A/N: Yay! My first fic! This is how I want it to work, once a week I look at reviews and choose a situation for Vegeta to be in, provided by a reviewer . This is just a pilot so you can get an idea of what it will be like, I will put in my own situations from time to time. You can also PM me with your ideas and they can be about other characters and I'll find a way put Vegeta in.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z or Dragon Ball GT
Chapter 1:
Learning about appliances.
Set during: Three year training period in Trunks saga.
Location: Capsule Corporation headquarters.
It was late afternoon and the prince of all Saiyans was lying down on the couch of the main living room in the guest house after a rather strenuous training session in the gravity room. The guest house itself was larger than regular houses in the city, being able to house five to six people, and the prince had it all to himself. No one in the Briefs family dare disturb him except for Bulma to 'politely' ask him to leave or at least stop destroying her father's inventions and then 'ask' him to make more training droids, besides this the prince was left alone, having solitude, a fully stocked fridge (which was somehow magically restocked at night), and more amenities than what was necessary he had nothing to complain about, that was, until today…
The sound of the door opening caused the prince to open his eyes and look at the person he was about to blast into oblivion for disturbing his sleep when he saw the last person he expected, "Kakkarot! What are you doing here?" asked Vegeta jumping off the couch and pointing his finger at the 'intruder'.
Goku -wearing his usual orange gi and dark blue undershirt- simply stood there, two large suitcases in hand, staring at Vegeta with a confused look on his face, "I thought you said you told him Bulma?"
One by one Gohan -wearing his clothes from the tip on Namek, (although at this point they were a tad small for him), also carrying a suitcase-, Chi-chi -wearing a purple dress- and Bulma -wearing a green T-shirt and black jeans- stepped through the doorway.
"I did tell him Goku but whether or not he got it through his thick skull is a different question." Said Bulma crossing her arms and staring at Vegeta.
"What are you blathering about woman?" Said Vegeta raising an eyebrow
Bulma grunted and started rubbing her temples with her fingers, "For the last time, we are having a get together for the next three days. Gohan, Goku, Piccolo and Chi-chi are staying in the guesthouse while Krillin, Yamcha, Tien and Chiaoutzu are staying in the main house. Again, I am offering you the chance to come and join us in the main house to prevent a World War 3 scenario between you and him." Said Bulma pointing a finger at Goku who responded by grinning sheepishly and scratching the back of his head.
"As if I'd give up this place because of Kakkarot and his family and some overgrown vegetable with the social skills of a door." Vegeta said crossing his arms and glaring at them.
"Suit yourself, it will make this visit very interesting." Came a gruff voice from the windowsill at the end of the hallway, along which the doors to the various rooms were placed.
"Piccolo!" Came the cheery voice of the six year old* running to see his mentor.
At this point Piccolo -wearing his usual attire- climbed off the ledge and started ruffling Gohan's hair with a small smile on his face. "How ya doin kid? Where are all the books you're always carrying around?" At this point, stopping with the ruffling of Gohan's hair.
"Mom said if I got 100% for my last test I could take this weekend off, so I studied real hard." Said Gohan with a broad smile on his face.
Bulma then turned to Chi-chi with a surprised look on her face, "He got 100% for one of your tests?"
"Hey, what can I say? He's a really bright boy."
"That's the understatement of the century." Said Bulma rolling her eyes.
"Hey Bulma which room is mine?" Came the voice of the young demi-saiyan down the hall.
"Yours is at the end, Piccolo's is on the opposite side, your parents are next to you and the bathroom is next to Vegeta's room."
"Thanks!" With that Gohan and Piccolo entered their own rooms, with Gohan unpacking and Piccolo doing who knows what.
"Well, we better get started on the food before the others get here, come on Bulma." With a nod as a reply both ladies left the room leaving the last pure blooded Saiyains in known existence in the room alone, Vegeta smiling as he looked at Goku who had a frown on his face while walking slowly to his designated room with the two suitcases in hand, Vegeta speaking just as Goku past him, not even turning when he spoke,
"Pack mule."
