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Hi! How are you all enjoying the story so far? Well I hope you are, I’ve gotten some great reviews and helpful suggestions to help me with my story. Well here is just another not to help clear up the story in case you are getting confused or if there is some OOC-ness that has bothered you.

OK, well Vegeta has met Bulma and he sees something in her. Love? Maybe, we aren’t sure yet. But he is afraid to show any emotion towards her because of pass experiences, like with his nurse. He feels that emotions create weakness (like in the show.) When he kissed Bulma it freaked him out but he wants to kiss her again (awwwww.) NE who, Goku is not as strong as he is in the show, in this universe he is strong but not as strong as Vegeta. Vegeta is the strongest and he will prove it later on. Now I’m not sure if I’m going to include the Z-team in the story, that is why I haven’t brought or mentioned any of them yet. Now for Vegeta’s actions. Vegeta is very angry, scared, and confused. So he may seem different to you even if he is the same person. He had a rough childhood, as you will read in his many flashbacks, and a rough life. So Vegeta may seem a little less arrogant and prideful in some parts, in others, he will be mean and heartless. So please don’t worry if there is some OOC, that’s just how I’m creating his character. Besides, I love Vegeta being mean! Heehee >: )

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Vegeta stared intently at Goku. *Perhaps this saiyan could help me defeat and overthrow Freeza.* Vegeta clicked his scouter measuring Goku. “Saiyan, male, 5’8 ft., 220 lbs., black hair, black eyes, power level 500,000.” Vegeta frowned, not even enough to survive a blow from Freeza.

Goku and Bulma talked for almost two hours. Vegeta didn’t talk much, he kept his arms crossed over his chest and closed his eyes in silent meditation. They didn’t even notice him when he punched his scouter to read Goku’s level. It was already two O’clock and Vegeta was getting quite hungry. Suddenly Chi Chi walked in with Gohan following her, they had bags and bags of groceries. Vegeta licked his lips, he knew it was food and he was quite hungry. Goku got up to help Chi Chi unload her stuff. “Hi Goku, how are you. OH HI BULMA! Oh, and who is this stranger?”

“Hey Chi Chi. Bulma just stopped by to talk, and to introduce this man to us.” Chi Chi looked at Goku, to Bulma, then to Vegeta. She stared at Vegeta and looked him up and down, especially at his tail.

“Goku, that man has a tail just like you used to have.” Vegeta looked up at her with a smirk.

“Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Vegeta, PRINCE Vegeta. I am prince of Vegetasei and its people, saiyins. We are the strongest race in the universe. And I am the strongest warrior in the universe.” Chi Chi stared at him. Vegeta looked at her back, “Your husband here, the one you call Goku, is a saiyan, like me. But it looks as though you’ve cut his tail off. What a shame, now he can’t go oozaru any more. Well, since you know he is a saiyan, that should explain why he eats so much and why he is so strong.” Vegeta’s eyes ventured to the boy that stood by Chi Chi. Vegeta’s eyes widened, *A brat? He has a half breed here, has he mated with that human?!* Vegeta clicked the button on his scouter and it began to read the boy, “Half saiyan and half humanoid, 4’5 ft., 140 lbs., black hair, black eyes, power level 700,000 power level potentiality 1,000,000.” Vegeta looked a the boy his eyes widened, *That boy has amazing power! It is almost as high as mine. He has great potential, perhaps he could help me with Freeza. I should teach him how to fight, one day.*

Chi Chi looked at Vegeta, her eyes were wide and she finally opened her mouth to talk, “MY GOKU IS AN ALIEN?! I DON’T BELIEVE IT, NOT MY GOKU! AND MY PRECIOUS GOHAN, YOU’RE NOT A HALF ALIEN HALF HUMAN ARE YOU!” Her voice pierced the ears of all in the room as she nuzzled Gohan’s face.

“Believe what you want, but Goku is a saiyan. His real name, if I am correct, is Kakkorat.” Chi Chi looked again at Vegeta and back to Goku.

“Is this true Goku?! Is he telling the truth?” She looked hopefully at Goku hoping he was going to tell her that Vegeta was mad.

Goku put his hand behind his head and laughed, “Hey sorry Chi Chi, but I think he is right. It explains why I had a tail and why I used to turn into that big monkey.”

“So… You mean… I’m married to an alien, my lovely Gohan is an alien?” Chi Chi hugged Gohan tightly and began to sob.

