Chapter 9
"It's down here!" Gohan pointed in a house's window.
"Um, the people are home Gohan," Vegeta looked at the bottom floor window where the television was on. "And their daughter is in the room."
"She's sleeping," Gohan opened the window. "If we're really quiet then we'll get it."
So far they had gotten 3 of the Dragonballs, the four-star, the six-star and the one-star. Now it was nightfall and they found themselves somewhere in North America. Gohan sneaked in the window.
Vegeta hovered by the house on his faithful cloud. Gohan rummaged though a drawer. The girl on the bed shifted in her sleep. Gohan paused and waited for her to get comfortable. He pulled the five-star Dragonball out from the dresser and flew out the window closing it behind him.
"Well, let's turn in huh?" Gohan asked smiling brightly as they started to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
"But where will I go?" Vegeta asked. "It's not like I can stay at your house again."
"How about you camp out tonight?" Gohan suggested as they crossed Europe. "We can get the rest tomorrow and you'll be back in your own time."
"Oh, k," Vegeta said confused as they spotted the forest. Gently they came to a landing. Herman walked out of the hiding spot under a tree. He hated 'that blasted cloud' and volunteered to stay behind. * Gohan thinks I'm only from a different time? That's why he doesn't hate my guts! He thinks I didn't attack Earth because I'm a past version of the Vegeta he knows! *
"Night Gohan," Vegeta waved to the sleepy half-Saiyan as Gohan flew through his window. Vegeta was too tired to care about the dark forest as he climbed a tree. Settling on the wide branch he drifted into a dreamless sleep.
"Nighty, night Vegeta," a figure stood above the tree, one hand raised with a chi blast lighting up his face. Goku closed his eyes and prepared to let the blast go. His hair flared up golden and he drew a breath. Then his hand lowered and the blue light disappeared. His hair returned to its normal colour and Goku looked at the tree in self-conflict.
"Today is your lucky day Vegeta," he sighed slowly leaving for his house. "When you gather the Dragonballs you will be wished out of my life forever. Shit. You're right. It is cold blood murder."
"Thanks Goku," Herman watched the red chi trail to the Son house. "I won't tell your secret."
* * *
"Hey, Vegeta, get up!" Gohan shook Vegeta's shoulder in an effort to wake him up. "Vegeta!"
"Five more minutes," he mumbled and rolled off the branch. "OWWWW! That HURT!"
"Well I didn't roll off the tree," Gohan chuckled. "Come on, I have a lock on another Dragonball."
"Where is it?" Vegeta looked over his shoulder, now on Nimbus.
"That way," Gohan pointed north. "Dead ahead."
"Let's go!" Vegeta took off. Gohan quickly caught up to him.
"Hey Vegeta where did you hide the other Dragonballs?"
"In a hollow oak tree," Vegeta replied. "Herman's guarding them! I have a question, why are you calling me Vegeta?"
"Father told me you're him," Gohan replied. "You were wished here by Dragonballs. I don't see how though, the Vegeta I know is waaaaay stronger them you are."
"What is my power level?"
"1."
"WHAT! All that training..."
"Don't' feel bad, dad told me that he had a power level of 1 once. Look how strong he is now!"
"But-but," Vegeta was a loss for words. "Um, is it just me or is it a lot colder?"
"Now that you mention it is a bit chilly."
"We are going north right?" Vegeta asked.
"Yea, so?"
"Baka! We are heading for the North Pole!"
"Oh, that can be a problem," Gohan scratched his head. "I can stay there for a little while before freezing, but you can't. Stay here, I'll find you."
"But!" Vegeta protested but it was too late. Gohan was already out of sight. "Grrr, ok Nimbus stop here."
The cloud obeyed pausing in mid-air. Vegeta sighed and rested his head on his hands. "This is going to take a long time huh? Brrr, Nimbus find a cave or something."
