DISCLAIMER! I still own nothing! I do not own DBZ or SM. I also do not own the Saiyan Language, that belongs to MegaKat and she graciously allows me to use!
Chapter 4: A Day in the Life at Capsule Corp
The next morning came quickly. Usagi and Kakarott had sat up all night with them talking about all things Saiyan and about his brother's and Father, their heritage, customs, legends, and language. Usagi noticed the alarm clock next to her was about to start sounding to wake her up for training. She climbed out of bed stretched and grabbed a new pain of training pants and her boots. She slapped the tall Saiyan on the shoulder.
"Come on Kakarott, let's go get the boys and get started."
They walked down the hall to Trunks room where they found Trunks and Goten still asleep, sprawled out across the bed. Goku walked over to the bed and tried to gently rouse the boys. They moved over and pulled the blanket over their heads. Usagi disappeared down the hall and returned with a bucket of marbles out of the freezer. She pulled back the covers quickly and threw the marbles on the bed between both boys. They both leapt out of bed screaming about how cold it was.
"Well," Usagi stated setting the bucket down on the bedside table, "now that you are both awake you can go and get dressed so we can start training and then you can have breakfast."
The boys quickly stripped out of their pajamas and furiously pulled on their training clothes and hopped around as they tried to pull on their boots. Usagi scooped the marbles back into the bucket and made her way to the door. As she left she reminded the boys to make the bed and put away their dirty clothes. She walked down the stairs again and into the kitchen putting the marbles back in the freezer and poured herself and Vegeta a cup of black coffee. The boys came racing down the stairs with Goku in tow. Usagi walked out the back door and as she began to set Vegeta's cup of coffee on the table she felt the cup being lifted from her hands. Her eyes locked with Vegeta's as they raised their mugs at one another. They looked out to see Goku leading the boys in warm up stretches.
"Did you get any sleep or did the idiot keep you awake all night?" Vegeta asked gruffly taking a sip of coffee.
"We stayed up all night. He was actually very attentive and interested and knowing about our people. He picked up on some of the language." She sat down in the chair, deciding to enjoy her coffee while Kakarott had control of the warm up.
"Damn, guess I can't talk about the idiot anymore." He sat his half empty coffee cup down on the table.
"I said some, your majesty, not all of it. Just greetings and simple phrases." She shrugged her shoulders. "I didn't want to over load him. I told him stories about Radditz, Turles, and Bardock." A sad smile touched her face.
Usagi and Vegeta finished their coffee and moved to join the boys in the last of their warm up stretches. They moved onto katas and working on forms and stances for the boys. Usagi walked around the boys and adjusted them into the proper stances. They kept on like this for the next four hours until 9 am when all of their stomachs began to rumble and growl at them. Usagi called training to an end and the boys, including Goku went rushing in for breakfast. Vegeta and Usagi rolled their eyes and walked in, stopping to grab their cups as they made their way to the table. After eating their fill the boys rushed up stairs and changed clothes and grab their books.
"Well, if this actually works you three are going to be training with them every morning from now on." Chichi said as she walked away into the living room.
Bulma sat Bulla in her high chair between Usagi and Vegeta. "Before you three get together and run off to train more I need you to go try on your outfits; that way if there are any alterations that need to before tomorrow night. Go, go! Usagi, dear, let me come help you with your outfit so give me just a minute." Bulma waved at Vegeta and Goku sending them upstairs.
Usagi remained seated next to Bulla and fed her baby food and the puff snacks. She would hand them to the small Princess allowing her to feed herself. Bulla picked up one of the puff snacks and offered it to Usagi, grunting until the silver haired woman took it. This was Bulla's favorite game to play, feed the big ones. Bulla placed the snack in Usagi's mouth and began giggling. She leaned over to the small babe and began to tickle her softly eliciting small baby giggles from her mouth. Bulma looked on with a small smile on her lips.
"Alright," Bulma walked over to them, "let's go try on this outfit." Bulma reached down to Bulla, unbuckled her from her seat and placed her on her hip.
