9:22 PM 4/17/2003
E-mail: lac31685@aol.com
By: Chuquita
Quote of the Week: -from "Trigun"
Milly: You should never get between people and their pudding!

Chuey's Corner:
Goku: Ahh, pudding... (muses)
Chuquita: You know at first I thought that show was going to be boring and angsty, but it's actually pretty funny! :) The
main character actually reminds me a tiny bit of Vejitto.
Goku: Hee~~ Ji-chan has a cameo in today's story. Along with Goggie!
Vegeta: I can tell by the title that I'm going to be in much humiliation during THIS one.
Chuquita: Aw, not really Veggie. Actually, it's less than the last one!
Vegeta: (sighs) Thank God!
Chuquita: In today's Corner we're gonna talk about a couple things; well, namely stuff about Veggie, seeing as this fic is a
slightly more Veggie-centered one.
Goku: (giggles) In Veggie's little Veggie-mind, he is ruler over all.
Vegeta: (snorts) I do NOT have a little mind.
Chuquita: (to Veggie) We're actually planning on talking about how certain things about Veggie were "magically" altered after
the course of defeating each villain; physical things :)
Vegeta: (flatly) You've been lookin at your mangas again, haven't you, Chu?
Chuquita: (grins) Yes I have!
Goku: [pulls out Chu's dbz graphic novels aka 'chunky books' and several english Shounen Jumps] When little Veggie first
a-ppeared he was very very little and had small eyeballs and his lil Veggie-hair was almost kinda curly at the tips! [holds
up chunky book #2 w/Veggie first stepping out of the spaceship and chunky book #1 w/Veggie sitting on an alien while eating
it's arm] (grins) Wow Veggie, you sure were hungry--
Vegeta: (annoyed) Will you cut that out and get back to finishing up this idiotic thing, Kakarrotto! I feel like I'm on an
unpleasant version of the "This is Your Life" gameshow!
Goku: (giggles at Veggie) Heehee, "unpleasant". (to audiance) Anyway, by the end of the Veggie-as-the-bad-guy episodes--
Vegeta: --villain! Not "bad-guy".
Goku: Awww, Veggie was never a "villain" (laughs at the idea) he was just midlead and confused. That has happened to Veggie
more than once within the tv series. (nods)
Vegeta: (groans) Refusing to acknowledge that I was ever evil in the first place!.......and people say _I'M_ in denial!
Goku: (happily) No you're not, little Veggie! You're in de-chair! [points to Veggie's seat]
Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Why me?
Goku: Why not! Anyway [back to graphic novels] Not only did Veggie's height used to be extra-little, but his limbs were as
well! In't that kawaii!
Vegeta: (looks at book) I ONLY LOOK LITTLE THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE COMPAIRING ME TO NAPPA! _EVERYONE_ IS "LITTLE" COMPAIRED TO
NAPPA!!!
Chuquita: He's got a point, Son.
Goku: (pause) .... (cheery) OH-KAY! [points to mid-Freeza picture] Veggie's eyes also get much bigger after we beat Freeza!
I think it's cuz little Veggie's eyes bulged out of his little head so many times on so many different pages that they just
got stuck that way! Hahaha, or maybe it's just thanks to that sleep he got while "kaka-sitting" me!
Vegeta: (cocks an eyebrow) "Kaka-sitting"?
Goku: Yeah, I figured that's what Veggie would call it so I just beat him to the punch. (big cheesy grin)
Vegeta: (groans) Oh brother!
Goku: Veggie's not such a good babysitter if he keeps falling asleep while sitting for the baby who is the one who is really
supposed to be asleep.
Vegeta: WERE you asleep, Kakarrotto?
Goku: (big grin) Yes.
Vegeta: Then my job there is done.
Chuquita: What I thought was weird was how you slept against Son's container in the show, yet in the manga you slept outside
against the side of the ship.
Goku: (smiles sweetly at Veggie) Show-Veggie luvs me~~~ and wanted to keep his favorite peasant nice and safe!
Vegeta: I DID NOT! (grumbles) We needed you to aid in fighting Freeza. I swore I would kill you afterword.
Chuquita: Aw Vedge, you know you'd never kill Son-kun!
Vegeta: (looks over at Goku)
Goku: (staring back w/big sparkily eyes and sighing)
Vegeta: (twitches) Oh God.....I'd never be able to live with myself.....KUSO KAKARROTTO AND HIS KAKA-GERMED CHARMS!!!
Goku: HEEEEEE~~~~!!!
Chuquita: Before we get to a little snipit of what the fic has to do with, I'd like to list or poll/thought question.
Vegeta: (skeptic) "thought question"?
Chuquita: Yes, you need to think for a second if you want to answer it.
Vegeta: I guess that puts Kakarrotto out of the running, doesn't it. (smirks)
Goku: ...wha?

Poll/thought question: If you could ask Akira Toriyama one question about the series/characters/etc, what would it be?

Chuquita: I would ask him how they thought up Veggie and he had any other character designs he might've used for the
character but got scrapped.
Goku: Oooh, I cannot imagine Veggie looking like anyone else.
Chuquita: You were originally a talking monkey.
Goku: ..........really?
Chuquita: And Bulma was a cowgirl.
Vegeta: (snickers) Somehow I can't see her riding a horse without falling off.
Chuquita: And Oolong was big, fat, and taller than Yamcha!
Vegeta: Mmm, pork. Roasted pork.
Goku: You can't eat our friends just because they're made out of the same stuff you find in your local grocer's freezer!
Vegeta: (ignoring him) With mayonnaise...
Goku: (pause) ...mayonnaise? Real mayonnaise? (sniffs the air absent-mindedly at the thought)
Vegeta: (musing) Yeah...and a nice warm roll with various toppings and condiments placed upon the pork...
Chuquita: (sweatdrops) I think you're both hungry.
Goku: We're saiyajins, we're always hungry.
Chuquita: Anyway, today's fic has to due with Veggie's first arrival on Earth, that city Nappa blew up, and (shown in the
animé) the rather large amount of footage the ZTV crew took of the "aliens" that is suddenly being re-played on their news
show.
Goku: (grins) It's what happens when the rest of West City finally realizes that Veggie's an alien!
Vegeta: (twitches)
Chuquita: AND the reward that's being put out for the person or persons who can capture the "alien" and hand him over to the
FBI and/or the scientists to be subjected to dozens of experiments!
Goku: (proudly) Which is why _I_ will be there to save little Veggie from those who would hand his cute lil Veggie-self over!
Vegeta: (dryly) Well, THAT'S re-assuring.
Goku: (grins) Yes it is!

Summary: It's been 13 years since Veggie first landed on Earth, and newschannels are starting to finally replay the videos
taken of the two aliens who blew up Eastern City. The newscasters along with the FBI and scientists are beginning to believe
that the smaller alien is still alive, AND walking among the Earthlings. Now there's a 100 million $ reward for the capture
of the alien, and everybody wants to take advantage of it, including Chi-Chi and the other members of the Z-senshi who
particularly don't care for the ouji. But what happens when Veggie reveals to the press that Goku is also an alien? Will the
gang be able to save the two saiyajins from ending up subjects in a series of, private, secret experiments on their minds
and bodies? Will there be anything left to save by the time they get there?

Vegeta: Hmmph! I'm worth way more than a few 100 million dollars!
Goku: A pair of snazzy sunglasses--5 dollars, new ps2 game system--300 dollars, a warm soft hug from little Veggie--priceless
!! [hugs Veggie tightly against him]
Vegeta: (glowing bright red) .....*twitch*......
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" Hercule Hercule Hercule! I SWEAR if I have to do one more news story on him I'm gonna kill somebody! " one of the
writers at ZTV ranted as she paced across the room. The other two ZTV writers sweatdropped.
" It's not like we have a choice, " the man in the chair across from her in the tiny room said, " After all,
Hercule's been in the media for nearly 15 years now. " he shrugged, tired.
" 15? HA! It feels like forever! " the female writer groaned.
" 13. "
" What? " she and her fellow news-writer turned to the third person in the room; a man wearing sunglasses who was
pulling out random tapes from the gigantic videotape case against the wall. He glanced at the one he took out, then put it
back.
" Actually, the guy won the martial arts tourny only 13 years ago. " he corrected them, " We really did a lot of
coverage for that to get the public's mind off the alien invasion that happened a few months earlier. " the man thought back,
adjusting his sunglasses.
" You mean to tell me we were attacked by "aliens"? " the girl scoffed, " As in flying saucers and little green men
with antenna who point death-rays at people and force them to "take us to your leader". " she joked, " What a joke! "
" It's not a joke. It really happened. " chair-boy nodded.
" Yeah, besides, that idea of space-aliens is so stereotypical. " sunglasses rolled his eyes, " These guys took out
all of Eastern City not even a minute after they crash-landed there. " he said seriously, " Of course after the Tournament
the media was forced to do its best to get the general public to forget about us even being invaded. " sunglasses shrugged,
" You obviously were either too young to remember or didn't live around here at the time. " he took an older, dusty tape out
of the case near the bottom of the wall, " For 3 solid months it was ALL OVER the news. These two aliens---they looked
exactly like humans, only with these furry tails around their waists. "
" Like a dog's? " the girl blinked.
