When Hell Freezes Over - Chapter 8

Bulma had a terrible sinking feeling as Yamcha’s words reached her ears. She did what she assumed Vegeta would want and moved forward to grab Yamcha and escort him off her property

“No Vegeta I can handle this” was the response she didn’t expect to hear from Vegeta

 ‘Oh kami what can I do?? It’s all up to Vegeta now’

“Yamcha” Vegeta started “I know you think that that’s what I want but I’m afraid I can’t give you an answer right now”

Yamcha was about to protest when Vegeta held up his hand to stop him

“I know what you’re going to say Yamcha. I know you’re serious about your offer, it’s just that… I’m not feeling myself recently. It wouldn’t be fair for me to give you an answer now because I don’t know what I, Bulma, want.” Vegeta said softly

“So what do you need some time or something?”

“Yes Yamcha, about a week should be enough, during that time please do not attempt to contact me, believe me, you’ll only confuse both of us.”

“Well I suppose that’s fair. I mean you have been behaving kinda wacko recently…”

Bulma couldn’t believe her ears; Vegeta had just solved a problem without using his fists… and with Yamcha!!!

“…I mean what was all that ‘dear kami take me now, spare my sanity send me to hell’ stuff about?” Yamcha said confused

Bulma had to stifle a laugh, ‘sounds like Vegeta had a little melodrama out there’

“As I said I’ve been a little… off colour recently…” Vegeta stated

“Well ok I guess I’ll see ya in a week then!” Yamcha said cheerfully and reached up to kiss Vegeta on the cheek. Vegeta backed away and shuffled inside the house explaining quickly-

“I can’t do that right now Yamcha, you understand, one week ok?”

“Yeah sure” Yamcha said, slightly hurt. Vegeta smirked and left Bulma to close the door

“Look Vegeta” Yamcha started before she could get the door shut “I don’t want you influencing her decision right? You’d better leave her alone…”

“God you are an idiot! Why would I bother? Why don’t you give your woman a little credit? SHE’S GOT A MIND OF HER OWN YA KNOW!!!”

“Yeah whatever Vegeta, just remember you’ve been warned” and with that Yamcha stalked away having proven his macho point for the day. Little did he know that he had just had a bigger influence on Bulma’s decision than Vegeta ever would

“Ew as if I’d marry a jerk like that! ‘Ug me big man, you woman cook. Ug!’” Bulma complained as she shut the door outraged at yamcha's behavior.

Meanwhile vegeta was sitting on the couch, his whole body tense muttering incomprehensibly to himself

“ Gosh, what happened out there Vegeta??”

“Woman I never want to talk about this afternoons events ever again!!!”
”Ok touchy!! Although I would like to point out that you just solved a problem without blasting anyone, perhaps you’re learning something from this experience Vegeta…”

“Oh I’m learning lots of things woman. For one, being a weakling sucks, you have to try to reason with stupidity instead of just doing everyone a favour and removing it from this planet!”

“Now now Vegeta, don’t be so negative. Besides his name’s not stupidity, it’s YAMCHA.” Bulma grinned as she actually made Vegeta smirk.

“It appears that you have learnt something also woman…”

“Oh really Vegeta what’s that?” she said still smiling

“How to think more like me.”

“Well there’s a lesson I’ll be unlearning as soon as I get my body back…”

She replied as she went to the kitchen for a mid afternoon snack..

Later that night…

“Woman you know I got the harder end of this deal, I get a weakling who I hate making puppy dog eyes at me and you get to sit around and watch television!!”

“That is so not fair Vegeta, I had Goku almost trying to kill me yesterday, the only reason I seem to be having an easier time than you is because I’m dealing with it better!!!”

“Are you trying to suggest that I can’t DEAL with living your life? I handled your boyfriend with ease, something you’ve never managed after 16 years with the idiot!!”

“Yeah you might have dealt with it Vegeta but you haven’t quit whining about it yet!! I mean what’s so awful? How could you even compare what happened with you and Yamcha to Goku nearly flattening me??”
Vegeta thought about this for a moment,

‘I know that my experience was far worse, however I cannot win this argument without telling that loud mouthed fool about what… happened’ Vegeta shuddered as the flash backs came, but then managed to compose himself enough to reply

“Fine woman, you’re right you’ve got it worse than me…”
”Wha…?” Bulma was confused

Just then Dr Briefs entered the room

“Hello Bulma, Vegeta”. He said, looking stressed.

“What’s up dad?” Bulma said enthusiastically

“Erm…” it took a moment for Dr Briefs to adjust to talking to his own daughter in the body of the man he feared most “well I’m afraid we have a business problem dear…”

“What is it?” Bulma said hoping to solve the problem and feel more like her old self again.. She missed being useful…

“Well dear, that meeting you were supposed to have today had to be rescheduled as you know… however as my secretary doesn’t know about your little problem she rescheduled it to tomorrow… but I can’t be there tomorrow so those customers will have to be left with a trainee. They’re not exactly our most important customers, but they won’t be impressed at being called to meet you and getting a trainee, especially after the meetings already been postponed once!!” he sighed and went left the room stroking scratch and mumbling about “bad business practice”

‘Hmmm’ thought Bulma ‘ it’s such a shame that I can’t fix this. It’s an easy enough presentation to follow, a trainee could do it but they want to see me just so they can tell how important they are to us…ugh! It’s so annoying I mean a trained monkey could deliver that presentation’ suddenly Bulma had a flash of inspiration

“A trained monkey, hmmmm “ she said out loud eying the current occupant of her body thoughtfully, unnerving him more than he’d be willing to admit.