Bulma and Usagi walked up the stairs to Usagi's room. Bulma walked in and over to the closet and pulled out a bag on a hanger. Sitting Bulla down on the ground, Bulma unzipped the bag and pulled out the dress. She hung it up on the top of the door frame letting it hang down loosely. Bulma walked out of the room to grab a necklace, a couple of bracelets, hair jewels, and shoes. Usagi knelt down on the floor next to Bulla in order to assist the baby as she tried to stand up. Bulma walked back in the room and placed the jewelry on the chest of drawers and shoes on the floor beside it. She turned around and placed her hands on her hips waiting for Usagi to try on the dress. Usagi stood and stripped down to her underwear, pulled the ties loose on the back of the dress and over her head. She slipped the strappy wedge shoes onto her feet and waited for Bulma to finish lacing up the back. Bulma stepped back and waited for Usagi to slowly turn around and inspect her. Bulma smiled and clapped happily. She quickly put the jewelry on her, stood back and motioned for Usagi to spin around.
"Perfect! Oh Usagi!" Bulma started pulling the jewelry off of and undoing to tie in the back. "You are going to have all eyes on you!" Bulma squealed as Usagi stepped out of the dress and began to redress in her sparring clothes.
The next day everyone woke up to a house full of hustle and bustle. Bulma stood downstairs still in her pajamas and bathrobe with Bulla on her hip as ordered the decorators and caterers as to where things needed to go. Usagi walked down stairs stretching as she yawned and still in her pajamas, an oddity in and of itself. Bulma turned to greet the silver haired Saiyan. Usagi scooped Bulla out of Bulma's arms to help make the blue haired genius's job easier. She walked into the kitchen and began to pull out plates and silver ware. She waited patiently for the coffee to finish brewing while she pulled out baby cereal and mashed fruit for Bulla. Trunks and Goten came running into the kitchen still in their pajamas and sat down quickly. Usagi poured herself a cup of coffee and grabbed cups for the boys and filled them with orange juice. Usagi grabbed a couple of breakfast food capsules and opened them on the table. Pancakes, bacon, eggs, grits, toast, fresh fruit, sausage, and donuts filled the table. As she turned away from the boys she saw Vegeta entering the kitchen, dressed and ready to train. She nodded towards him and moved over to the coffee pot and poured him a cup of coffee. Vegeta took it and sat down beside Bulla and began loading up his plate. Usagi sat on the other side of Trunks as she filled her plate as well. Goku and Chichi walked into the kitchen dressed and ready for the day and sat down to eat as well. Bulma walked in the kitchen, poured herself a cup of coffee, grabbed a donut and ate it quickly.
"They are setting up in the back yard," she looked pointedly at the Saiyan males around the table, "don't go back there and mess anything up. The guest will start arriving at 4 pm so we only have 7 hours until they arrive and 5 hours until we have to get ready." Bulma took a big swig of her coffee and topped off her cup.
"No worries Bulma, I'll keep the boys preoccupied in the gravity room and make sure they don't blow it up." Usagi leaned forward filling her plate and the boys' plates again.
"You have to get ready to Usagi. Bulma made an appointment for a stylist to come and do our hair, makeup, and nails so you can't be in there training too long." Chichi smiled at the female Saiyan, excited at the prospect of bonding time.
Usagi let out a sigh causing Vegeta to chuckle. She did not like doing the pampering thing; all the hair and nails, the womanly things of makeup and dresses. She quickly ate her food and walked upstairs to change. The boys rushed off behind her and got dressed quickly. She pulled on her black sports bra, dark training top, tucked her top into the pants and tied them tight around her waist. As she sat down on the bed and pulled her boots a knock resounded off her door.
"Come in." She mumbled as she tucked her pants leg into her Saiyan boots.
Vegeta opened the door and closed it behind him. The two starred silently at one another until the sound of Trunks and Goten running outside brought them back to reality. "Are you nervous? Be honest." Vegeta stated gruffly, refusing to break eye contact with her.
"In regards to what your majesty?" She stood from the side of the bed and began to stretch. "Being in a dress and heels tonight with. . . "
"No." He cut her off abruptly. "The Saiyans returning."
"Anxious is a better word. We don't know who is coming, what they have in mind, if they are working for Frieza again, or if they are planning to eradicate us."