" Like a monkey's. " chair-boy grinned, pointing to his own waist.
Sunglasses popped the tape into a vcr connected to the dozens of small tv screens on the conjoining wall to the tapes
, " And what's best about THIS news story, is that Hercule isn't even in it. " he smirked.
" Yeah! A bunch of the guys from the previous Tenkaichi Budokai finalists went up against the aliens--and half of 'um
got SLAUGHTERED! " chair-boy exclaimed as the screen suddenly came on. The camera seemed to be held shakily by a frightened
person who was hiding partially behind a rock about 2 miles from the rubble that had been Eastern City. The camera was
pointed up in the air at two seemingly floating figures. A gigantic, mammoth-built bald one and a smaller one with a large
tuft of hair on his head. The little one seemed like an orderve compaired to the bald figure, who was now laughing
boisterously at their deed. The smaller alien snarled something to the larger one, instantly shutting him up, the two then
flew off into the distance. The tape skipped a bit and then flashed to a completely different angle, set high over a rocky
terrain where the figures from before stood in a standoff with a taller, green one and two shorter figures.
" The tapes were all edited together, they showed all the film all at once for a news special. " sunglasses commented
while the others before the screen stared at it.
The smaller figure noticed the camera and suddenly flew at it, hovering before the camera while snickering to
himself, " Well well well, look what we have here. " he smirked, cocking his head while he kept his hands on his hips.
" OH MY GOD!! THAT'S THE GUY FROM THE ICE CREAM PARLOR!!! " the girl shrieked.
" What? " chair-boy looked at her oddly.
" He--he was there yesterday before me in line buying a strawberry ice-cream cone with this big goofy guy in karate
gi! " her eyes widened as she watched the camera man back up.
" That's impossible, Mer. " chair-boy said as the alien aimed and fired a ki blast at the helicopter. The camera-man
lept out and fell to the ground, crying out in pain. From the camera angle it was still possible to make out the small alien
floating back down towards those he was in a standoff with before.
" It IS! I know that's him, I know that voice! Deep, thick-sounding voice on a little guy with flame-shaped hair.
It's gotta be the same one! He had a fit in the ice cream shop! Kept yelling at the bigger guy that there's nothing "kawaii"
about wanting him rainbow sprinkles on his strawberry ice cream. I almost smacked them both across the head to shut up if the
larger one hadn't picked him up and put him under his arm then carried him out of the store like it was nothing out of the
ordinary! "
" Really? " sunglasses looked interested.
" Oh come on! You're not saying you actually believe that same guy who just blew up a helicopter with his FINGER is
walking around West City eating ice-cream with rainbow sprinkles on it, do you? " chair-boy looked skeptical.
Sunglasses smirked at him.
" Oh GOD, you DO believe her! Help! Help! The world is coming to an end! " chair-boy exclaimed mockingly.
Sunglasses turned to the partial newbie and smiled, " I say instead of doing another Hercule-related story, we show
this baby and see if anything turns up. Who knows, your ice-cream mystery-guy may just be the same evil alien who nearly
anhilated the planet. "
The girl paled at the thought, then watched as the small alien layed a whallop of a kick on a man who looked eeriely
similar to the one who had carried him out of the ice-cream shop under his arm while the smaller one protested in a hissy
fit. She gulped, " ....and I was gonna hit THOSE guys?! "

/dl

" Welcome back to ZTV, the news station that gives you what you want, when you want---the news!! " a logo appeared on
the tv set.
" HEY VEGETA! ARE YOU COMING DOWN FOR LUNCH OR WHAT!!! " Bulma screamed up the stairs from down in the kitchen.
" DID YOU MAKE IT? " Vegeta's voice called back from up in his room.
" YES! "
" ...THEN I'M NOT COMING DOWN! "
" Aaugh! " Bulma griped, " FINE! BE THAT WAY! "
" I'll eat it Bulma! " Goku grinned, scaring Bulma out of her wits. She spun around.
" Son-kun when did you get here?! "
" Oh, just now! " he chirped, then stuffed the sandwich in his mouth, " Mmm, appetizer. "
Bulma sweatdropped.
" YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING, LITTLE VEGGIE!! " Goku called out in a sing-song voice, then disappeared. The
ouji waited for this moment, then exited his room and walked down the stairs to the kitchen in his training uniform.
" Nice timing. " Bulma said dryly.
" I'll make my own sandwich. " Vegeta nodded, " There's no way I'm getting poisoned on yours. I'd rather let
Kakarrotto prepare me a snack! " he opened the fridge, then took out dozens of ingredients and set them on the table with the
speed and elegance of a master chef. The ouji pulled out a fork and a knife and began to chop away at a large slab of pork.
" Mmm~~ Veggie's ~*COOKING*~ something! " Goku mused as he poked his head over the living room couch; where he had
teleported to; and pleasantly sniffed the air, " Veggie's an even better cooker than Chi-chan is~~~ "
" Well I'm glad you appreciate me, Kakay. " Vegeta boasted, " However, this sandwich is for me and me alone. Besides,
you already ate my first one. "
" YOU DIDN'T WANT IT! " Bulma exclaimed, then stomped off.
Vegeta casually watched her leave, then looked over at Goku, " Care to aid me in food-preparing perfection,
Kakarrotto? " he smirked.
" YEA!!! " Goku squealed. Vegeta looked to his left and yelped to see Goku suddenly there, " I'M-VEGGIE'S-ASSISTANT!"
he grinned over-excitedly. Vegeta sweatdropped.
" Yeahhh.... " the ouji trailed off, avoiding any eye-contact with the now sparkily-eyed peasant, " Kakarrotto I want
you to put these one first. " Vegeta held two small items up.
" Rubber gloves? " Goku looked surprised, " Veggie, I don't have a disease!! "
" No, but you DO have those kaka-germs of yours and if what happened to my future self is any indication then I can
easily save my sanity by avoiding all contact with y--- " Vegeta trailed off as the larger saiyajin's eyes welled up with
tears.
" Veh-gee....*sniffle*...doesn't luv me anymore....*sniffle*... " Goku stared at him w/big sparkily, teary eyes.
" NO--no!! That's not it! " the ouji yelped frantically, his face a light red, " I, I meant, avoiding all contact
with you--R, your germs! Yes, haha. " he laughed nervously.
Goku instantly brightened up, " Aww little Veggie! " he squealed, then hugged the ouji tightly, " I knew you could
never not luv me anymore! "
" Uh-huh. " Vegeta said dryly while his face continued to grow a brighter shade of red. The ouji twitched as he could
notice all feeling in his brain beginning to shut down.
" And now a ZTV news special! " one of the newscasters on the tv announced. Goku smiled and pulled a chair over to
the tv and plopped himself in it along with Vegeta whom he was still holding against him.
" Look Veggie! It's a SPECIAL! " Goku chirped.
" Hehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... " Vegeta trailed of, temporarily brain-dead while his face glowed bright red, " Kahhh-ki! "
" ... " Goku blinked at him, " AW VEGGIE! " he grinned, hugging tighter.
" Welcome one and all, today on ZTV we'd like to commemorate all those who were blown to pieces in the Eastern City
explosion nearly 13 years ago this month. As some of you may remember, this very town was not destroyed by nature OR human
forces, it happened to be the landing site of the first space-aliens ever to land upon the Earth. As you can see in this shot
taken by an amateur cameraman, the terrifying devistation the bigger of the two aliens caused upon the city. " the view then
switched from the newscaster to a far away shot of Nappa destroying the city with a swift move his his fingers, the smoke
cleared to show him and Vegeta floating above the city, the ouji snapping annoyedly at the bald saiyajin. Goku's eyes widened
at the scene. The man holding the camera backed up nervously as the camera jiggled a bit while following the two saiyajins as
they flew off, The screen then split off back to the two newscasters while a small picture of both saiyajins appeared in the
upper-righthand corner of the screen.
" That's right Dan. Why the day the aliens had landed worldwide-panic had engulfed nearly the entire continent. It's
amazing we even made it through that alien crisis without the Champ around. " the other newscaster said to him.
" Actually Sue, as you remember, many of the then-current high-placers along with the most then-champion Son Goku-- "
" Hey that's me! " Goku chriped happily, " Hey Veggie! They said my name on the TV! " he eagerly tried to shake
Vegeta out his dazed, dreamy bright red state.
A picture appeared on the screen containing photos of the senshi who had participated in the budokai and had gone to
fight Nappa and Vegeta. There were X's over Yamcha, Tenshinhan, Chaoutzu, and Piccolo's heads to indicate the fighters who
had been killed during the battle.