"Jerk."
The television
The sun was now setting making the world seem orange in colour, the prince of all Saiyans again lying peacefully on the couch in a deep sleep, until he was yet again disturbed…
"Umm, Vegeta?"
"What is it boy?" Asked Vegeta groggily without opening his eyes
Gohan could tell he had angered the prince so he put on the cutest face and most pleading voice he could muster, "Well right now Mr. Piccolo and dad are training, the others don't want to train right now so I have nothing to do while I wait my turn except…" Gohan then turned to the large T.V. on its stand with a longing look in his eyes.
"Except stare at that useless blank screen all day?" Asked Vegeta finally opening his eyes. "Sure, knock yourself out." With that he closed his eyes again and tried to get some more sleep.
"Thanks." And then Vegeta heard strange voices coming from somewhere in the room. This time he sat up and saw Gohan on the floor looking at the once blank screen now with moving pictures of two people on it talking to each other, followed by some annoying laughter coming from an unseen audience and Gohan saying "I don't get it."
"How did you do that?" Asked Vegeta astounded.
"Do what?" Gohan asked turning around to face Vegeta.
"Don't play dumb with me brat, how did you get those people so small and then put them in there?" Asked Vegeta pointing at the T.V.
"Oh, they must not have T.V. in space, well those people haven't been shrunk, it's a signal coming from a T.V. station, going to a satellite in space which broadcasts it here for us to watch. And this…," Gohan said lifting up the remote for Vegeta to see, "…allows me to control what I watch and how loud it is."
"Amazing…"
"Hey Gohan, its your turn!"
"Coming Krillin!" Shouted Gohan as he tossed the remote to Vegeta, but as he reached the door he quickly turned around and said, "Don't watch for too long or else your eyes will burn."
And with that he flew into the sky, gave a bow and started sparring with his father.
"I wonder…"
An hour had passed since the spar began and by now both combatants were full of bruises.
"Haha.." A small chuckle escaped Krillin's lips.
"What's so funny?" Asked Yamcha looking at Krillin.
Krillin responded without even turning his head from the fight being had in the sky, "I just realized that after twenty years of extreme training, the world's strongest man is surpassed by his son when he gets just a little angry and is now making us all look like a bunch of wimps."
"Hey I guess you're right." Said Yamcha with a small smile.
"You know what else is funny?" Krillen was about to answer his own rhetorical question but was cut off by a loud "NOOOOOOO!" coming from the guest house.
All the Z-Fighters sprang into action, quickly entering the house and got into fighting poses (with Chi-chi holding a gigantic frying-pan and Bulma a baseball bat), who all saw Vegeta with a shocked expression on his face staring at the T.V. while standing on the couch. Goku was the first to speak in a very serious tone of voice, "What's wrong?"
"Serra just kissed Fernando, who is actually Fredrick in disguise because he forgot who he was after bumping his head at the hospital, where Bernice had just found out her ex-boyfriend Shaun had a brain operation which had complications, and now he can only speak Spanish!" After this the prince, who was very much out of breath, watched as confused expressions went across the faces of the Z-Fighters. Gohan was the first to break the silence by falling down laughing and clutching his stomach.
"Err, Vegeta you know those are just stories, right?" Asked Goku while giggling slightly.
Vegeta's face went red and he quickly composed himself, "Of course you oaf! Now then, weren't you training and is that something burning?"
"Our spar! I forgot! Come on Gohan." Goku then bent down and picked up the still laughing Gohan.
"The food! I forgot! Come on Bulma!" Both women then ran out of the room, followed by the rest of the group (apart from Piccolo) who had smiles on their faces.
Piccolo then walked up to Vegeta, bent down and whispered, "Is that the whole story?"
5 hours later
Gohan was getting a drink of water in the middle of the night, on his way back to his room he heard strange noises from the living room and looked inside, there he saw Vegeta and Piccolo on the couch watching the credits of a show while sad music played.