"Hmmm. My thoughts exactly." He leaned away from the door. "Good thing we'll be prepared. Are you nervous?" He asked he opened the door and she followed him out of the room.
"I just answered your question about that Vegeta-sama." She rolled her eyes.
"About your dress and shoes." He huffed at her.
"It's a little revealing and flashy for my taste." She exhaled deeply as she thought about the plunging neck line and the thigh high split up the right leg.
"I'm sure you'll look fine." Vegeta made his way down the stairs with Usagi close behind him.
They entered the gravity room to find the boys bouncing happily all over the room while Goku chased after them trying to tickle them. Usagi shut the door as Vegeta turned on the gravity machine and instantly increased the gravity to 100 times that of Earth's gravity. Usagi watched as the boys fell to their knees at the sudden increase of pressure but quickly stood, bracing themselves as they tried to remained standing. Usagi and Vegeta stood side by side, arms folded over their chest watching as the boys struggled to remain standing.
"Here's the deal, fifteen laps around the building under this gravity level then we will move on." Usagi stated.
"Running, they have to be running laps." Vegeta corrected. "Usagi and I will be sparring. Kakarott, that's two hands and one foot worth of laps."
"Hey! I know how to count Vegeta." He turned to the boys. "You guys can do it, come on!"
The boys completed their laps and then moved on to Katas. Kakarott taught them his style while Usagi and Vegeta continued to spar, neither pushing the other very hard but just enough to break a sweat. Three hours passed quickly when a knock at the door drew the occupants' attention. Bulma and Chichi stood in the door window pointing at Usagi and the boys. Usagi rolled her eyes, powered down, landed on the ground and made her way to the door. Trunks and Goten followed Usagi into the house. Bulma walked into Bulla's room to put her down for her nap. Chichi ushered the boys into the bathroom in order to get them cleaned up and dressed. Usagi walked into her bathroom and turned on the water. She stripped out of clothes, throwing them into the laundry basket and under the unforgiving hot spray of the water. Her muscles easily relaxing and melting under the hot spray. She let the water run through her hair, down her face and body. She squeezed the shampoo into her hand and messaged the shampoo into her scalp. Grabbed the bar of soap and a hand cloth she lathered it up and scrubbed her body down. She stood under the hot spray of the water as she rinsed herself clean. She heard Chichi knock on the bathroom door and say something about a robe. She heard to door open and saw Chichi's arm reach in and hang a robe on the hook on the back of the door and shut it behind her. Usagi turned off the water, grabbed her towel, dried herself off, wrapped the towel around her hair, and slipped into her robe. It was a grey, three quarter sleeve robe with light pink cherry blossom design and stopped just above her knee. She stepped into bedroom and picked up the nude strapless bra and nude underwear Bulma had bought for her. Usagi slipped out of the room, into the underwear and pulled the robe back on. Opening the door she stepped into the hallway and towards Bulma's room. She knocked lightly on the door and waited for Bulma to respond. She heard a bang against the wall and reached for the door knob only to hear grunting and the Saiyan language being moaned. Usagi turned away from the door and moved down the hall to Trunks' room. She peaked into the room to see Chichi struggling to get the boys dressed. Usagi walked in the room and pulled Trunks away from Chichi and helped him to get dressed in his everyday clothes. They had yet to eat lunch and the boys would become restless being in their nice outfits for the next three and half hours. By the time the boys were dressed Bulma had entered the room and was smiling at the boys.
"Who's hungry?" Bulma asked cheerfully.
They boys excitedly jumped up and down and ran off down the hallway towards to kitchen. Usagi followed after them as her stomach gurgled, signaling she was hungry as well. She slowly made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen. Bulma had ordered pizza and had it delivered; no cooking, no clean up and no dishes. Goku and Vegeta each had their own extra large pizza box pulled directly in front of them eating as if they were going to starve to death tonight. Goku smiled at Usagi in between bites of pizza.
"Hey Usagi!" Goku spoke between bites. "What kind of pizza do you want?"
Usagi rolled her eyes at Goku and sat next to him. She grabbed a pizza for herself that was labeled pepperoni and mushroom. She took a big bite and out of her slice of pizza and leaned her head back against the chair.