" VeggieVeggie look! " Goku propped Vegeta up higher on his lap, then smacked the ouji lightly across the face,
however 'light' for Goku was about a strong slap by a human and evidently knocked Vegeta's brain back to reality.
" Who-the-wha?......YOU SLAPPED ME!! " Vegeta snapped suddenly at Goku, who quickly turned the ouji's head back to
the tv's direction from over his shoulder at the larger saiyajin.
" Look Veggie I am on tv! " he said eagerly.
Vegeta blinked at the screen to see the many small photos. Goku's, at the top, looked as if he had just been rewarded
with a coupon to an all-you-can-eat-buffet, " Nice picture, Kakarrotto. " he said sarcastically.
" I KNOW! " Goku said in a star-struck tone, " I can't believe I'm on the TV! " he squealed, then paused, " I wonder
if Chi-chan can see me. Oh I should call her and tell her to turn the news on. " the large saiyajin reached for the phone
only to have Vegeta stop him.
" Now now, Kakarrotto, the last thing we need at the moment is Onna screaming at us for one thing or another. She's
been extra-insane about us even being in the same building together after that entire "mirai kakarroujo" thing. " Vegeta
snorted.
" Not to mention terri-fied of future you's "compact oozaru" form. " Goku cheerfully added.
" Hai. " Vegeta smirked, then pulled out a little tape-recorder and held it to his mouth, " Note to self: learn how
to control oozaru form long enough to transform into ssj4 so I can continuously frighten Onna out of her wits with it. "
Goku sweatdropped.
" Say Kakarrotto, what're you and the rest of the earth-bakas on the tv for anyway? " Vegeta asked, putting his
tape-recorder away.
" Oh, it's the 13th anniversary of Veggie's first visit to Earth. " Goku smiled. The ouji paled, " Remember how they
had all those newscrews around cuz Yajirobe tried to take credit as our gang's "manager" by telling the media about two evil
aliens landing. They just showed that big guy you were with but killed destory an entire city! " he explained.
" You mean Nappa. "
" Yeah! " Goku replied, " I forgot his name for a second. " he said, then smiled sweetly at Veggie, " That means it
wasn't Veggie's fault all those poor people blew up after all! You were just another innocent by-stander, ~*weren't*you*~? "
the larger saiyajin cooed while pinching one of Vegeta's cheeks.
" Et go ouf i ace. " Vegeta felt a vein bulge on his forehead, then smacked Goku's hand away and rubbed his tugged-at
cheek, " DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY KAKA-GERMS YOU COULD'VE JUST SPREAD ONTO MY BODY! I could be a complete kaka-loving
MORON by the end of the day if you keep putting your hands that close to my BRAIN! " he snapped. Goku only laughed.
" Aw Veggie, my kaka-germs mean no harm to you! " Goku grinned.
" Uh-huh. " Vegeta rolled his eyes, then pulled up a chair and sat next to Goku infront of the tv.
" Veggie sure he doesn't wanna take his spot back on my lap and save some space? " the larger saiyajin offered
warmly.
" I would rather eat my own dung. " Vegeta stated shortly.
" Oh, oh-kay! " Goku said happily, " ...........what's dung? "
" Ugh... " Vegeta groaned.
" The insanely large, brutal-looking alien who took out took out the city was also the one killed 3 of the 4
fatalities of the battle. The 4th being destroyed by this grotesque green creatures the aliens grew out of the soil. " the
newscaster woman's perky voice said overtop video of the battle between Nappa and the others, " While the hulkingly large
alien did battle with the planets strongest martial artists, the cute, littler alien sat on the side of this log in the
backround here. "
Vegeta dunked his head down and covered his face with his hands, " Oh, God..... " he groaned, then peeked over at
Goku, who was grinning at him like a mad-man; the larger saiyajin's bottom right eye-lid twitching with glee, " OHHH!!! I
can't believe they just called me "cute" and "little" on national tv!!! " Vegeta exclaimed.
" EEEEEEEE~~~~~ " Goku let out a happy yell, then glomped onto the ouji, " LITTLEVEGGIESCUTE!!! " he squealed, then
took a deep breath, " The television says so! And the television doesn't lie~~~ " the larger saiyajin said to the smaller
one.
" You don't watch too much tv, do you Kakarrotto? " Vegeta asked flatly.
" NOPE! " Goku chirped.
" Fortunately one of the small green monsters along the bald alien were both destoryed by the smaller alien. The only
two known deaths the little guy was responsible for. " she said as the screen went back to the newscasters.
" This lead investigators to believe that the smaller of the two aliens was also the most powerful of the two, and,
by his actions and re-actions to the larger one, also their leader. " the man to the right of her added.
" It took you THAT long to figure it out. Bakas.... " Vegeta rolled his eyes as he sat back in his chair.
" By this time, the winner of the 33rd Tenkaichi Budokai, Son Goku had arrived on the scene and after the bigger
alien had been dealt with, he along with the smaller alien flew off to an undisclosed location to do battle. But how do we
know that's what they really DID do wherever they went? " the newscaster said with a smile, " Well that's because unlike
other news channels, we here at ZTV are willing to risk putting our lives on the line to bring you, the viewer, up close and
personal to the news today! Even if it means being annihilated by an alien's death-rays! "
" Hahaha, speak for yourself Dan. " the woman laughed lightly at him. 'Dan' sent her a slight agitated glare, then
turned back to the audiance.
" Here we have a clip from our expert ZTV camera crew who taped the entire battle from a hidden, camouflaged vehicle
that appeared to the common eye to be no more than a large rock. Miraculously, the crew survived; even after the small alien
somehow turned into a giant were-ape and began to crush everything. " the screen turned back to more video footage, this time
of the two saiyajins first battle together.
" Wow Kakarrotto, look how SLOW we're moving! " Vegeta, who had taken to the shots and picking the battle apart as if
he were actually there, " Even the cameras were able to capture us without much trouble at all. " the ouji observed, then
snickered, " Heh-heh, look how much of an advantage I had over you, Kakarrotto; if your earth friends hadn't interfered I
probably would've won! "
" But then I would've died. " Goku said while still staring at the screen with intensity.
" ...huh. Yeah you're right. I would've killed you. " Vegeta sat back, then cocked an eyebrow at the larger saiyajin,
" What're YOU so focused on anyway? "
Goku paused, then glanced at Vegeta and looked the ouji up and down. Vegeta froze on the spot, twitching. He sighed
with relief when Goku finally went back to staring at the screen. The larger saiyajin then peeked at the ouji out of the
corner of his eye, staring again.
" STOP STARING AT ME!!!! " Vegeta screamed with embarassment.
" Now what're you guys doing? " Bulma said curiously, walking back into the room to put her now-empty glass of iced
tea in the sink.
" One of the news channels keeps replaying things they taped from my first battle with Kakarrotto; apparently its the
13th "anniversary" of the Earth being "attacked" by "space aliens" and they're playing all sorts of things that were taped by
people when I first arrived here. " Vegeta explained, then pointed at Goku, " AND HE KEEPS STARING AT ME!! "
" ... " Bulma looked at the screen, shocked to see there was actually footage of the fight, " They must've aired this
originally while we were all on Namek or else I would've seen it the first time around. " she said, surprised, " Wow is this
what you two look like when you go out to spar? Your both too fast for me to be able to watch now anyway. "
" Hai, it looks about like this, only we're not trying to kill each other and the battles are more intense due to our
abilities to reach ssj levels. " Vegeta nodded.
Goku suddenly grabbed Vegeta's leg and examined it, then glanced quickly at the tv screen and back at the leg.
" What...are.....you....doing, Kakarrotto!! " Vegeta twitched, his face glowing bright red.
Goku looked up at him with his pupils wide and dilated, " Veggie grew. " he said in a shocked little voice.
A confuzzled look covered Vegeta's face as the ouji cocked his head. He looked over at the screen and his own eyes
widened to see his 13 years younger counterpart's legs were just a little over half the size of his current limbs; the Vegeta
on the tv's arms were slightly shorter than the present one's were also.
" I grew? "
" Actually, you grew, then shrank again. " Bulma nodded.
" WHAT?! " Vegeta exclaimed.
Bulma threw down a capsule from her pocket, which revealed a life-sized height chart charting the ouji's height from
when he first arrived on Earth, then skipping to the year he spent on Earth after the Namek-sei incident, then several
measures during before the androids and during Cell to the 7 years and one made a few weeks after the defeat of Majin Buu,
" As you can see, you grew slowly taller over the course of your first stay here til you went off to search for Goku in deep
space after he beat Freeza. You had a growth spurt or something that jumped you up to a good 5'6 during the entire Cell
encounter, then you somehow shrank over the 7-years Goku was dead and went right back to 5'0, which was only 3 inches taller
than when you first arrived on Earth back here. " she pointed at the first measurement. " I just can't figure out how someone
can grow, then shrink again. Then you gainned another inch after your portara fusion with Goku which currently puts you at
5'1. But I think that's just due to whatever part of his leftover dna is still lodged in your body somewhere. It's a
side-effect, like how Goku now has that tiny widow's peak under his bangs that gets bigger and looks even more similar to
yours when he's in ssj3 form. " she explained. Goku grinned and held his bangs up with his hands to reveal the tiny widow's
peak. Vegeta shuddered at it, " If only I knew HOW you were able to lose those 6 inches, and WHY you would suddenly gain them
so late in life in the first place!! "
" Veggie's body cannot decide on whether he wants to be little or non-little! " Goku smiled at Vegeta, " I DO
remember Veggie being taller at one point. "
" OH YEAH? Well I'll get taller AGAIN, you'll see!! " Vegeta shook his fist at Goku.