"That, was so beautiful." Said Piccolo in a high-pitched voice while wiping a tear from his eye. Vegeta responded by nodding his head and blowing his nose with a tissue.
Gohan quickly ran back to his room, stuffed his face into his pillow and laughed so hard the entire bed shook.
The microwave
It was early morning and Gohan was the first up. He walked to the kitchen while yawning and scratching the back of his head, he was wearing a large, grey tank top and blue boxers as pyjamas. The kitchen was just behind the living room so he got a view of Piccolo and Vegeta on the couch, leaning against one another while they slept.
This made a small smile come onto Gohan's mouth as he watched the two sleep for a short while then he went to the kitchen to get the needed supplies for his morning meal.
The sound of Gohan opening the cupboard to get some cereal awoke the two warriors from their slumber. They quickly looked at each other and Vegeta said, "Last night will never be discussed."
"Agreed." Piccolo said with a nod.
"I won't tell anyone if you two don't." Said Gohan while mixing the powder, milk and sugar to make his lumpy breakfast.
"What?" Came the collective voices of the two warriors with now red faces.
"Hey, I didn't see anything." He said teasingly.
"Uhm, hurry up so we can spar, I want to see how well your training has paid off." Said Piccolo trying to change the subject.
"In a minute Mr. Piccolo, I wanna eat some breakfast first." Whined Gohan as he put his mixture in the wall microwave. He then pushed some buttons and a minute later there was a 'ding' sound and he opened the microwave to retrieve his now steaming food.
Vegeta had watched this with intrigue and walked up to Gohan who had just finished blowing on his spoon to cool down its contents.
"What is that?"
"Oatmeal, here try some." Said Gohan extending the spoon to Vegeta, who grabbed it, looked at the yellow, lumpy porridge and ate it.
His eyes jumped open as a delicious new sweet and wheaty taste entered his mouth.
"Absolutely delicious! I must have more!" He shouted. But as the spoon was about to be filled once again, it was grabbed by a small hand.
This was followed by a, "Hey!" Gohan then afterimaged to the other side of the kitchen and shouted, "Get your own!" while cradling the bowl protectively.
"Stupid, brat. I'll show him." Vegeta muttered as he walked over to where the various ingredients for his recently denied meal still lay. By some miracle he managed to get the proportions and order of the ingredients right, he then walked over to the microwave with his bowl (where the door was still open), put in his concoction, closed the door and again, another miracle occurred and he pushed the correct sequence of buttons, a minute later another 'ding' was heard, this is where the prince's luck ran out.
"Come on Gohan, lets go." Said Piccolo in a demanding voice seeing that Gohan had finished his meal.
"One second Piccolo, I wanna see this." Whispered Gohan while looking at Vegeta.
For a few seconds Vegeta stared at the microwave expectantly, arms crossed before he finally said, "Well, give it up."
Nothing
"Come on, come out. I won't hurt you." Vegeta said in the sweetest voice he could muster… to no avail.
"You are trying my patience machine." This time narrowing his eyes.
Nothing.
"Relinquish my meal at once you poor excuse for a fire!"He said with energy ball in hand.
No response whatsoever.
"That's it!"
At that moment Goku (wearing an outfit similar to Gohan's) sleepily walked into the living room. What he saw next was certainly not in the top ten list of things a person would expect to see in the morning: A small boy on rolling on the floor laughing, a Namekian with an impatient look on his face and a flame haired lunatic with a purple aura around him, shaking a microwave up and down.
"I have got to stop training so much, I think the exhaustion is getting to me."
The oven
It was late evening and everyone was gathered in the guesthouse (much to the annoyance of a certain Saiyan). Bulma and Chi-chi were again on cooking duty, Piccolo was in a corner meditating, the various men (apart from Vegeta who was merely walking around, being moody) were reminiscing about old adventures and Gohan, Puar and Oolong (who had only arrived that afternoon) and Chiaoutzu were watching cartoons.