“Oh mom, it’s all right, I like being an alien.” Gohan looked at his dad who told Bulma and Vegeta that it would be wise to leave then. Bulma got up and bid Goku, Gohan, and the bawling Chi Chi farewell and lead Vegeta out the door.

“That was quite strange, I’d have thought she would have handled it better.” Bulma looked at Vegeta hoping he would give a remark, but he had already gotten in the car and was ready to return home. Bulma sighed and got into the car. “Are you hungry Vegeta?”

“Very.”

“How ‘bout we order out? I don’t feel like cooking so we’ll order some chinese food.”

“Fine with me, food is food. I could go hunting if you like?”

“Hunting? Ooooo, um, yeah, lets do that.”

“OK.” Bulma began to drive home, in her heart, she was very excited about going hunting with Vegeta. Perhaps she would even get to know him better.

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Once they got back to Capsule Corp., Bulma re-capsulated the car and told Vegeta to go back to the woods where he landed. Vegeta nodded and started walking towards the woods, he noticed a lot of animals there when he landed. He and Bulma walked in silence. It was a ten minute walked and they both had plenty to think about.

:::Vegeta was on some unknown planet he was supposed to purge. He laughed at the site of people screaming running for their lives. He found it exhilarating killing people. He loved massacre and he lived to watch the fear in people’s eyes. He scoffed at those who tried to stop him. *What fools to think they can stop such a powerful being.*

Vegeta flew to the next house top and bashed through the ceiling. He shot everything in site. The children, the people, everything. He didn’t care. He was paid to do something that he loved, and that was all he cared about. Vegeta ran out of the house watching it explode in front of him, enjoying the flames that were right before his eyes. Flying high into the sky he screamed, “I AM PRINCE VEGETA OF VEGETASEI! ALL WILL PERISH!” He dove down and flew down the streets shooting out ki blasts in every which direction. He stopped and began to stalk down the streets watching the people run for their lives. He paused in a large square looking around for something he might find fun to do. Suddenly, in all his glory, a young girl with pink hair and pink eyes tapped Vegeta’s leg. He looked down with disgust and backed away. “What do you want girl. I will kill you right here if he don’t leave,” he hissed.

The girl gazed up at him as if she was not afraid, as if she had no idea what he was doing to her people. “Excuse,” she asked in a sweet voice, “Why are you doing this?”

Her eyes were large and pleading and Vegeta looked down at her in surprise. *What was she doing? Why is she asking me this?* He grabbed her by the arm and dragged her down the street along with him. He had no idea what he was going to do with her, but he felt that he should bring her with him. She said nothing but let Vegeta lead her away. He shot continuously at the building that lined the streets. He began dragging her down a street he had already destroyed. He was making sure he had completed this area and was going to move to the next area. Without warning, a building began to crumble next to him and with out realizing it was going to fall on the girl he was taking hostage, the burning building collapsed upon the small girl. Her screamed echoed through the burning city and he stood there in awe of what just happened. Was this what he had been doing all his life? He caused this girl to die. Her death was caused by him and he wasn’t sure why it affected him so, but it angered him that he could have stopped it. He watched the girl burn under the building and he could do nothing to stop it. She had died instantly but her scream eternally echoed in his mind. He flew high into the air trying to get away from her. *She must’ve been a witch, that is what she was. She was trying to trick me!* He created a ki blast to destroy the planet and shot it down. He jumped into his pod and took off watching the planet go down in flames beneath him.:::

Vegeta shook his head of that thought. That incident happened a year ago but it haunted him constantly and it was a perpetual reminder of the deeds he had done. *How did that girl have the nerve to ask me why I was doing what I was doing?* He shivered at the ghostly scream of the girl that endlessly haunted his memories. The picture of her burning next to him because a building he shot collapsed on her was burned permanently in his mind. He was glad he got away from that base of Freeza’s, that place reminded him too much of all the horror he had caused.

Bulma reached over and tapped Vegeta’s shoulder. “Are you ok?” She had a worried look on her face but she cared about him, even if she had only known him for a short while.

“Of course I’m ok woman, I’m just hungry. Come I can see a fawn in the woods.”

“Really? Where I can’t see it!” Bulma didn’t get to finish her sentence because Vegeta grabbed her hand and began pulling her deeper into the woods. He pulled her down into a crouch position and pointed out towards a meadow.

“Look, you see that fawn? I’m going to get that one.”

“But Vegeta! It’s still a kid!” Bulma tried to convince him not to kill the fawn but he shot out a ki beam and it went right in-between the eyes, silently killing the fawn.