" Do you know that for sure? " Bulma asked, intregued.
" No idea. " Vegeta flatly replied. Bulma fell over, her foot twitching.
" IF YOU DON'T KNOW THEN DON'T LIE LIKE THAT!! " she snapped at him, then sighed and turned her attention back to the
tv, which was now showing were-ape Vegeta squeezing Goku in his hands.
" I can't wait to perfect that compact oozaru form and use it's evil-monster-lookingness to scare Onna straight into
old-age. " Vegeta rubbed his hands together, " Maybe I should practice my regular oozaru form again. "
" Forget it; we have no room for you to do it and none of your training outfits are made of that super-stretchable
material Freeza sold. You'd rip all your clothes and end up naked everytime you transformed back to normal! " Bulma sighed.
Vegeta frowned at the information.
" I wouldn't want to end up naked.....ESPECIALLY WITH _YOU_ HERE! " Vegeta pointed accusingly at Goku, who was now
smiling at the tv.
" Did you know little Veggie blew up the least amount of people of all of us who did blow up somebody that day? "
Goku said with a musing look on his face, " I bet if it had just been Veggie who landed on Earth, he wouldnt've even blown
up Eastern City like Nappa did. "
" You live in a dreamworld, you know that, Kakarrot. " Vegeta said, annoyed.
" Veggie does too. " Goku nodded, " Scaring Chi-chan and trying to make me your servant-maid and all that 'great and
powerful saiyajin no ouji' stuff--that's Veggie dreams. " he smiled.
The ouji sighed.
" Can't argue with him there, huh. " Bulma smirked.
" While the offical anniversary of the aliens landing is two weeks away, we here at ZTV decided to broadcast this
important story ahead of time because of a new lead discovered by one of the shows writers who viewed the footage tapes. The
person, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims the remaining, smaller alien, may still be alive. "
Goku, Bulma, and Vegeta all froze at once; the blood rushing out of their faces.
" The witness says to have spotted the alien at an ice cream shop in West City this past Thursday. " the woman on the
screen said, " Whether this is true or just a case of mistaken identity is not known for sure. ZTV urges its viewers,
however, to call in if they have spotted this creature on the streets or have information on him. " a still picture of Vegeta
smirking at the camera the helicopter the ouji later blew up had taken of him appeared in the middle of the screen with a
maroon backround around the photo. The network's phone number was listed in white beneath the picture.
" Oh boy....... " Vegeta's shoulders slumped.
" It's, not a bad picture little Veggie. Really. " Goku commented.
" THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE PICTURE, BAKA!! I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS CITY ON A REGULAR BASIS!! CROWDS OF PHONE CALLS ARE
GOING TO BE COMING IN ABOUT ME!!! " Vegeta screamed, shaking Goku by the front of his gi where his arms could reach high
enough without feeling uncomfortable.
" A reward is also out for the capture of this little alien. The FBI along with a special team of scientists have
collectively offered to reward the live capture of him with a completely payment of $100 million dollars to the captor/s. "
she explained, " Sounds like a lot of money to spend over the little guy, huh Dan? " the newslady smiled.
" $100 million?! I'M WORTH BUCKETS-MORE THAN A MERE 100 MILLION!!! " Vegeta exclaimed, insulted.
" How much do you think you're worth, little Veggie? " Goku asked curiously.
Vegeta smirked, " I'm priceless. "
The larger saiyajin burst into giggles as Vegeta sweatdropped in reply.
" What's so funny? " the ouji pouted, annoyed.
" It's, *giggle* nice that little Veggie thinks of himself so *giggle* expensively. " Goku tried to contain his
laughter.
" It would just kill you to take me seriously, wouldn't it, Kakarrotto? " Vegeta said dryly.
The larger saiyajin nodded with a little smile, " Veggie is so cute when he tries to make-bee-lieve he is rough and
tough. "
" Guys, Vegeta could be in a lot of trouble here. " Bulma said, her arms folded as she watched the tv. The two
saiyajins looked over at her curiously, " First of all we don't know exactly what they would want with him in the first place
, and with a reward for him that high.....a lot of bad people could be coming after Vegeta to take him away. "
Goku's eyes widened as he looked over at the little ouji, then grabbed him and squeezed tightly, " No one will take
Veggie away because I will protect him and keep his little Veggie-self safe! " he nuzzled the top of the ouji's head
protectively.
Vegeta grumbled, " I can take care of myself, Kakarrotto! " the smaller saiyajin attempted to push himself out of
Goku's grasp, " Infact I could take out this entire city by myself if I wanted to so I am absolutely NO NEED of your
protection! " he squeezed out of the hug, then stumbled back a few steps before falling on his rear. Goku laughed and clapped
at the ouji's less-than-graceful landing. Vegeta looked up at Bulma, " Well "Genius-Woman", you don't happen to have any
solutions to this little problem, do you? "
" Other than just waiting it out, no. " Bulma sighed.
" WAITING IT OUT?! We can't just "wait it out"! That's so stupid! What kind of plan is doing nothing supposed to
accomplish! " Vegeta exclaimed, getting up, " What we need to do is develop some sort of high-tech satelite that will zap
everyone on earth of the knowledge of that video footage! "
" Vegeta, think realistically. " Bulma sweatdropped, " If we just wait it out, everyone will eventually forget about
"the alien" and move on to the next scandal or intrigue. "
" Meaning.... " Vegeta trailed off.
" ...meaning, you'll probably have to stay hidden here at Capsule Corp for the next couple months for this to blow
over. " she nodded.
Vegeta fell over, " TWO OR THREE _MONTHS_!!! I CAN'T STAY HERE THAT LONG I'LL GO INSANE! "
" You may not need to. That's only in the case that there will be little or no telephone responses. BUT, in the case
that their phone lines get flooded with information on people who've seen you around West City, we'll have to have you
teleport to Goku's house and stay with his family for the time being. "
" YEAH! Veggie and I can be hiding out--like secret agents!! " Goku grinned, " And we'll wear secret agent suits and
sneek around the house and drive fancy boats and have pens that turn into bombs and-- "
" ... " Vegeta walked back over to Bulma with his eyes narrowed, " I am NOT going to live with Kakarrotto. " he said
bluntly.
" You probably won't even have to. Whoever does call in will likely not know anymore about you than the average man
or woman walking past you down the street. " she smiled, " Anyone with enough knowledge about you to call in with any
potential clues would have to be one of us, and you know none of us would turn you over to some top secret scientists so
they can perform gruesome experiments on you, correct? " Bulma grinned cheesily.
" For the money I can see Onna, Yamcha, Piccolo, Tenshinhan, and Juuhachigou all calling in on me. " Vegeta muttered.
" Aww, Veggie! None of them would do that! They're our friends! And friends don't turn other friends over to secret
scientists and FBI agents! They may dislike little Veggies but they'd never tip someone off who was plotting to do painful
things to his small, soft little body, right? " Goku explained to the little ouji.
" Well....I guess.... " he said, still partially unsure.
" SEE, LITTLE VEGGIE!! " Goku said happily, plopping a hand on Vegeta's shoulder, " Friends don't hand over other
friends to evil scientists! Right Veggie? "
" RIGHT! " Vegeta grinned boastfully, then narrowed his eyes, " Now get your kaka-germed hand off my body. "
" O'! " Goku said, removing it, " Sorry little Veggie! " he gave the ouji another hug instead, " There, feel any
better, little buddy? "
The ouji's face glowed bright red, " Hehhhhhhhhhhhh~~ "
" ... " Goku blinked, then chirped, " I THOUGHT SO!! :) "

/dl

" Well whadda ya know about that. The ouji's finally getting his just desserts. " Chi-Chi smirked as she watched the
tv and beat the cake batter at the same time, " Gohan-chan, be a 'friend' and get Mommy the phone. " she said in a pleasant
mood.
" Kaasan, I can't just let you rat Vegeta out to the public without Toussan here to have his say in it. " Gohan said,
concerned as he took the phone off the hook, then held it against him.
" Oh we both already know what he'll say, "Oh no, Chi-chan! How could you even think of telling on my sweet little
Veggie who I love so very much!", that's what he'll say. And then we'll have gotten NOWHERE! " she groaned, then perked up,
" But Goku isn't here right now so how about handing me the phone, eh? " Chi-Chi smirked, setting down the bowl.