Nimbus obliged, zooming closer tot he ground scouting the landscape. It banked right and stopped by a small quarry or stones. Vegeta could make out a shallow hole and hopped off Nimbus huddling there out of the icy wind.
"What I would give for a blanket," Vegeta shivered talking to Nimbus. The cloud suddenly rose in the air and left. "What! Nimbus!"
Vegeta retreated back to his shelter cursing Gohan, Goku, Nimbus, and all their ancestors and descendants.
"What are you doing here?"
"Huh?" Vegeta looked up. A few feet above him was Goku, arms crossed and an angry frown on his face. "Goku! Um hi."
"Did Gohan decide to leave you after all?" Goku asked looking mildly surprised. "I knew he would come to his senses!"
"Actually no," Vegeta replied. "He's off looking for a Dragonball."
"And you aren't!"
"I can't survive in the arctic! Nimbus left too so I'm stranded until Gohan comes back."
"Give me your hand," Goku landed holding out his hand. Vegeta looked at him with suspicion and slowly accepted it. Goku shot up in the air with Vegeta dangling from the end.
"AHHHH!!!!!!!! Warn me next time!" Vegeta yelled at Goku before remembering that this person had a reason for killing him. "Um er, never mind."
"Gohan's that way," Goku pointed. "And Nimbus is over there. NIMBUS!"
The cloud zoomed up. "Nimbus, take Vegeta to Gohan. Make sure that Vegeta never leaves Gohan's side unless it's nighttime or until the Dragon is called."
The cloud streaked away with Vegeta clinging desperately on. Vegeta puled himself fully on the cloud and look ahead. Heading right towards them at lightning speed was Gohan.
"AHHH!!!! Pull up!" Vegeta closed his eye sand braced for impacted. When it didn't happen he slowly opened his eyes. He and Gohan were faced eye to eye. "Hehe, er um, hi again."
"Hi," Gohan said confused. "I got the Dragonball." Gohan handed Vegeta the seven-star Dragonball. "The two-star is a little more southeast."
"Then let's go," Vegeta clutched the Dragonball as Nimbus followed Gohan. They travelled in a comfortable silence. Vegeta held the Dragon Radar watching the beeping dot on the green grid.
"Are we almost there?" Gohan asked.
"I think...yes in the lake!" Vegeta pointed to the deep lake beside a run down barn. Gohan glanced around for people before landing lightly on the ground.
"Wait here," Gohan ordered Vegeta as he dove under the clear water. Vegeta sighed. Suddenly Nimbus lurched forward under the water after Gohan.
"What the, Gulp!" Vegeta protested but was silenced when he started breathing the pond water. He hung on to the orange cloud as his lungs gasped for air that wasn't there. His brain felt fuzzy and he stopped struggling.
Meanwhile, Gohan had located the three-star Dragonball and was swim back up to the surface when he was face to face with Vegeta and Nimbus.
"Nimbus!" he yelled only it sounded more like "Glimnis!"
He grabbed his purple faced friend and swam up to the surface as fast as his legs would pump. He broke through the barrier of water and air after taking a breath he pulled Vegeta on his back. Pulling the unconscious Prince to shore he pumped his chest until all the water was out and Vegeta's lungs were pulling air.
"What happened?" Vegeta asked as he sat up.
"You were under the water!" Gohan yelled in his face, not really angry. "What were you thinking!?"
"Um, get back to the surface," Vegeta grinned weakly. Gohan sighed and smiled back.
"Well, I got the Dragonball, only one more!"
"Let's go," Vegeta reluctantly climbed back on the soggy Nimbus and followed the Dragon Radar once more.
A hidden shadow watch the two boys from behind a tree, cursing softly.
"I thought the Dragonball in the house would get them caught! And the arctic and pond? And before the cursed pyramid and volcano? When will Vegeta learn his lesson and die?" Goku watched frustrated as the Vegeta and Gohan shot off into the sky.
"Well the next one will surly have them stumped. They'll never get it. Goku you are a genius!"