"Usa." Vegeta's gruff voice called out to her.
"Hmm." She cracked open one eye too look at Vegeta as he slid a canned coke her way. She grabbed the can lifted it and nodded her head in appreciation. Opening the can she took a sip, "Thank you, Vegeta-sama."
"Alright boys," Chichi said as she walked into the kitchen, Bulla on one hip and her hand on the other, "It's time for you to do some studies before we have to get ready."
"Ooohhhh MOM! Do we really have to?" Goten whined as he shoved another slice of pizza into his mouth.
"Yes! Education is very important! You have to have an education in order to be successful. Look at your Father, Goten, all he knows how to do is fight and survival tactics in the wilderness. You both need an education so you can be a lawyer or a doctor when you grow up." Chichi clapped her hands over her heart and stared off dreamily into space.
"Well Trunks, you can do whatever you want when you grow up. Just as long as it has something to do with Capsule Corp." Bulma winked at her son. "You two go with Chichi and I'll come get you to get dressed after your lessons are done. Goku and Vegeta you two need to get showered and changed within the next hour and a half. Usagi, you come with me and Chichi, as soon as Gohan gets here you know where to find us." Bulma walked over to Vegeta and handed Bulla over to him.
Usagi and Bulma walked to the large living room on the other end of the house. There were several salon chairs set up. One of the ladies walked over to Bulma, grabbed both of her hands, kissed each of her cheeks, and looked to Usagi.
"Jean, this is Usagi." Bulma introduced them quickly.
"Bulma," Jean spoke with a thick French accent as she circled the silver haired woman. Her brown eyes moving up and down Usagi, taking in her appearance. Her light brown hair was piled neatly in a bun on her head, her glasses on the end of her nose, and she wore a mid thigh navy blue dress with a coral, cream, and turquoise colored wrapped draped over her shoulders and light brown kitten heels on her feet. "She is going to be a beautiful work of art when I am done with her. Come, come, come, and sit dear. Your bone structure and hair color. Tre magnifique!"
Usagi sat down in the chair as Jean gave out orders to her assistance. Bulma reached over to Usagi's chair and turned on the massage options. Usagi closed her eyes as the woman began to pamper her. They pulled her hair up and began playing with it while trying to decide on a style. One of the ladies grabbed Usagi's hand in an attempt to start painting her nails causing Usagi's eyes to fly open as she jerked her hand back.
"Usa," Bulma spoke calmly, "just relax. They're going to paint your nails, do your hair and makeup, and probably give you a massage if, you'll let them." Bulma sighed contentedly as they placed her feet in a soaker tub.
"Goody! We haven't missed all the fun." Chichi and Videl walked into the room and were ushered to change into robes. They sat down in the chairs and talked to the women working on their hair and nails. They described their dresses so they could best match colors and designs. Usagi leaned back in the chair uneasily. She kept still and calm while they painted her finger nails and toe nails. She didn't care too much for that but she did enjoy them playing with her hair; it relaxed her. One of the ladies wiped the facemask off of her and began matching colors. She had no idea how long she had been sitting in the chair or how much longer she would be waiting.
"All the boys are dressed." Bulma and Chichi sat down in their chairs again to resume their pampering. "Oh Usagi! You look so beautiful! Oh Jean, you and the girls did amazing! Can one of you help her get her dress on?" Bulma squealed happily as Usagi stood from the chair.
"Would like a massage first my dear?" Jean asked sweetly, motioning towards the table.
"No, I'm good. Thank you," she muttered awkwardly. Usagi pulled off her robe and stepped into her dress. Two of the ladies helped pull the dress up and slid the straps onto her shoulders. One of the ladies tied the corset back of the dress tightly into a neat bow while the other lady helped her put her shoes on. A chunky diamond bracelet was fastened to each of her wrists, a simple yet decorative diamond necklace rested against chest, and they slid the hair accents into her braids. The led her over to the mirror to look at herself. Her hair was braided around her head like a head band and the rest was left in beach waves flowing freely down her back stopping at her shoulder blades. Her makeup was light neutral colors. Her blood red dress clung to her body, two thin straps rested on her shoulders with a sheer piece of fabric draping around her middle upper arm; the skirt was loose and flowly with a slit that went up mid thigh on her right side. Her nails had been painted a base coat of silver with red design on them as an accent. She looked at herself in the mirror, not even recognizing herself.
