Frieza’s Return
"I promise you this Vegeta…I will make sure you suffer before I kill you!" a lone figure called out into the night. He was contemplating the destruction of earth’s defenders, they had killed him twice now…only this time he wasn’t rebuilt, he had been resurrected. He needed to find their weakness…something they all had in common. He vowed to find this weakness and exploit it…make them suffer…then he would destroy the entire planet. The only question was…what could 9 warriors all have in common that could possibly make them weak against his power? He would find it…and that would be the end of this bothersome planet. Of course he could have just destroyed it without a fight…but there was no fun in that, he would observe each and every one of the cursed warriors and find their weakness. He would start with his old friend…Vegeta.
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"Damn it! Stay there!" Bulma cursed as she was working on the gravity machine. They definitely needed it to be upgraded so Vegeta would stop complaining and return to his 24-hour training program. He was starting to get on everyone’s nerves. Including Bulma. Right now he was out sparring with Trunks, at least he was doing stuff with him now and not ignoring him.
"Problems?" Vegeta asked as he walked in. Bulma sat up and bumped her head on the control console and instantly her hand rested on what would probably become a bruise.
"Damn you, Vegeta! You’re going to kill me if you keep doing that!" she yelled at him. Vegeta knelt in front of her and took her hand in his. He gently kissed the spot where she had hit her head.
"Had I wanted you dead, I would not have waited so long to do so," he stated.
"Whatever. You’re in an odd mood today…what do you want?" she asked accusingly.
"You know me too well," he said as he helped her up off of the floor.
"You didn’t answer me you know?" she asked.
"You are coming with me, and our son on a picnic," he said. (Way out of Vegeta character here).
"A picnic…you?" she asked.
"I assure you…it was not my idea. But I figure you deserve to get out of here for a while. But you owe me…big time," he snarled.
"Fine…just let me get washed up," she said. Vegeta walked outside to where his son was waiting for him.
"Did she fall for it?" he asked.
"Yes…and you had better make sure that everyone’s there, or you and me are going to have a little sparring session," Vegeta growled. He was only doing this to make Bulma happy, and for once it hadn’t been Kakkarott’s idea.
"I’m ready!" Bulma cheered as she came out of the house.
"Okay…but you got to put this on," Trunks said as he held out a blindfold.
"Huh? What for? What are you two up to?" she asked looking at them.
"It’s a surprise…" Trunks said. She shrugged her shoulders and Vegeta tied the blindfold over her eyes. And in one single motion, he picked her up and the family took off across the sky to Master Roachie’s house. Not too far away a figure was watching.
"So you have a family Vegeta…and the boy is strong too…but not your wife," he said to himself as he stealthily followed the unsuspecting family.
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"Vegeta! Where are we?" Bulma asked as she felt her feet touch the ground. He removed the blindfold and everyone was there, including Yamcha and Puar.
"What’s going on?" she asked. The group moved aside and the seven Namekian Dragonballs were gathered in front of her.
"What?" she asked again. Dende was there…helping Vegeta with the Namek language, he was wishing for something.
"YOUR WISH IS GRANTED!" the dragon responded. Bulma felt surge of energy, she opened her eyes and Tien held a mirror in front of her. She stared at her reflection and touched her face to make sure that it was real, she looked 10 years younger. She noticed Vegeta was making a second wish.
"FINE…YOUR WISH IS GRANTED!" Bulma didn’t feel anything this time, but she somehow knew that it was something to do with her.
"What was that one for?" she asked Vegeta.
"I wished for you to age at the same rate as I do…since Saiyans age slower than humans," he stated matter-o-factly.
"WHAT IS YOUR THIRD WISH?" the dragon asked. Vegeta said something…then the dragon vanished.
"I don’t get it," Bulma said.
"The third wish is up to you…I’ll explain it later," he said as he hugged her.
"Thank you Vegeta…but why is everyone here?" she asked trying not to sound rude.
"We all helped him look for the Dragonballs, once he told us it was supposed to be a gift to you," Choutzu said. Bulma hugged each and every one of her friends. She capsulated one of the Dragonballs, then there was a great surge of energy that even Bulma could feel.
"What is that?" she asked as she stepped over beside Vegeta shivering at the coldness of the power that was approaching the group.
"I don’t know…what about you Kakkarott?" Vegeta asked.
"It’s familiar…but it’s almost like it’s Frieza…" he said.
"But we defeated him…twice already," Krillen said.
"Mom…who’s Frieza?" Trunks asked. He was edgy since everyone was taking a battle stance.
"He’s…" but before she could answer Goku, who was standing beside her, was hit by a large KI blast and sent backward ten feet.