"It's down here!" Gohan pointed in a house's window.
"Um, the people are home Gohan," Vegeta looked at the bottom floor window where the television was on. "And their daughter is in the room."
"She's sleeping," Gohan opened the window. "If we're really quiet then we'll get it."
So far they had gotten 3 of the Dragonballs, the four-star, the six-star and the one-star. Now it was nightfall and they found themselves somewhere in North America. Gohan sneaked in the window.
Vegeta hovered by the house on his faithful cloud. Gohan rummaged though a drawer. The girl on the bed shifted in her sleep. Gohan paused and waited for her to get comfortable. He pulled the five-star Dragonball out from the dresser and flew out the window closing it behind him.
"Well, let's turn in huh?" Gohan asked smiling brightly as they started to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
"But where will I go?" Vegeta asked. "It's not like I can stay at your house again."
"How about you camp out tonight?" Gohan suggested as they crossed Europe. "We can get the rest tomorrow and you'll be back in your own time."
"Oh, k," Vegeta said confused as they spotted the forest. Gently they came to a landing. Herman walked out of the hiding spot under a tree. He hated 'that blasted cloud' and volunteered to stay behind. * Gohan thinks I'm only from a different time? That's why he doesn't hate my guts! He thinks I didn't attack Earth because I'm a past version of the Vegeta he knows! *
"Night Gohan," Vegeta waved to the sleepy half-Saiyan as Gohan flew through his window. Vegeta was too tired to care about the dark forest as he climbed a tree. Settling on the wide branch he drifted into a dreamless sleep.
"Nighty, night Vegeta," a figure stood above the tree, one hand raised with a chi blast lighting up his face. Goku closed his eyes and prepared to let the blast go. His hair flared up golden and he drew a breath. Then his hand lowered and the blue light disappeared. His hair returned to its normal colour and Goku looked at the tree in self-conflict.
"Today is your lucky day Vegeta," he sighed slowly leaving for his house. "When you gather the Dragonballs you will be wished out of my life forever. Shit. You're right. It is cold blood murder."
"Thanks Goku," Herman watched the red chi trail to the Son house. "I won't tell your secret."
* * *
"Hey, Vegeta, get up!" Gohan shook Vegeta's shoulder in an effort to wake him up. "Vegeta!"
"Five more minutes," he mumbled and rolled off the branch. "OWWWW! That HURT!"
"Well I didn't roll off the tree," Gohan chuckled. "Come on, I have a lock on another Dragonball."
"Where is it?" Vegeta looked over his shoulder, now on Nimbus.
"That way," Gohan pointed north. "Dead ahead."
"Let's go!" Vegeta took off. Gohan quickly caught up to him.
"Hey Vegeta where did you hide the other Dragonballs?"
"In a hollow oak tree," Vegeta replied. "Herman's guarding them! I have a question, why are you calling me Vegeta?"
"Father told me you're him," Gohan replied. "You were wished here by Dragonballs. I don't see how though, the Vegeta I know is waaaaay stronger them you are."
"What is my power level?"
"1."
"WHAT! All that training..."
"Don't' feel bad, dad told me that he had a power level of 1 once. Look how strong he is now!"
"But-but," Vegeta was a loss for words. "Um, is it just me or is it a lot colder?"
"Now that you mention it is a bit chilly."
"We are going north right?" Vegeta asked.
"Yea, so?"
"Baka! We are heading for the North Pole!"
"Oh, that can be a problem," Gohan scratched his head. "I can stay there for a little while before freezing, but you can't. Stay here, I'll find you."
"But!" Vegeta protested but it was too late. Gohan was already out of sight. "Grrr, ok Nimbus stop here."
The cloud obeyed pausing in mid-air. Vegeta sighed and rested his head on his hands. "This is going to take a long time huh? Brrr, Nimbus find a cave or something."