Gohan looked down at the phone on the counter uneasily, " I dunno if this is a very good idea. "
" Of course it is! " Chi-Chi happily grabbed it, " Once we phone in and tell them all about the horrible things the
Ouji has done to all of us--not to mention what he's done to my Go-chan--they'll bring us in, reward me, and capture the
ouji all in one blow! I get the money and they get the Ouji! "
" And Vegeta gets his organs dissected. " Gohan finished it off skeptically, " I know he's bad Mom! But think of it
this way: You hand over Vegeta. We get rich. Toussan finds out and goes off to save him. Toussan finds Vegeta's brain
floating in a pickle jar in an alien-research room. He divorces from the entire family and we never see him again. "
Chi-Chi laughed, " Hohoho! Gohan that could never happen! Goku leaving me because I sold the Ouji out to science. "
she chuckled, " However the pickle jar thing would be amusing. Now what's that number again? " she looked over at the
screen, then taped the correct numbers onto the phone and waited for it to ring, " Hm, so that's what the Ouji looked like
when he first landed here, huh? " she studied the picture on the screen as the phone continued to ring, " He still looks evil
...but, smaller. " Chi-Chi cocked her head, slightly confused.
" He grew a little bit, but at least he didn't spurt up bigger than Toussan. " Gohan nodded, then shuddered, " Can
you imagine if Vegeta was as tall as Piccolo!! "
" The Ouji towering over my little Go-chan... " Chi-Chi paled at the thought and the countless horrific images. She
quickly shook them from her head, " Best not to think of what would happen, a Ouji bigger than me AND you is a very bad idea.
"
" Hello? ZTV caller hotline. " a voice on the phone said suddenly.
" OH! I'm so glad I finally reached you! " Chi-Chi said brightly, " You see, about your story on the EVIL LITTLE
ALIEN OUJI, I have had numerous encounters with this vicious little monster and I *fake-sniffle* felt that now it's out in
the open again that I can share my tragic story with you all. " she fake-sobbed.
Gohan rolled his eyes, " Oh brother. She's almost as bad as Vegeta! " he left the room.
" Hi big brother what's up! " Goten grinned as he watched Gohan sit down on the couch next to him. The chibi had been
watching tv.
" Mom's trying to turn Vegeta in to the FBI to get rid of him "once and for all" and so she can recieve the $100
million dollar reward money and make us all filthy rich. " Gohan said in a dead-tone, bored of the spats between his mother
and the saiyajin no ouji.
" Hee~! I'm already filthy, Gohan! " Goten tugged at his gi, which was spotted with mud, " Trunks and I were building
a fort outta mud cuz Kaasan made us get rid of our fort made of jello. "
" I thought Toussan ate it? " Gohan cocked an eyebrow.
" Well, he ate some of it, but then we noticed it was starting to grow mold on it so Kaasan just got rid of the rest
using the water hose. " Goten nodded quickly, " Hey! Look big brother! Uncle Veggie's on tv! "
They were again showing clips from Vegeta's first battle with Goku.
" Hmm, I never did see this part. Toussan told me to go back to the Kame House with Kuririn so we'd both be out of
the line of fire. " Gohan thought outloud, " Amazing. They fight just like they do now when they spar, only slower and Vegeta
was trying to kill Toussan in this fight. "
" Aw, Gohan! Uncle Veggie'd never kill Toussan! Toussan said so! " Goten said happily, then laughed, " Funny outfit
Uncle Veggie's got on though, makes it look like he's wearing a skirt over his pants, haha! " he pointed at the tv.
" I wouldn't say that about his saiyajin armor infront of him, Goten. " Gohan paled, then let out a chuckle, " It
DOES sort of look like a skirt though, doesn't it? Hehheh. "
" Hahahahahahaha!! "
" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! " both brothers burst into laughter at the thought.
" GOHAN! GOTEN! " Chi-Chi excitedly lept into the room, holding the phone and covering it with one hand, " You won't
believe this! The ZTV people think my story could seriously help them in their search for the Ouji and they want me to go on
tv as a special guest with the newscasters!! " she felt dizzy with glee, " WOW! Just think! ME--on tv! Proclaiming the Ouji's
injustices to the rest of that stupid city who have yet to notice it! They'll take him away and we'll all finally be free of
his annoying, evil "wrath"! HAHA! " Chi-Chi pranced about, then hung up the phone, " I'm going upstairs to get changed! I
can't go looking like THIS you know! " she grinned, then ran upstairs, leaving Gohan and Goten in shock.
" Is, Uncle Veggie in trouble, Gohan? " Goten asked, worried.
Gohan blinked as he stared blankly at the spot where he had just seen his mother perform a little dance that more
resembled something Goku would do in a good mood, " Hai, Goten. When mom starts prancing around the living room, I'd say
Vegeta's definately in trouble. "

/dl

" Now explain to me WHY you're doing this again? " Vegeta asked, cocking an eyebrow at the handful of clothes Goku
placed on the sofa.
" Well, I figure that since everyone wants to send Veggie away cuz they think he's a bad little Veggie that could
hurt lots of people, that if we make little Veggie look less dangerous and a little cuter then all the tv people'll forget
about locking him up somewhere scary and we can go back to normal! " Goku explained happily.
" So you're going to "play dress-up" with "Veggie" so I look all "warm and fuzzy". " the ouji folded his arms,
staring at the pile uneasily.
" ... " Goku blinked, " Uhh, it, it only sounds like that, Veggie. But I want you to think of it like camouflage! You
know, blending in with your surroundings. Or attempting to look unappetizing to your predator so it will ignore you and go
away to eat something else. " he smiled, waving his hands in the air as if demonstrating something.
" Uh-huh. " Vegeta said skeptically, then picked up a ouji-sized pair of fuzzy light pink mittens, " Where did you
get all this mushy-looking clothing anyway? "
" Oh, that. This is all stuff I bought for little Veggie over the years but Chi-chan has confiscated before I'd
gotten a chance to give it to him. " Goku nodded happily.
Vegeta picked up a white t-shirt with the words "I'm Kakarrotto's ~*Special Friend*~!" written in blue t-shirt marker
in Goku's handwriting, " I can't see why. " he remarked sarcastically.
" I also got us matching gi's! " the larger saiyajin eagerly held up a smaller version of his orange and blue gi
along with smaller black and red boots to fit the ouji, " We can match each other! Won't that be FUN!! " he grabbed Vegeta
and gave him a tight squeeze.
" I can see why Onna took all these "little outfits" away from you... " Vegeta said in a faraway voice while his face
glowed bright red.
" Aww-haww-haww. " Bulma picked up a fuzzy red sweater with the words "Hug me" sewn into it a light pink color, " I
saw these at the Mall a couple months ago Son-kun. " she looked over at the glowing-bright-red ouji and chuckled, " Isn't it,
*snicker* adorable, Vegeta? " she tried to surpress her laughter.
Vegeta took one look at the sweater and let out a mental scream within the depths of his glowing head. He instantly
pushed himself away from Goku and wobbled backward, still weak in the knees, " Oh NO. Nononononono. " Vegeta shook his hands
at Goku, still dazed to a point where he could be perceived as partially drunk. The ouji slapped himself across the face,
further causing the redness to fade, " I am NOT wearing matching outfits with Kakarrotto and I am NOT wearing anything with
the words "hug" and "me" written in PINK on them! " the smaller saiyajin fully regained his soberness. He narrowed his eyes
at Goku, " You're just using this entire "alien" situation to get me into mushy little outfits for your own enjoyment, AREN'T
YOU, KAKARROTTO!!! "
" No little Veggie, I would never take advantage of you like that. " Goku said innocently, smiling at him.
" Hai, you're not smart enough to decide to pull one over on me. " Vegeta agreed, " ...are you? "
" Veggie try these pj's on! " Goku held up a pair of thin pink vertical striped white pajamas with the word 'kawaii'
in bubble-letters on the back.
" No. "
" PLEEEEASE, Veh-GEEE~~~!! " the larger saiyajin begged.
" Kakarrotto-- " Vegeta said warningly.
" Come on, Vegeta. Humor him! " Bulma said.
" WHAT?! "
" Goku's right. If the people of Earth find you as no longer a threat then they'll leave you alone. " Bulma reasoned.
" Heeheehee. " Goku giggled from behind Vegeta. The ouji looked over his shoulder to see a puffy pink bow tied
sloppily around his tail, " I luv u Veggie! "
" Uh-huh. " Vegeta said flatly. He looked over at Bulma, then Goku, then Bulma again and sighed, " Fine. Give me the
stupid pj's! " he grabbed the pajamas from Goku and started to leave.
" OH!! Veggie-wait! " Goku exclaimed.
" What? " Vegeta looked back, concerned.
" You forgot your head-band. " the larger saiyajin smiled sweetly as he held out a what looked like a tied-up pink
ribbon with a small bow on a portion of it. The ouji left the room grumbling and shortly re-entered wearing the outfit.
" I feel like a fool. " Vegeta twitched.