Vegeta had grown tired of walking around and decided to stand in the kitchen so as to have access to the food first. He leaned on what he thought was the counter but was actually one of the very hot plates of the, well you know.
Vegeta sniffed the air. "Is there something burning?"
Chiaoutzu turned around, saw Vegeta's hand and said, "Umm, Vegeta…" But a hand was put on Chiaoutzu's mouth before he could finish. This hand belonged to Gohan who merely said, "Just watch."
Vegeta raised his eyebrow and was about to speak before yelped in pain, ripped his hand from the stove and started to blow on it, all eyes were now fixed on Vegeta.
"That's it! All these machines are conspiring against me! First the T.V. makes me look like a fool, then the microwave steals my food, then the toaster throws hot bread at my face when I want to see how far it is to being done, then the blender tries to eat me when I want to get my fruit back and now this thing bit me!" He said pointing to the oven.
"Well I'm on to you." He said leaning in closer. "Who do you work for? Is it Freeza? No! It must be Cooler! Darn it! Answer me you bucket of bolts!"
All eyes were still on Vegeta, no one dared to make a sound.
"Fine then! Have it your way!" Vegeta stepped back, got into a stance put his hands behind his back on his right side and began his chant, "Galick! Gu.."
"Err… Vegeta, the plate was just hot, it didn't bite you, you just kept your hand there for too long ." Said Chi-chi, the only one brave enough to point out the obvious .
Vegeta's face went bright red, "I shall be consuming my meal in my quarters." He said quickly as he left the room and slammed his door when he entered his own. This was of course followed by another laughing fit, courtesy of Gohan yet again.
The Shower
(A/N yes, yes. I know it isn't really an appliance but I just had to use it for this part)
The last day of the visit had come and most of the Z-Fighters were either training or relaxing, except for one that is…
"Boy! Get in here!" Hollered Vegeta from the bathroom.
"What?"Asked Gohan as he casually strode in.
"Bulma wants me to 'take a shower', is this the device in question?" He asked pointing.
"Yup."
"How does it work?"
"Simple, you turn the blue handle for cold water and the red handle for hot, use the white thing over there by rubbing it over your body to get clean after your wet and then rinse yourself off. After that wet your hair, put the goo in that blue bottle on it and rinse it off. Just be sure to close the door and then take off your clothes before you get in."
"Hmm… it sounds simple but, I require a demonstration."
"A what?" Gohan asked looking up with Vegeta looking down on him. "Vegeta, I don't like where this is going."
Meanwhile in the living room, Goku and Chi-chi sat on a love seat snuggling while Bulma sat on the single-seater opposite.
"So, you guys planning on having anymore kids?" Bulma asked trying to start a conversation.
Goku was the first to speak up, "Well actually…"
"Get away from me Vegeta!"
"Get back here this instant you twerp!"
"You'll have to catch me first!" And with that Gohan sped down the hallway, and through the kitchen door (which was luckily open).
Vegeta flew into the living room and growled. He then saw the three people behind him and got an idea.
He stopped flying and turned around. "Miss Briefs, I was just wandering if you would show me how to cleanse myself in a shower."
Bulma blushed and smiled a little bit, "That's sweet of you to ask Vegeta, but I don't think it would be appropriate."
Vegeta shrugged and said, "Oh well, how about you Chi-…" The next thing Vegeta knew a Super Saiyan's fist had knocked him through the kitchen wall.
"I may be naïve, but that is just perverted you pig!" Yelled Goku at Vegeta's now unconscious body.
"Hmmm…. If Vegeta gets up tell him I've changed my mind and would be glad to give him his first lesson in proper hygiene." Said Bulma as she ran off to get the necessary supplies for the lessons leaving a confused (and slightly flattered) Chi-chi to calm down her husband.
The only thing that went through Vegeta's mind at that moment was, 'At least I took that oven with me.'
A/N So what did you think? Please review and thanks for reading!
*(I think he's six but the dubs and timelines have me confused)
