Future Bulma

Just moments ago, Vegeta had sensed his wife's energy steadily weakening.

It was only ten kilometers away. Vegeta reached his destination in a few breaths and immediately saw Bulma lying in a pool of blood!

"Bulma!"

Vegeta's eyes bulged with fury. Seeing his wife lying in a pool of blood sent a blaze of rage surging through him.

"Damn it, who did this?"

Forcing down his anger, Vegeta hurried over and pulled her into his arms. He took a Senzu Bean from his pocket and put it in her mouth.

"Eat this, Bulma. It's a Senzu Bean."

But Bulma was already unconscious and couldn't hear anything around her.

In desperation, Vegeta resorted to a deeply embarrassing act: he fed her a Senzu Bean directly, mouth to mouth.

Bulma slowly opened her eyes. The face she had longed to see filled her vision.

"Vegeta, I'm so happy. After all these years, I finally get to see you again. I never want to be apart from you again, even if this is Hell."

Seeing how haggard she looked, Vegeta felt a sudden pang of heartache. Whenever he came back from training covered in injuries, she would worry over him and scold him.

Whenever he couldn't stand being held back by the people of the future, it was this woman who kept encouraging him.

Without realizing it, Bulma had become an inseparable part of Vegeta's life.

"Bulma, what happened to you? Who did this to you?"

Now that she was all right, Vegeta's pride began to reassert itself. He returned to his usual aloof demeanor and demanded an answer.

"Hmm, you're still my Vegeta, all right. That arrogant look of yours hasn't changed one bit. Who did this to me?"

As she said that, Bulma, who had been speaking so gently, instantly turned into a tigress and slapped him across the face.

The slap rang out, leaving Vegeta stunned.

"Who did this to me? And you have the nerve to ask? If you hadn't been so damn arrogant and insisted on fighting the Androids all by yourself, would we have been wiped out?"

"If you hadn't been such a stubborn bastard, our family wouldn't have fallen apart, our friends wouldn't have died, and Earth wouldn't have ended up like this! It's all your fault, your fault, your fault, you bastard!"

The emotions she had kept bottled up for more than a decade finally erupted.

Bulma kept pounding on him. As she spoke, she began to sob.

At last, she threw herself into his arms and murmured about all the pain she had endured over the years.

"Bulma, I don't know what happened, but I'm sorry."

Vegeta didn't know how to comfort her. But seeing how heartbroken she was, he lowered his proud head and apologized to her of his own accord.

With a whoosh, Sun Wukong and Gamos landed nearby. Seeing Bulma, covered in blood and crying in Vegeta's arms, Sun Wukong was about to speak, but Gamos grabbed him and stopped him.

Gamos shook his head at him, and the two of them found a spot to sit down.

When Bulma had cried enough and finally quieted down, Vegeta asked what had happened.

"Thirteen years ago, after you were killed by the Androids, Earth no longer had any fighters who could stand up to them. Krillin and Tien Shinhan were also killed by the Androids while trying to protect Earth."

"In the end, only the still-young Gohan and Trunks, who was still in my womb, were left. They carried all of Earth's hopes."

"After more than a decade of fighting, even when Gohan became a Super Saiyan, he still couldn't defeat the Androids. During one battle, the Androids took one of his arms while he was trying to save Trunks."

"Today, Gohan sensed that something had happened to Trunks, so he rushed out of the house. He never came back."

"Satellite observations confirmed that they were both dead. There are no fighters left on Earth. What meaning is there in living on by myself?"

"It's all over. Earth has no hope left. Still, at least I got to see you again, even if I died."

When she finished, Bulma looked tenderly at her husband. Vegeta had never imagined that Bulma had tried to take her own life out of despair.

He thought of the Bulma in his own timeline: cheerful and lively, sometimes domineering and forceful, sometimes as gentle as water. That such an extraordinary woman could one day take her own life showed just how hopeless she must have felt all these years!

"What about me? From what you've said, it sounds like I didn't fight. Where was I back then?"

Sun Wukong was puzzled. Back then, he had surely been stronger than Vegeta. If he'd joined the fight, he should have been able to defeat the Androids, right? After all, the Androids in this timeline hadn't been modified by Gamos. Their power level would have been no more than a billion.

Bulma had been focused entirely on her husband. Hearing Sun Wukong's voice, she finally realized that there were other people around them.

She turned her head and saw the person who had always made her feel safest, dressed in an orange gi and sporting his signature spiky hair. It was Sun Wukong.

Seeing him left Bulma momentarily stunned. "G-Goku, is that really you?"

"Yeah, it's me. I had no idea things were so bad for you in the future!"

Sun Wukong, utterly lacking in tact, blurted it out without considering her feelings.

Hearing his thoughtless remark, Bulma's sadness instantly turned to anger. She wanted to kick him to death!

"Hmph, you're the most useless of all! The Androids hadn't even shown up yet, and you died of the Heart Virus!"

"The Heart Virus? I... I died of an illness?"

Sun Wukong pointed at himself, speaking in disbelief.

Bulma realized something was wrong, too. How could Sun Wukong not know how he had died? And her husband didn't look any older at all. On top of that, the surroundings looked exactly like her little room.

As if she had realized something, Bulma cried out in shock, scrambled to her feet, and backed away several steps, pointing at Vegeta and Sun Wukong.

"Y-You two, who are you? You're definitely not the Sun Wukong and Vegeta I know."

Seeing how nervous Bulma was, Sun Wukong waved his hands repeatedly, trying to calm her down.

"Bulma, we're not the two people you know. We came from the past, traveling here from thirteen years ago."

"In our world, the Androids never caused any trouble. We came here to help you."

Vegeta spoke up.

"That's right, Bulma. Gamos sensed the crisis in your timeline and brought the two of us here to help."

After hearing what they said, Bulma began to understand, but another question occurred to her.

How had they come from thirteen years in the past? In their timeline, had she built the Time Machine thirteen years ago?

"Who is this Gamos you mentioned?"

"That's me! Bulma, I'm Gamos."