Bulma and Chichi gushed over her appearance as they stood from their own chairs to slip into their dresses. Chichi wore a medium purple halter dress that barely grazed the floor and small black ballet flats. Her hair was pulled half up and soft curls accented the front of her face and her loose hair. Videl wore an off the shoulder yellow dress that stopped just below her knees and a pair of diamond studded strappy heels. Her short black hair was pinned off to side with studded pins. Bulma wore a brilliant blue strapless dress that was a high to low cut that trailed the ground behind her, black studded stilettos adorned her feet, a black shawl resting over her elbows, and her blue hair was flipped over. The ladies inspected one another and complimented one another as Usagi watched on. The ladies made their way down the stairs as Bulma instructed. Usagi waited at the top of the stairs and took a deep breath.
"Wow!" Came the whispered response from Goku. She turned to see Goku exiting a room, dressed in his finery. Goku wore a black suit with a white shirt, a black bow tie, black dress shoes and handkerchief in his pocket that matched Chichi's dress. "You look amazing Usa!"
"Shut up Kakarott." Vegeta spoke as he came out of the room adjust one of the cuff links on his right sleeve. He looked up to see Usagi standing at the top of the stairs in that red dress. He drank in her appearance as she took in his. He wore a charcoal grey suit with a blue button up shirt and pocket square that matched Bulma's dress, a tie the same color as his suit with dark brown shoes. "Holy hell woman..." Vegeta froze upon seeing her. She cast her eyes down to the carpet as she gathered her dress to make her way down the stairs. Vegeta shoved Kakarott out of the way and extended his arm to her, offering her assistance down the stairs. She took the crook of his arm with her left and held on to the banister with her right hand. "You do look amazing Usagi." He whispered quietly to her as they descended the stairs.
"Yeah, you do look really nice Usa." Goku smiled at her from behind them.
Once everyone was gathered Bulma ushered the entire Z Force outside for pictures. Trunks was dressed in a mirror image of his Father's outfit and Bulla wore grey dress with blue sash around her middle and blue polka dots on the skirt and matching blue shoes on her feet. Gohan wore a light grey suit with a grey tie, a yellow shirt that matched Videl's dress. Krillen wore a white suit, shirt and shoes with a red tie and matching hat, his daughter Marron wore a light pink dress with orange flowers and a pair of pink shoes, and an orange bow kept her hair pulled back out of her eyes. 18 had her hair pulled up into a bun and a black spaghetti strap dress with matching black lace gloves that went up past her elbow and small black stiletto heels on her feet. Piccolo wore a simple black suit and tie with a grey shirt. Yamcha wore a baby blue suit with a black shirt and no tie. Tien and Chaizou wore traditional green Chinese outfits with gold embroidery. Master Roshi wore a brown suite with a white shirt and a red tie. Pictures were made of them all together as a large group, some just family pictures, just friends in some, and Bulma ordered Usagi, Vegeta, and Goku to stand together for a couple pictures. Goku smiled while the other two stood there. Vegeta with his arms folded over his chest scowling like normal and Usagi with her hands clasped in front of her with a blank expression on her face. The photographer tried to convince them to smile to no avail. Goku wrapped his arms around both of the necks and pulled them in next to him. The photograph snapped away catching the moments of Vegeta and Usagi's shock which was quickly followed by both of them pulling away from his grasp and proceeding to land a couple of hits each.
"I'm not beating you senseless because that would make Bulma angry." Vegeta huffed off.
"Come on Vegeta, don't be mad." Goku chased after him.
Trunks and Goten attached themselves to Usagi's legs. She looked down at the small boys and smiled a small smile. She took a couple of pictures with them at their behest and soon the guests started arriving. Hercule, Videl's Father, was one of the first to arrive. He wore a maroon tux with a purple under shirt and black shoes. He spoke animatedly to everyone and asked Usagi for a dance. She turned him down stating she needed to stay close to Bulma. Usagi grabbed a glass of champagne from one of the servers as he walked by. She took a sip of the drink and decided to down it quickly; she did not care for the dry bitter drink. After several hours of Usagi following her around Bulma turned to the silver haired Saiyan and told her to go mingle. She walked towards the table of food and drinks. She grabbed a glass of sweet red wine a small plate of food. She watched as Bulma mingled with her guests and laughed. Piccolo walked over to her and cleared his throat.
