiredly and went to get ready.

~*~

I ended up wearing a long, silky scarlet dress. It had spagetti straps and some elbow- length gloves to match. It went down to the floor, covering my feet and forming a little train in the back. It matched my hair nicely, which was hard to do. The neckline was low, showing off my chest and neck.

I had a gold necklace on. It was really sort of a chain choker, but it had two little chains coming down from it, to right above the neckline. It was very pretty, and very expensive-looking.

I wore some black stilettos, something I had always wanted to wear, despite all the damage they did to my feet. No one could see my feet anyways. My hair was up in a twist at the back of my head. I had spent forever perfecting my makeup, I won't even begin to explain *that*!

I looked great, I had to admit. It was almost worth all the killing pain my feet were in! I smiled at my reflection and looked at my clock again. I had ten minutes to get there!

"Shimatta!" I whispered, and walked as fast as I could down the endless halls to the throne room, which wasn't very fast, with my tiny shoes. I silently cursed myself for wearing them when no one could even see.

I arrived with two minutes to spare. My feet were no doubt bright red, and swollen. I growled under my breath and looked around. It was really crowded, and there were obviously some alien visitors, too. "Bulma!" A female voice softly called. I looked behind me, and saw Sierra, one of the girls from Earth, behind a pillar.

"What?" I asked, going up to her.

"You look wonderful!" She exclaimed, looking at my dress enviously. "This is scary!"

She was wearing a white dress, with long bell sleeves, it reached to her knees, and she was wearing white strappy sandals. Her blonde hair was up in a high bun. She looked nice.

"So do you. But this isn't scary! Come on, you can follow me," I said gently, happy for the companionship. Truth was, I was kind of scared, too.

"I really don't see why we have to be here!" She said, slightly angrily. "We aren't nobles or anything!"

I nodded. She worked as a seamtress, making clothes. She had probably made most of mine. I wondered why we had to be here, too, but I wanted to be here, and that set me apart from my blonde companion.

"Maybe they are gonna kill us!" She said, grabbing my arm timidly. "I knew something horrible would happen! I can feel it! Something is going to happen. . . "

I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes. I hated people like her, but I felt sorry for her.

We continued making our way through the crowds, looking for a quiet place to sit. I soon saw it was way too full to even think of it.

"We are going to have to mix with everyone else, Sierra," I said, and nearly pulled her hair out when she squealed like a scared little dog. "Don't worry, we won't be noticed. We blend in with the nobles."

"No, we don't! Or at least, *I* don't! I look like a servant. You look like a princess or something," She said, admiring my outfit once more.

I sighed and rolled my eyes, not being able to stop myself. "Let's find Vegeta and see exactly why we are here," I suggested, and was rewarded with a sharp tug on my arm. I winced and whirled on Sierra.

"What!" I growled, glaring at her.

"We can't do that! He is basically the *King*! It would be way too scary!" She protested, and tried to pull me in the opposite direction.

I shoved her away and sneered at her. She was practically panicking here! Some people nearby stared, but didn't find anything strange when they saw me and the Blonde Bimbo Queen.

"What is this?" Someone growled from behind me somewhere. I recognized the voice as Vegeta, and sort of gave up fighting Sierra.

"Well, Bimbo Queen over here decided this is too scary for her, so she has to drag *me* out of it!" I snarled, glaring at Sierra. She was too frightened by Vegeta to notice.

I turned around so I could see what he was thinking. His eyes were dark, and he looked angry. Oh, great, that little episode in the 'greenhouse' didn't fare well, obviously.

"Oh-oh, oh my!" Sierra exclaimed, and grabbed my arm, hiding behind me. "This is terrible! I told you!"

"Shut *up*!" I snapped, and shook her hand off my arm, which was aching from her nails.

"Come with me, drop the bimbo," Vegeta said, and started making his way through the crowd, as fast as he could, with dignitaries and such attempting to talk to him. I got the feeling he would be crowned soon.

He finally stopped in a secluded corner, next to a large window overlooking a vast forest and a small courtyard hundreds of feet below. I swallowed, trying to regain my courage. I had no doubt what he had asked to speak to me about.

He looked down at the velvet carpet, then up at me. I attempted a weak smile, but didn't exactly pull it off. "Things are. . . different between us now," He said slowly, as if he wasn't sure how to say it. I waited for him to continue, not knowing what to say.

"But they will have to change," He paused, and looked at me sadly. "A lot. You would become a prime target for enemies and such, and we can't have that, you would be too easy to get to."

I was angry at this last statement. "What do you mean by *that*? I do *not* need your protection, Vegeta. I can take care of *myself*, despite what everyone else says, and you know it!" I protested, looking him in the eyes the whole time. He had bettter grasp my point, for I was really perturbed.

"I have no doubt that you can. However," He started, "I am not sure that you would be able to tell who is your enemy. Some of these guys are pretty slick,"

"So you are saying that I can't tell right from wrong now? Kuso," I said, shaking my head, and went back into the surging crowds.

Vegeta tried to follow, but we were both interuppted by a loud voice, belonging to his father, King Scary himself.

"Ladies and gentleman, the time has come, to announce the new ruler of the great Vegetasei empire," He boomed.

All time seemed to stop right then.

~*~

What did you all think? It was the hardest chapter yet, thought I can't see why! Anyway, I am almost finished with my homepage, finally, and when it is completed, I will tell you all the address. Not that you care, you just want more chapters, LOL. . . .ja ne for now!

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