Vegeta X Reader | Singularity

8 - Pearl

(ORIGINAL: 2016 30th October
EDITED/CORRECTED ver: 2023 2nd June)

I arrived too late. There I saw Gohan in pain on the ground from being hit by Vegeta.

"That's a Child! You Animal!" I screeched blasting down to his level pushing him off his body and caring him away to make sure she's still able to function.

"Of course you finally attempt to do something. Playing hero was always an interesting role for you Y/N. But you know deep down that's not who you truely are." He sighed with a smirk. "Not even a villain. In your words, weak. Shouldn't be here to start with. This is no place for you woman." I gritted my teeth, I shouldn't have said anything earlier. "Go cry in the arms of your 'mother' little saiyan. This is no place for a snivelling baby." He looks down at Gohan.

"Good lord you never have children of your own. You'd treat them like punching bags." I scoffed, "He's not my child. He's done well for himself from being away from his mother. How ironic if you to say."

"Don't you speak of my mother Y/N. You know nothing of the sort. You have a habit of keeping big names in your mouth. And I'll raise my children to become warriors wether you like it or not." He frowns.

"Good thing they wouldn't be mine then." I replied straight after and his frown came more intense and it fell silent.

"Then stop getting involved in my life, you're making it more difficult than it already is." He let's put a grunt, turns around and flies away. A habit he's known for.

"He never- he never found the other dragon ball!" Gohan sat himself up laughing but also in pain.
"What!"
"Down here!" He fell back showing where it was hidden. "I knew he came to me to find a dragon ball, so I had to hide it and sacrifice my strength to make sure we keep it." I pat his head and smile at him proudly. "I'm impressed but please be careful, Vegeta is... he's not one to reason. He will do whatever to clear his path. I'm sorry he did that to you. I'll make sure he never does that again got that little man?" He smiles as I ruffle his hair.
"No problem. I think I'm gonna wanna rest for a bit when we head back anyways. But you and Vegeta seem to have some tension Huh?"

"Hum? What do you mean." I stand up with him and I look at him with my head tilted.
"Like you guys seem to be somewhat close but also have some unfinished business. He may be cruel, but maybes you could eventually convince him to partner up with us. I know it won't be as easy as that but it's a possibility." Gohan said with a grain of naivety.
I scratch the back of my head and do an awkward laugh. "If that time comes then I'll consider your preposition, but as I said he's not one to budge. But I'll take note." I dust the dirt on his clothes off.

After some flying, we reached Krillin and Bulma.
"You're both back! You both had me worried sick." Bulma hugs Gohan

After some gushing over the dragon ball, Krillin expressed that we needed to leave, this place wasn't safe, and Vegeta knew where we were and he'd notice the missing dragon ball in a matter minutes. Me and Bulma stayed in this new ravine while Gohan and Krillin went off to Guru. The both of us just gossiping about people on Earth, mostly about Yamcha and our friends. Bulma drifted off shortly but was awaken within a matter of minutes and falling off her chair with a screech.

"Bulma! Are you okay! What happened?" I helped her back up.
"I had a dream, Vegeta is scary isn't he?" She rubbed her head.
"He can be. Most of the time anyways." I sat back in my chair.
"Yeah... atleast we still have that dragon ball. But it also just means we're on their radar, putting targets on our back. It's like playing manhunt." She picked up the dragon ball and held it tight.
"True. We'll need to move eventually. This place isn't safe enough, we are barely shaded." I looked up to the exposed sky.

The ground began to shake as we saw red streaks fly through the sky. "Ah- what's going on!" Bulma grabbed onto the wall.
"It's Friezas doing. Stay close to the walls. We have no idea where they could hit. He's becoming reckless." I stood close to the walls and Bulma kept hold of the dragon ball against the wall. We could see the seas blast into the sky as islands were destroyed. "Wait- no!" Bulma dropped the dragon ball and it rolled off towards a shore.
"Bulma! Wait!" I caught up with her and she was scared of the water, trying to get it out with her boot.
"Do you need help?" I placed my hands on my hips and gave a smirk with a raised brow. As soon as I finished she accidentally poked it into the river. "Oh no!" She freaked out.
"It's fine I'll get it." I shot down into the water but it wasn't there. "It's gone! It's been taken!"

"What! What if it's Vegeta!" She sulked.
"He would have made some form of entrance." I looked at her scouted and dictated the direction with my arm to get how far it went out. "I'll be either the tide or some sea creature. Come on." I signaled to her. She gulped but changed expression quickly. "Oh, I know!" She pulled out a capsule and there formed a submarine.

"Great! I'll stay out and be the more practical one, you look out for anyone behind me, got it?" She nodded to me and she got in the submarine following me.

She let out a scream as a scary black figure came into frame and she launched a rocket.
"Bulma! Be careful!" I looked at her then at the graceful creature ahead, it was beautiful.
"There!" I pointed "It's in their scales!"
"You're right, it wasn't Vegeta after all. It's a little sea monster I could handle." She sighed in relief but then shot at the creature again but not to attack it, just to sway their direction so we could get it without harming them. The ball dropped from the spikes and we swam towards the ball which began to sink deeper.

The dragon ball sat on the floor peacefully however Bulma was destructed by the pearl, trying to take it. I forgot the popularity of gems and pearls on Earth. I couldn't blame them, I liked them a lot too.

I was caught off guard by the gust of the current pushing us down a hole, causing me to loose my grip on the the dragon ball. "What's happening!" Bulma shouted as we appeared deeper in the water, seeing loads of balls that looked like dragon balls without the stars however we noticed they didn't have stars. We were whacked away by a large arm. It was a huge crab! "Bulma! Watch out!"

There was some back and fourth fighting and dodging however the crab eventually just collapsed, me and and Bulma confused. "She was protecting her eggs... she's a mother!" Bulma pointed at the eggs on her back.
"Oh my... look! The pillar!" I shot towards the collapsing pillar next to the crab to save it and it's eggs. "Get the ball Bulma!" I shouted, muffled by the water.
"Got it!"

The crab shuffled away to safety and me and Bulma swam up to shore.