“You are too kind.” Before Bulma could reply to his statement Vegeta flew over to the fawn and brought it back to her. Bulma scooted away from the dead creature while Vegeta stuck his hand through the stomach and spilt it down the middle. Bulma turned her face away from the scene. Vegeta smirked, “Can’t handle a little blood?” As he said that he pulled his hand out of the fawn and licked the blood of his glove.

“Ugh… You are soooooo disgusting.”

Vegeta ripped off the leg, “You want it cooked or raw?”

Bulma made another face, “Cooked of course.”

Vegeta just shrugged and said, “To each his own,” and tossed the leg into the air, shot a ki blast at it just enough to cook it, caught it, and gave it Bulma. Bulma took the leg and peeled off the skin taking a bite of the deer meat. It tasted so good she took another bite after another.

“Vegeta, this is very good. Better than what I was thinking of ordering for dinner.” He looked up at her, he had been gnawing on one of the other legs and had blood all over his face. He nodded agreeing that it was good meat and continued eating.

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The deer was gone around 4:00 p.m. Bulma had just eaten the leg she was given and Vegeta ate the rest. A very satisfied Vegeta and Bulma leaned against a tree. Bulma looked over at Vegeta, he was so handsome and attractive with a high and mighty attitude. It was as if she could but couldn’t touch him. “What are you looking at woman?”

“Well um… Ok look, I was wondering, what happened back there at Freeza’s? I mean something drastic must have happened for you to run away without even looking where you were headed to.”

Vegeta looked at her. Her eyes… When he looked into her eyes he could never lie. He looked down. He was constantly having flashbacks it was only a matter of time before she was going to want to know about his past. He decided it was better to tell her now than later. “Well, Freeza is very powerful, like I have said. He has a power level of 2,000,000 and I have a power level of 1,500,000. He killed my race off because he knew that my planet would someday revolt against him and with millions of angry saiyans coming after him, he would have no chance. That is why he destroyed his planet. But since my father gave me to him, I survived. Freeza knew that someday I would exceed his power level and would also try and over throw him. I said it to him many times. I told him one day I would become stronger than he and kill him. He finally, four months ago, decided I was beginning to get stronger each time I trained. I was slowly reaching his level, and even though it was very slight, it was enough to scare him.”

Vegeta looked back at Bulma and took off his scouter as he played with it in his hands, “That is why I left. He was going to try and kill me before I even had a chance to do any thing. That weakling wanted to get rid of me, whether I was asleep or awake. On the day I left was the day he was coming after me. He was racing down the hall ways threatening me to slay me. You see, he liked having me working for him because I was very good at what I did. I purged planets very quickly and he needed someone like me. But he knew I would soon destroy him and he needed to dispose of me.” Bulma looked at him with a solemn look in her eyes. She reached her hand out to rub his cheek; he sat emotionless but when she touched him, he didn’t slap her hand away but fell into her caress and reached out and pull her close. It was weakness, yes, but he had nothing to lose and if he was going to beat Freeza he could use a genius like her.

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Freeza scanned the map of the route Vegeta’s pod took. It took him four months to trace the pod, but he had finally found his destination. A planet called earth. Freeza snickered to himself. He had found the monkey prince and was going to get him and make him suffer. No, he wouldn’t kill him right away, a prolonged death seemed fit for Vegeta. His ship was loaded with eight months worth of supplies and a whole army. Not like he needed an army, it was just a safety precaution. He was to leave tomorrow morning and it would be another four months to reach earth.

“My Lord…” A young saiyan woman by the name of Seirra said as she kneeled in front of Freeza. She had raven black hair, but it didn’t stick up, it cascaded at her mid back and had red streaks in it. She had a brown tail which she didn’t wrap around her waist but let it sway behind her.

“Yes Seirra, what do you need.”

“My lord, please allow me to accompany you. I am strong, and if you get into trouble, I promise to back you up.” Seirra approached Freeza by his large chamber window.

“Seirra, I… Ok you may accompany me. I just don’t want you getting hurt.” Seirra gasped when Freeza reached for her hand but relaxed, allowing her tail to sway freely behind her. To please her lord she would catch Vegeta.

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Ok, so what do you think? I have gotten some GREAT reviews from a lot of people! And some really good suggestions. This story is gonna be really good just for ya’ll! Are you all enjoying my little twists? Looks like Freeza has a little saiyan mistress. Hehehe. So what will happen to Vegeta and Bulma? What is Freeza planning? Will Chi Chi except the fact that her husband and son are aliens? Find out in Chapter 3 of When Destinies Collide!

~*~Laura~*~