Nimbus obliged, zooming closer tot he ground scouting the landscape. It banked right and stopped by a small quarry or stones. Vegeta could make out a shallow hole and hopped off Nimbus huddling there out of the icy wind.
"What I would give for a blanket," Vegeta shivered talking to Nimbus. The cloud suddenly rose in the air and left. "What! Nimbus!"
Vegeta retreated back to his shelter cursing Gohan, Goku, Nimbus, and all their ancestors and descendants.
"What are you doing here?"
"Huh?" Vegeta looked up. A few feet above him was Goku, arms crossed and an angry frown on his face. "Goku! Um hi."
"Did Gohan decide to leave you after all?" Goku asked looking mildly surprised. "I knew he would come to his senses!"
"Actually no," Vegeta replied. "He's off looking for a Dragonball."
"And you aren't!"
"I can't survive in the arctic! Nimbus left too so I'm stranded until Gohan comes back."
"Give me your hand," Goku landed holding out his hand. Vegeta looked at him with suspicion and slowly accepted it. Goku shot up in the air with Vegeta dangling from the end.
"AHHHH!!!!!!!! Warn me next time!" Vegeta yelled at Goku before remembering that this person had a reason for killing him. "Um er, never mind."
"Gohan's that way," Goku pointed. "And Nimbus is over there. NIMBUS!"
The cloud zoomed up. "Nimbus, take Vegeta to Gohan. Make sure that Vegeta never leaves Gohan's side unless it's nighttime or until the Dragon is called."
The cloud streaked away with Vegeta clinging desperately on. Vegeta puled himself fully on the cloud and look ahead. Heading right towards them at lightning speed was Gohan.
"AHHH!!!! Pull up!" Vegeta closed his eye sand braced for impacted. When it didn't happen he slowly opened his eyes. He and Gohan were faced eye to eye. "Hehe, er um, hi again."
"Hi," Gohan said confused. "I got the Dragonball." Gohan handed Vegeta the seven-star Dragonball. "The two-star is a little more southeast."
"Then let's go," Vegeta clutched the Dragonball as Nimbus followed Gohan. They travelled in a comfortable silence. Vegeta held the Dragon Radar watching the beeping dot on the green grid.
"Are we almost there?" Gohan asked.
"I think...yes in the lake!" Vegeta pointed to the deep lake beside a run down barn. Gohan glanced around for people before landing lightly on the ground.
"Wait here," Gohan ordered Vegeta as he dove under the clear water. Vegeta sighed. Suddenly Nimbus lurched forward under the water after Gohan.
"What the, Gulp!" Vegeta protested but was silenced when he started breathing the pond water. He hung on to the orange cloud as his lungs gasped for air that wasn't there. His brain felt fuzzy and he stopped struggling.
Meanwhile, Gohan had located the three-star Dragonball and was swim back up to the surface when he was face to face with Vegeta and Nimbus.
"Nimbus!" he yelled only it sounded more like "Glimnis!"
He grabbed his purple faced friend and swam up to the surface as fast as his legs would pump. He broke through the barrier of water and air after taking a breath he pulled Vegeta on his back. Pulling the unconscious Prince to shore he pumped his chest until all the water was out and Vegeta's lungs were pulling air.
"What happened?" Vegeta asked as he sat up.
"You were under the water!" Gohan yelled in his face, not really angry. "What were you thinking!?"
"Um, get back to the surface," Vegeta grinned weakly. Gohan sighed and smiled back.
"Well, I got the Dragonball, only one more!"
"Let's go," Vegeta reluctantly climbed back on the soggy Nimbus and followed the Dragon Radar once more.
A hidden shadow watch the two boys from behind a tree, cursing softly.
"I thought the Dragonball in the house would get them caught! And the arctic and pond? And before the cursed pyramid and volcano? When will Vegeta learn his lesson and die?" Goku watched frustrated as the Vegeta and Gohan shot off into the sky.
"Well the next one will surly have them stumped. They'll never get it. Goku you are a genius!"