No Regrets [A DBZ Fanfiction]

Chapter 6 - Making Choices

Bulma didn't know how she managed it but she was utterly lost. Foolishly, she hadn't carried any capsules with her and she was in the middle of the wilderness so she had no means of creating devices to save her.

Down to her core, she was a city girl and without any recent sort of technology within her grasp, she could not conquer nature.

It was getting dark and cold and it had been hours since she had lunch with Goku and her family. She was getting hungrier than a saiyan as her stomach growled and threatened to start eating itself. How would she get herself out of this mess?

She stayed on the well-trodden trail theorizing that many people have gone down this path, thus it would eventually lead her back to civilization. She just hoped civilization would show up some time in the near future because she was slowly losing her nerve.

The shadows cast upon her from the barren branches of the trees, with swirls of bugs gravitating towards her sweet scented perfume along with the eerie bird calls in the background, she was having a difficult time keeping calm, but she kept on trekking.

She then heard a twig snap behind her and she immediately turned around. In the thickness of the woods a pair of yellow eyes glowed in the darkness, staring at her with intent interest. Without waiting to see what kind of creature she was up against, Bulma let out a yelp and started to run in the opposite direction.

"Somebody! Save meeee! I'm too young and beautiful to die!" She screamed as she zipped down the trail with speed that she didn't know she had possessed. Yet, she could hear the creature gaining on her as their footfalls fell toward her at an incredible speed.

Bulma saw a golden light ahead of her floating in her direction. From the copse of trees the glowing figure appeared before her. It was Goku in his super saiyan form! He had heard her cries for help and would save her! Bulma sighed with relief.

Goku landed in front of her with grim look set in his jaws. He then leapt behind her to attack her predator and then Bulma quickly spun around.

She gasped as she caught a view Goku and Vegeta in the air sparring. What was going on?! Was it Vegeta who had been chasing her through the woods the entire time?

The two of them seemed determined to fight it out until one of them met their end, which was crazy! The earth needed the both of them alive to protect them from the Androids.

"The both of you need to stop it!" Bulma shrieked. "Who will defend us from the Androids if you continue like this?!"

This cry from Bulma's lips appeared to stop their fists from flying towards each other and they both landed, one saiyan at each one of her sides.

They were both panting hard from their exertions as they stared at her, their chests expanding with each breath which displayed their well-defined musculature.

"Well, who do you pick? Is it me or Vegeta?" Goku asked.

"Woman, you have to choose." Vegeta echoed Goku's sentiment.

"Choose between the two of you?" Bulma exclaimed.

"I know you're attracted to me woman, I've seen the way you look at me when you think I'm not paying attention," Vegeta smirked.

"Bulma, no matter how many men cross your path, we know that I'll always be your first love, as you'll always be mine," Goku stated.

"No…"Bulma gasped, not wanting to admit that either of these saiyain-jin warriors might be right.

"Stop it! I'm not going to choose between the two of you!" Bulma shouted as she turned away from them. She needed some space from these pushy warriors, who did they think they were to tell her what or who to choose? It would serve them right if she ended up picking Yamcha, the least complicated choice.

She huffed as she marched away from them. She was half-expecting them to follow her and beg for her forgiveness but it didn't happen.

She turned around and they had both disappeared, yet she felt that she wasn't alone. Confused, she stared into the distance to see if she could make out their figures in the woods. She could only make out one figure which didn't have the familiar shape of either saiyan-jin soldier.

The figure glided toward her and she discovered it was faceless Android. It was too late, the Android had grabbed her neck and squeezed with no mercy. Tears formed at the corners of Bulma's eyes as she attempted to shriek for help, yet it only came out as a pathetic gulp.

"Noooo, I choose you…" and Bulma had succumbed to the darkness before she could complete that thought.