" Oh Veggie-kun! You look great!--err, cuddily! " Bulma said, then grabbed a nearby blanket, " Here, this should
help. " she gave it to him, then backed up, " There! Perfectly adorable! NOBODY'LL think you're an evil alien NOW. " she
nodded.
" OoooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo~~~~!!!! " a surpressed squealing sound came from
behind him. Vegeta turned around to see Goku oohing at him while his cheeks glowed bright pink and a musing look covered his
face, " Oh VEGGIE lookit you! You look just like a little plush toy I could take home and plop on at the end of my bed to
protect me when I go to sleep! " Goku rambled on dreamily. Vegeta felt his own face heat up and backed away, " My
~*Veh-gee*~! " he clasped his hands together.
" Eh.... " Vegeta twitched uneasily.
" Don't become so alarmed, Vegeta. This is a good thing. " Bulma said.
" And HOW would this be such a good thing? " he groaned.
" Simple! It's obviously working! Well, on Son-kun at least. All we have to do now is get you to speak to the people
of West City while in one of your new little 'outfits'. They'll probably get it if you just explain to them that you mean
no harm and use your cutsy outfit as proof that they're in no danger! "
" ...still....I don't like the idea of having to wear one of these kaka-costumes. " Vegeta grumbled, " Can't I just
go talk to them in my normal training gear! " he exclaimed.
" NO! Vegeta if they see anything labeled a "space alien" that looks like it isn't completely harmless, they're
gonna freak out! " Bulma explained.
" How do YOU know they're THAT stupid? " Vegeta said skeptically.
" Vegeta, these are the same people you tried to convince to aid in giving up their ki to Goku's genki-dama. "
" ... "
" ... "
" Point taken. " Vegeta nodded, " But I still think I can do it without looking overly-mushy like this. " he
pinched the clothes he was wearing with disgust.
" Let's try the matching gi's then! " Goku held up the veggie-sized gi while grinning ear-to-ear.
" NO! " the ouji shrieked in panic. He ripped the pajamas off to reveal his normal blue training gi, then called
down, " Maybe there's someway to just mildly change my appearance so that I can easiliy walk around town and influence people
into believing that the "alien", or rather myself, will not cause their moronic-brained selves any harm. " Vegeta took the
headband off and tossed it to the ground.
" OOH! I KNOW! " Goku raised his arm high in the air as if he were in class, then rubbed the front of Vegeta's hair,
causing the ouji's four bangs to plop back into place, " TAH-DAH! "
Vegeta looked up at his now-present bangs he had pushed back into his hair after childhood so he would look more
mature, " Kakarrot, that is the stupidest idea I've ever heard of! " he exclaimed.
" Hi Mom, hi Uncle Goku, hi new guy. " chibi Trunks acknowledged them as he walked past carrying two video-game
controllers over his shoulder.
" ... " Vegeta blinked as the chibi left, " Kakarrot, that is the most brilliant idea I've ever heard of! " he
grinned, " Trunks didn't recognize me and he's my SON! "
" HEEE~~~ Veggie thinks I am a gene-ei-us! " Goku smiled proudly.
" Oh come on, Vegeta. He didn't even get a good look at you! " Bulma said.
" Well it's better than me pretending I'm a mushy-headed baka. " the ouji snorted, then proceeded to walk over to the
closet and opened it, " Now where's my brown leather jacket? " he rubbed his chin.
" You mean this one, Veggie? " Goku chirped. The ouji turned around and did a double-take to see Goku cheerfully
holding up the jacket on a coat-hanger.
" How did you--oh nevermind! " Vegeta snatched the jacket away and put it on.
" Heeheehee, I like Veggie's jacket. " Goku poked the smaller saiyajin's shoulder.
The ouji pulled out a pair of dark sunglasses and put them on, then plunked a badge onto the left side of his jacket.
" 'West City Police Officer', when the heck did you get that?! " Bulma gawked.
" ... " the ouji blinked at her.
" Ugh. " she groaned, " Nevermind, I'm sure it's a long and painful story to re-tell. "
" That it is. " Vegeta smirked, then turned to his fellow saiyajin, " So! Kakarrotto! How do I look? "
" You look Officeral, little Veggie! " Goku gave him a thumbs-up sign. Vegeta nodded boastfully in agreement. Bulma
sighed.
" You see, Kakarrotto, by pretending to appear as a local policeman I can gain the trust of the citizens and use that
trust to convince them that the alien they saw on the tv is far far away out in space right now; never to bother them again."
Vegeta explained his plan.
" But Veggie, you're right here. " Goku said, confused.
The ouji sweatdropped, " Hai, but we don't want THEM to know that. " he patted Goku on the shoulder, " Now what
should I call myself? " he mused.
" Officer Ego-trip. " Bulma rolled her eyes as she strolled back to the tv.
Vegeta ignored her, " Hmm... "
" I know! Officer Veggie! " Goku grinned.
" Kakarrotto, no one would take me seriously if I used that nickname for this! " Vegeta sighed, " They're already
talking about how "cute" of an evil space-alien I make on tv. The last thing I need is another persona taken to be just as
kawaii as my real one. " he cringed in disgust.
" How about we call you Officer Geeeeeee~~~~ta then instead! " Goku said as he happily watched Vegeta pace around him
in thought.
The ouji stopped, " Baka, first that's now how you pronounce the end of my name, and second, Geta's the female form
of my name. I'm not going to walk around introducing myself with a female name, whether the earthlings know squat about us
saiyajins or not! That's like calling Yamcha 'Cindy' or something! "
Goku giggled, " Heeheehee, "cindy". "
" Think that's funny, don't ya? " Vegeta glowered at him.
" Maybe we could put 'um both together and get-- "
" --my real name. "
Goku thought for a moment, " ...Veggie...--eta..oh. Veggie's right. "
" Forget it, I'll just call myself Officer Oujisama and leave it at that. " Vegeta nodded in conclusion.
" Uh, guys? " Bulma said with a nervous twinge to her voice, " Could you come here. " she looked over her shoulder
only to nearly fall over to see Vegeta already standing there.
" Officer Oujisama reporting for active duty, miss. " Vegeta said in a serious voice. Bulma sweatdropped.
" Now what are you up t-- "
" CAPTAIN KAKARROTTO ALSO REPORTING FOR DUTY MADAM OR SIR!! " Goku happily boomed, causing both Bulma and Vegeta to
jump.
" Will you cut that out! " Vegeta snapped, shaking his fist at Goku, " ...and how did you get your voice so deep all
of a sudden anyway?! "
" I dunno...heeheehee. " Goku laughed in his normal, high-pitched tone. Vegeta looked awkwardly confused.
" You frighten me sometimes, you know that, Kakarrot? "
" We're back here at ZTV with live coverage for the alien-search. " Dan the newscaster from before said. A smaller
picture of the full-sized one of Vegeta used earlier was now in the upper right-hand corner of the screen with the words
"Alien Search" underneath it.
" Oh brother. " Vegeta rolled his eyes, " They could at least get a less-evil-looking picture of me. "
" As you know our hotlines are still open for information on this creature. Well here with us today is a caller who
says she's had numerous contacts with the alien and has said that he is very dangerous and oftentimes manipulating of those
around him. Infact, the alien has, according to her, abducted her husband from her home nearly a dozen times! "
" Oh no. " Vegeta's face paled, " Please tell me it isn't-- "
" Son Chi-Chi is the wife of Son Goku; the man seen trading those devastating blows with the alien. After witnessing
our program this morning, this brave young woman decided to come on our show and tell us what she knows to help us in our
search for the space alien. "
Chi-Chi walked onto the set and sat down in the empty chair to the left of the newscaster wearing one of her nicer
outfits along with her hair tied back in a ponytail instead of its usual bun. She was holding a handkerchief up over part of
her face and pretending to sob.
" Chi-chan's ponytail... " the larger saiyajin said slowly while he cocked his head, grinning, " I missed Chi-chan's
ponytail... "
Vegeta smacked Goku across the face, " KAKARROTTO!! "
Goku snapped out of it, " Chi-chan stopped being really sweet-n-nice to me as soon as she stopped wearing her hair in
a ponytail. " he explained.
" *sniffle* First of all Jon-- "
" --I'm Dan. "
" --Steve. " she started, the newscaster sweatdropped, " I'm so happy to *sniffle* be here. I've brought my sons with
me; Goten, and Gohan you've seen in the tapes. " the camera swiveled to the two brothers who were seated in the front row of
the audiance. Goten waving happily while Gohan sat there looking mortified.
" HI TRUNKS!! " Goten shouted, grinning almost-idiotically. The camera swiveled back to Chi-Chi and the newscaster.
" My poor sweet Go-chan would be here along with me *sniffle* today, but at the moment my baby's in the clutches of
that EVIL LITTLE OUJI-MONSTER!!! " Chi-Chi went from crying to pointing furiously at the camera, " I SWEAR OUJI THIS IS THE
END FOR YOU! ONCE THESE PEOPLE FIND YOU IT'S ALL OVER!!! "
" I'm not in Veggie's clutches. " Goku said, confused, " I came over here to snack with Veggie and maybe go sparring
outside together. "
" Kuso! Onna's only going to make this worse. " Vegeta snarled, " She's going to make it look like I'm holding
Kakarrotto hostage!!! " he balled his hands into fists.