"Bulma has asked me to distract you with a dance." His green cheeks turning a light pink color in embarrassment.
"You don't have to Piccolo." She took another sip from her wine glass finishing off the drink.
Piccolo took her free hand and led her out on to the dance floor. He placed one hand on her right hip and held her left hand in his right. She rested her right hand on his shoulder. Soon other couples started joining the dance floor and Piccolo let out a sigh of relief.
"Bulma wanted people to dance so we can stop after this song." Piccolo whispered in her ear.
She nodded silently as she kept an eye on Bulma, Vegeta and Trunks throughout the crowd. As the song ended and Piccolo pulled away from her, Hercule walked up asking for a dance. In the crowded dance floor she reluctantly said yes. He twirled around the floor gracefully with her and fed her compliments. After three of four songs she excused herself and turned around bumping right into Kakarott, who smiled his big goofy smile at her and offered his hand to her. He was a lot more graceful than she thought he would be. He talked to her quietly about how nice she looked, how good the food was, and how many people were there. Usagi tuned him out as she kept track of the royal family. Chichi standing on the edge of the dance floor caught her eye.
"Kakarott," Usagi spoke causing him to stop speaking, "your mate wants to dance with you, if I am not mistaken. Thank you." She pulled away from his arms and made her way over to Chichi as she tried convincing the boys to go talk to some of the other kids. "Chichi, I'll take over the boys. Why don't you go spend some time with Kakarott?" She nodded her head in his direction as he stood in the center of the dance floor waiting for Chichi to join him. Thanking her, Chichi rushed off to join her husband. She knelt down to eye level with the two boys. "Look, I had to mingle with people and be nice; so do you two. Come on." She stood up and walked over to the other children that were in attendance. She watched as Trunks and Goten introduced themselves to the other children. They soon all began to talk to one another animatedly about any and everything. She scanned the crowd finding Bulma standing with her Father talking about one of their latest inventions and what good it would do. She spotted Vegeta walking back outside from the house. He made his way over to one of the tables of food and filled two plates and walked over to her. He handed her one of the plates with a nod.
"Bulla fell asleep. She's in her bed." He informed her as he took a bite of one of the sandwiches on his plate.
Usagi nodded her head in response as popped a piece of cheese into her mouth. A waiter walked by offering mixed drinks of what appeared to be rum and coke. Usagi smiled, looked at Vegeta as they both grabbed one. They clinked their glasses together and took a sip.
"Needs more posh'ri." Vegeta said as set his plate on top of his glass to finish eating. Usagi set her plate down on the table next them and moved towards the house.
"I can fix that." She took his glass. "I'll be right back." She walked into the house, grabbed the rum and topped their glasses off. Taking a sip out of her glasses she gave a satisfied sigh. Exiting the house she made her way towards Vegeta. Before she had even made it off the patio she felt a strong force, multiple strong forces entering Earth's atmosphere. Her head snapped up to the sky and she lost her grip on the glasses causing them to slip from her hands and crash down onto the concrete patio. She locked eyes with Vegeta as he leaned away from the tree and nodded at her. She looked at Kakarott, their eyes locked and they nodded. He leaned down and kissed Chichi and made his way off the dance floor. Usagi made her way to where the Z forces were gathering. She knelt down to Trunks and Goten's level, "Promise me you two will stay here. I need you to look after your Mom's, Bulla, and Pan. Understand?"
"Yes ma'am!"
Usagi stood up tall and crossed the small distance between the boys and the Z Force. She unclasped the bracelets from her wrist and the necklace and placed them in Chichi's waiting hands as quickly as possible. "You all stay here. Kakarott, use your instant transmission and get us to the landing site. Your majesty, if things get bad you get out of there." Usagi grabbed onto Vegeta and Kakarott's shoulders.