"Hello Vegeta…Kakkarott. Did you miss me?" Frieza sneered down at them. He had found their weakness.
"Frieza! Why the fuck won’t you stay dead!" Vegeta yelled at him.
"Now, now, there’s no need for such language. Such a nice family you have there Vegeta…we don’t want anything to happen to them now do we?" he asked cruelly smiling at Bulma.
"Leave her alone!" Yamcha yelled.
"She has nothing to do with this!" Krillen yelled at him.
"Oh, but she does…and none of you can stop me," he said as he flew forward and grabbed Bulma around the waist with his tail.
"BULMA!" Choutzu yelled.
"MOM!" Trunks yelled powering up to Super Saiyan.
"Now…that’s interesting…the brat can go Super Saiyan. Not that it will help her any," he said as he tightened his grip on her.
"You'll have to find me if you want to save her…don't worry, I won't hurt her…too badly," he sneered as he zoomed of across the sky. He had a device that completely hid his KI so it would be a while before they caught up to them, Frieza was going to have fun.
"SHIT! I'M GONNA KILL HIM!" Vegeta yelled in anger. Trunks had powered down and walked over to Goku.
"How are we gonna help mom?" he asked him.
"I don't know. I can't sense his KI anywhere…and none of us picked him up until he was close to us," he said and regretted it when Trunks looked back down at his feet.
"Well I say we follow the stupid bakayaro…I can still see him," Vegeta stated still quite pissed.
"Let's go!"
"HAI!" the group shouted and took off after Vegeta.
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Bulma had backed up against Frieza's space ship trying to get away from him…he was supposed to be dead, not here, attacking her…alive and well.
"Pathetic…it's no wonder you're their weakness," Frieza sneered at her as he moved towards her.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" she yelled at him. Unlike Vegeta he seemed unaffected by her screaming.
"I don't think so," he said as he grabbed her around the neck with his tail and flung her into a pile of rubble. Bulma coughed as she struggled to get up, Frieza wrapped his tail around her ankle and pulled her towards him. He lifted her upside down with his tail and looked her up and down. He threw her against his ship and she collapsed in pain.
"You know…I'm surprised at Vegeta…taking such a weak and defenseless woman for his mate…it will be his down fall," he yelled as he lashed his tail across her midsection, breaking most of her ribs. He wrapped his tail around her neck and held her in the air so her face was level with his. She was gagging for air, unaware that Frieza's tail had wandered down her shirt, the pervert.
"It's such a shame…such beauty in such fear. But then again…I need you so I can kill your friends," he said as he tightened his tail around her neck. Vegeta was the first to land at Frieza's ship, he saw Frieza holding Bulma up in the air with his tail. The scene was all too familiar to him. He was killing her, the exact same way he had killed him when they had been on Namek.
"LET HER GO!" he yelled as Goku and the others landed beside him.
"Now that was fast…" Frieza said disappointed as he turned towards the group.
"You may know how to mask your KI, but you forgot that we could see where you landed!" Tien yelled.
"NO!" Frieza tightened his grip on Bulma, Vegeta noticed that she was struggling to breathe. He surged forward and broke Frieza's tail, while managing to catch Bulma before she hit the ground.
"AHHHHHH!" Frieza screamed at his twisted and broken tail.
"Bulma…Bulma…" Vegeta was trying to get a response from her, she was still alive, but she couldn't focus on anything. He placed Bulma gently on the ground and she screamed loud. He had guessed right when he assumed that most of her ribs were broken, but he didn't think that they'd be that bad. He turned towards Frieza turning Super Saiyan as he did so.
"What! There's more than one of you!" Frieza screamed when he looked over and saw that Vegeta, Trunks, Goku, and Gohan had gone into Super Saiyan level one. Vegeta screamed with fury and took it up to level two. He charged forward and hit him square in the jaw, sending Frieza flying through one of the walls on his space ship.
"I would so like for you to suffer bastard! But I don't have time right now!" he said looking at Bulma.
"You can't defeat me!" Frieza yelled. Vegeta surged forward again and his hand went right through his stomach. Frieza looked at him with disbelief.
"It appears that I just did," Vegeta said as Frieza fazed into the next dimension, again. He walked over to where he had placed Bulma everyone was watching her. He gently picked her up and took off at full speed towards C.C. Bulma could hear Vegeta's voice…but it was more like a whisper to her. Vegeta had done it again, saved her, proved that he cared for her, and now he was going to take care of her. She had always known he'd cared, but he never showed it publicly. She let the darkness surround her and she fell into a blissful sleep. Knowing that when she woke up, she'd be at home, safe, and surrounded by her family.
~ The End ~