" Yeah, that's mean to do to little Veggies who never hurt anybody. " Goku nodded in agreement, looking at the screen
in a stubborn pout. The larger saiyajin pulled something out of his gi pocket.
" What're you doing? " Bulma asked him.
" I am calling Chi-chan and giving her a piece of my cake! " Goku punched down numbers on the little blue cellphone
Chi-Chi had bought him.
" *sigh* It's a piece of your MIND, Kakarrotto. " Vegeta groaned, " Not cake. "
" Cake where? " Goku's head bolted to attention.
" Aaugh. " Vegeta slapped himself on the forehead.
" *ring*ring*ring* " Chi-Chi paused her sobbing spell to hear the sound of a phone ringing in her purse. She took it
out to see Goku's name on the little screen, ::Oh boy:: she mentally sweatdropped, " My Goku's on the phone! He must've
managed to get out of there! " Chi-Chi said to the newscaster, relieved. She pressed the button, " Hello? "
" Onna. " a familiar voice snickered on the phone. Chi-Chi froze, then glared.
" Ouji... " she growled, then noticed the newscaster looking at her oddly, " Ouji. The alien, he's an ouji--a prince.
You know; King, Queen, Prince? Royalty. " Chi-Chi explained, then went back to the phone, " Whadda you want now, Ouji. "
" Hmm-hmm-hmm. Very sneaky move of you, Onna. Using this "alien" thing to try and get rid of me. Well I can tell you
right now it's not going to work. " Vegeta said confidently, " And the lies and false tears aren't going to help you either."
the ouji said.
" Where's Goku! "
" Oh, yes, Kakay. He's quite occupied with me at the moment. " Vegeta smirked, looking over at Goku who he had traded
a giant lollypop for the larger saiyajin's cellphone. Goku stood there contently licking his treat while playing with
Vegeta's tail, " Kakarrotto-chan, would you like to say hello to Onna? "
Goku's eyes lit up, " VEGGIE'S CANDY'S YUMMY, CHI-CHAN!! " Goku's voice shouted excitedly from the backround. Chi-Chi
paled.
" What candy? "
" Kakay seemed hungry so I traded him some of my nice, delicious candy-treats for use of his cell-phone to let you
know how very happy he is here. " Vegeta chuckled, then noticed Goku tieing muliple multi-colored big puffy bows onto the
ouji's tail while holding the lollypop in his mouth and giggling spontaniously at his work, " I GAVE YOU A TREAT NOW LEAVE MY
TAIL ALONE!!! "
" ... " all color drained out of Chi-Chi's face.
" Onna? "
" ... "
" ONNA! " Vegeta shouted, all the hairs that weren't smushed down by the bows standing up on end, ahhing the larger
saiyajin, " Ugh! Kakarrotto help me get these baka bows off my tail before they leave a mark! "
" OH! " Chi-Chi said suddenly, then smirked as the rest of the color came back to her face, " Ohhhhhhh, that tail. "
Vegeta's eyes narrowed, " Get your mind outta the gutter Onna, that's NOT what I want Kakarrotto for! "
" You know, Newscaster Dan, the evil little Ouji here's been so wildly obsessed with my sweet Go-chan ever since he
was beaten by him in that battle. " she shifted herself so the cell phone was near the camera. Bulma looked back from the tv
to the two saiyajins.
" Uh, Vegeta? "
" I'm not "wildly obsessed" with Kakarrotto! I am mildly intreged. " Vegeta corrected her, " And it wasn't after that
battle it was after Kakarrotto hit ssj for the first time. "
" YEAH! " Goku grinned, " I was fighting Freeza and out of nowhere Veggie pops up and says "Oh boy Kakarrotto lookit
how amazing and cool and pretty you look! Let's fight Freeza and beat him together!" and then Veggie disappeared cuz he was
sent to Earth by the wish I made! "
" I didn't say it exactly that way. " Vegeta sweatdropped, " AND I NEVER CALLED YOU "PRETTY"!!! "
Bulma chuckled.
" I know Veggie THINKS I'm pretty. " the larger saiyajin smiled cheesily at him.
" NO I DON'T! " Vegeta's face went bright red.
" ~*Yes u do*~ 3 3 ~~~ " Goku said in the sweetest tone possible.
That was when Vegeta began to thump his glowing bright red head against the nearest wall while Goku watched in
confusion.
" Careful little Veggie! Don't wanna damage any Veggie brain-cells you know! " he called out.
Chi-Chi put the phone on hold, " As you can see, my Go-chan is so naive he is unaware of the great danger he's in! It
all began that horrible, horrible day when the Ouji and that large man arrived on Earth. After slaughtering some of my baby's
closest childhood friends the Ouji then destoryed his partner in crime himself! Then he threated Goku that he would blow up
the entire universe if he didn't fight him. My sweetheart had to accept that evil little monster's challenge! *sniffle* When
the Ouji went oozaru--that's what the saiyajins--the species the Ouji belongs to--calls their giant ape form, I truely
thought Go-chan along with my Gohan who was only FIVE YEARS OLD at the time were both going to die at the hands of that Ouji!
Fortunately he had his tail cut off, but now it's grown back and he could turn into a giant ape anytime he wanted and kill us
ALL! " the audiance looked startled at the thought, Chi-Chi pretened to sob, " When the Ouji was finally subdued enough to
kill off, my foolish nature-loving Go-chan told Kuririn--he's the bald one--NOT to kill the Ouji. Goku honestly thought the
Ouji could become a "good person"! HA! That Ouji doesn't have a good bone in his entire body! "
" Veggie's got a good heart though. " Goku nodded as he watched the tv, " And he tries to keep me safe from danger
and he let himself blow up just to save me and he portara-fused with me even though he was afraid to. Veggie luvs me and he'd
never ever let anyone hurt me. " the large saiyajin said warmly.
" When Go-chan finally got to Namek to try and save our friends and stop the Ouji all that evil little saiyajin did
was cause my Go-chan PAIN! He abandoned him in a battle and then made him fight Freeza, the also evil--yet now dead--being
who was controlling over the Ouji to begin with! Luckily he killed the Ouji and you'd think right then and there "oh we're
safe now, all Goku has to do is kill Freeza and it's all over" well it's NOT. Because when he had everyone on Namek wished
back to life and brought to Earth he forgot the fact that this wish would INCLUDE the Ouji! "
Goku looked over at Vegeta, who was now glaring at the tv with fixated attention. He gulped, " Lil Vedge'ums I'd
never let you stay dead Veggie. " he put his hands on the ouji's shoulders.
" ... "
" Ohhhh.. " Goku looked down at Vegeta, worried, " He doesn't even sense the fact that my "kaka-germs" are crawling
all over his shoulders at this very moment. " the saiyajin's eyes widened, " ......heehee...heeheeheehee. " Goku giggled,
then latched onto Vegeta's waist from behind. The smaller saiyajin's mind somewhere else at the moment. Goku rested his head
on the ouji's right shoulder, giggling, " I wonder how many seconds it will take little Veggie to recognize that I am here. "
he said eagerly.
" ....I have to admit during the first couple weeks I knew the Ouji he was surprisingly a good person to relate to.
He was the only other one who thought the rest of Goku's little "gang" were martial-idiots, missed Go-chan as desperately as
I did, heck I even swapped some cooking recipes with him. The ouji can cook you know. " she said to the newscaster,
" Freakishly well, too. Infact we got along fine until he stole my spaceship and flew off on a 2 year mission to find Goku
and bring him back home. " an angered glare appeared in Chi-Chi's eyes, " He came back as the evil little nightmare we know
today. The Ouji didn't find Goku in space, but when Goku's ship finally DID reach home a short while later that little
monster became obssessed with him. It's been that way ever since! We just CAN'T get rid of him. All the time trying to woo
my sweet Go-chan away from me, trying to bribe him with lavish vacations and delicious exotic foods *sniffle* no matter
what I do or what I say he just won't leave Goku alone! " Chi-Chi's eyes started to water for real this time, " You people
remember CELL don't you! Well it's the Ouji's fault he hit his final form in the first place! VEGETA IF YOU HADN'T STOOD
BY AND LET HIM GET THAT FAR THEN GOKU WOULD'VE NEVER BLOWN UP IN THE FIRST PLACE YOU IDIOT!! " she screamed, " It's YOUR
fault we all suffered without him for 7 years! It's darn shame you people don't remember Buu. Because that was when Goku
had to FUSE with the Ouji to beat him! Their "fusion-baby" didn't accomplish it anyway. Thank God they were able to get
unfused again. But now, because of it it's even harder to stop the Ouji! He uses his little "bond" to talk to Go-chan when
he's asleep, or when he doesn't want me to hear what they're saying to each other. It's TERRIBLE! Now they both have
side-effects from each other's dna! My Goku now has a tiny OUJIS-PEAK in the middle of his hairline! Why I bet he's
hugging the Ouji right now! "
" Wow! Chi-chan is PSYCHIC! " Goku chirped. Vegeta snapped out of his boiling rage at the loud sound next to him.
" Oh God you're pressing against my cheek, aren't you Kakarrotto. " Vegeta twitched, feeling the blood rush to his
head and turning his face bright red.
" YEAH! " Goku grinned, " Wow Veggie 5 whole minutes and you just caught on now! You must be really into thinking up
something bad to do to Chi-chan cuz she sorta lied about you a bit in her version of how we got you with us, huh! "
Vegeta's face was now practically glowing. The ouji closed his eyes and turned his head as far away from where Goku's
was to avoid any further kaka-germs, " You're lucky my arms have gone numb or else I would've chucked you off of me by
now! " he grumbled.
" Hahaha! Just don't do anything to bad Veggie, I can't have either one of my two favorite people hurt you know! "
he said happily, snuggling against the ouji. Vegeta felt like his knees were about to collapse.
" Please...let go of me....Kakarrotto... " the ouji gritted his teeth.
" OH-KAY! " Goku gleefully released his grip, causing Vegeta to crash into the floor.
Vegeta sweatdropped, " ...oww. "
" Now Ouji, before I have to release your full name, address, likes and dislikes to the public, I'm going to give you
one chance to hand yourself over without any fights. " Chi-Chi smiled amusingly, holding up her cell phone, " All you gotta
do is call here and tell me, then teleport your evil little self over here. I'm sure whatever they're planning on doing to
you will end quick and painless! " she said, then narrowed her eyes and smirked, " But if you don't, I'm afraid I'm not
only going to have to tell them where you are and live, but also that nasty little secret desire of yours. "
Vegeta froze.
" What "nasty little secret desire", Veggie? " Goku cocked his head, confused.
" O', you know what I'm talking about by now, Ouji. Goku if you're with him, which I'm sure you are, you probably
STILL haven't caught on yet. " she sighed, shaking her head, " Why the Ouji's whole little Ouji-world would most likely
come apart at the seems if YOU found out about it. " she smirked, " But I know how much you like hearing secrets, Go-chan.
If you really wanna know, then just wait around by the tv for the next, say 5 minutes. If the Ouji continues his stubborn
"saiyajin pride" streak as usual, I'll let the cat out of the bag. If he manages to swallow his pride without choking on
it first by handing himself over to the FBI, then his tiny secret desire shall remain ever a mystery for all time. "
" Kuso..Onna.... " Vegeta gritted his teeth, back on his feet. A sneer curling his lip.
" So! What's it gonna be, you "evil alien"? Your life, or Go-chan learning about the very thing you've tried so very
hard to keep from him in the first place? Hard choice, I know. " Chi-Chi nodded, " You've got 5 minutes and counting! "
she pointed to a digital count-down timer which suddenly appeared at the top of the screen.
Vegeta stared nervously at the clock, " ... " Goku looked down at him.
" Veggie? "
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12:52 AM 4/22/2003
END OF PART ONE!
Chuquita: And so ends another beginning!
Vegeta: Well, I have to say this is an interesting one.
Chuquita: Yah, at the middle I had trouble getting into it because I later figured out that Goku, you, and Bulma in the
same scene isn't nearly as fun & funny to write as it is w/Goku, you, and Chi-Chi.
Goku: Hee~~ I wanna know what little Veggie's *secret* is!
Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Even _I_ don't know what secret inparticular Chu's talking about.
Chuquita: Eh, you'll find out in part 2! (to audiance) I wanted to say I'm sorry for not getting this out on Monday; my
usual upload day (or what has become my usual upload day) it's just that Saturday I was at the mall for 6 hours and
Sunday was Easter so you get what I mean; it was busy and each day I work to either double my current KB's or get 10KB's
added, that didn't exactly happen this weekend so, sorry! :P :)
Goku: Also tommorow is school again so spring break is over!
Chuquita: (sad) Yeah, it is a sad sad thing. (perks up) On the good side, I did manage to download and watch the dbz OAV,
"Plan to Destory the Saiyajins". And I have to say, it was pretty good.
Goku: (happily) The eye-catchers were snes versions of us flying to different places like in mario bros.!
Chuquita: What was also cool is that it reminded me a bit of "Ki-Blind"--one of Sholio's fics where these robots caused
all the characters to lose their power to use ki. That actually happens in this OAV! I dunno if Sholio's seen the OAV
though. (thinks)
Vegeta: The plotline is simple, being that it was based off a video-game about us. A baka Tsufuru mad scientist wants
revenge on us saiyajins for blowing his species up.
Goku: (wearing safari-hat) Ah, Dr. Raichi, I presume. (blows soap-bubbles out of his fake pipe)
Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Bakarrotto.
Goku: Hee-hee! (grins)
Chuquita: Anyway, they gotta blow up all the machines, then journey to the "Dark Planet" (like they couldn't come up w/a
better name for it) to defeat Raichi, then they gotta battle this mega-monster his machine created!
Goku: (confused) If everyone's mad at the saiyajins, why is Piccolo there?
Chuquita: Because Piccolo is Toriyama's favorite.
Vegeta: (grumbles) Baka antenee-having turban-wearing cape-flowing TALL----hey! He made Piccolo tall because he likes him!
He made Kakarrotto tall because he likes him! THAT'S WHY I'M SHORT! Toriyama HATES ME!!
Chuquita: (sweatdrops) He doesn't "hate" you Veggie, he just--for reasons unknown--doesn't care for you too much.
Vegeta: But you're supposed to LIKE your own creations!!!
Goku: (wearing lab coat) Ah, Dr. Frankenstein, I presume. (blows more soap bubbles out of his fake pipe)
Vegeta: (depressed sigh) There is no justice in the world!
Chuquita: Well there is in the fictional one!....or, actually I guess you could choose whether you wnat justice to exist
if it's just a story or not. (confused)
Goku: I liked the end of the OAV where I teleported us all home and we all fell down in funny positions!
Vegeta: (sarcasm) Yah, that was REAL funny.
Goku: (happily) Veggie landed on his head!
Chuquita: (to Veggie) Good thing you have all that hair to soften the fall.
Vegeta: (dryly) Uh-huh.
Chuquita: Ooh! I almost forgot! The very best part of the whole thing (besides the little snes saiyajins) they showed
flashbacks to when the saiyajins landed on "Planet Plant"; there were at least 3 to 4 'Goku' saiyajins in each shot!
(happy) My kaka-village theory in "King Me!" was correct!!
Vegeta: However there were few ME look-a-likes. Infact the few who DID slightly resemble me were big and bulky...and
their hair wasn't as tall. [points to his head]
Chuquita: (to Veggie) I find it astounding how many people are mad at your father. (Raichi, Freeza, Bebi if you count
gt)
Goku: (sniff) Poor Veggie's daddy, he had such a good plan to rescue Veggie from Freeza's ship...shame the army got
cold feet on him and he got beaten to a pulp. (smiles) I think if I had met him I would'a liked Veggie's daddy.
Vegeta: You met BOTH my parents in previous stories, baka. (sweatdrops)
Goku: (thinks) ....oh YEAH! I DID, didn't I!
Vegeta: (annoyed sigh) Ugh..
Chuquita: I gave the OAV a 9 out of 10 only because the captions are done in a really dull yellow and it's hard to
read w/o going back several times to do so. (or pause it repeatedly) Loved Veggie's entrence, which, like in most of
the movies, was him appearing to save everybody right when they're at the brink of death!
Goku: Heee~~ Movie Veggie: [off-screen] "Kakarrotto, you look like you're having trouble!" OAV me was so happy to see
OAV Veggie in this!
Chuquita: It takes place after movie 8 cuz Brolli is mentioned but Goku isn't dead like in movie 9 (which I am currently
re-downloading; my computer got brainwashed, remember?) Movie 9 also shows our only glimpse into Veggie's bedroom, so
check it out if you can at dragonballarena dot com. (fanfiction.net won't let me put in urls for some reason ::shrugs::)
Goku: (grins) I like Veggie's room! You can see the whole city from up there! He has his very own bed too! And a TV!
Chuquita: We'll get back to talking about Veggie's "changes" in part 2's corner, I just wanted to let everyone in on the
OAV who hasn't seen it.
Goku: It is a lot of files but it is worth it! (cheery) It's like extra dbz episodes, with VEGGIE in 'um!! And we all
LUV Veggie! [hugs Veggie]
Vegeta: (groans) [covers his face to keep it from turning bright red]
Chuquita: See you in part 2 everybody! Hopefully due out next Monday!
Goku: Remember! Bigger Veggies mean more Veggie to hug! [squeezes Veggie tightly]
Vegeta: (bright red) I'm starting to think I'd rather stay small...