**********Chapter 22**********
It was the day of the prom and it was already beginning to get dark. Videl was rushing around trying to find the make up bag that she hid from her dad. She was already in her glittery red dress and her shoes were by her bedroom door. She stood there in the middle of the room with her hand on her forehead. Where the hell is that bag? She scanned her room and then it suddenly hit her. It was in the dumb waiter; the waiter was never used so it just blended in. She went over to it and…wait, was it moving? She pressed her ear against the door and sure enough it sounded like it was moving. She threw the door open. She reached in and grabbed her bag, her hand barely escaped before it was below her room. Of all the times it could have been used…sheesh. She sat down in front of her vanity mirror and made her self up.
Juuhachi was ready way before she had to be, which was kind of unusual for her, she plopped down on her sofa and watched T.V for a while. Juuhachi had on a bluish gray dress, that was kind of shiny, it had a pattern of black flowers sewn all over it. Her shoes were sandals and across the toe band it was blue beaded. She had on a pair of blue sapphire earrings and a sapphire necklace to go with them. She dozed off waiting for Kuririn.
"Wow Juuhachi you look beautiful." Said her dad. Juuhachi opened her eyes and smiled.
"Thanks dad." She sat up and saw Juunana standing in the corner.
"Hey, can I take a picture of you?" Asked her dad.
"Yep, come on Juunana, you can be in this too." Juuhachi said beckoning her brother. They stood side by side and their dad took a few pictures. When they were done Juuhachi sat back down on the couch and continued to watch T.V. Juunana sat down next to her.
Buruma was sitting at her mirror putting on her earrings. She had on a black skirt and a white shiny halter-top. Her shoes were black and she had on a diamond necklace. Before she put the finishing touches on her make up the doorbell rang. She raced down as fast as she could and found Vegeta standing near the door. Her parents were standing together off to the side.
"Vegeta!" Buruma ran over and hugged him. Her mother snapped a few pictures and told them to stand together so she could get some more. When she was done, Buruma and Vegeta walked out of the house and down to the limo.
"Wow! A Limo." Buruma squealed.
"Yeah it was my idea." Stated Vegeta. Kuririn was about to protest saying it was his idea, but Vegeta gave him a death glare.
They drove over to Juuhachi's house next.
"Juuhachi I think your ride is here." Said Juuhachi's mother. Juuhachi got up and smoothed out a few wrinkles.
"How do I look?" She asked Juunana.
"Fine." He waved his hand at her to move because she was in front of the T.V.
"You're a big help." She went over to the door and before it could ring she opened it. Kuririn was standing there, his hair slicked back and in a tux. He was holding a corsage, he was about to put it on her chest but stopped feeling the disapproval of Juuhachi's parents. Juuhachi took it and put it on herself.
"Bye Mom! Bye Dad!" Juuhachi left out the door and Kuririn was by her side. "Wow! A limo! Cool!" Kuririn opened the door for her and got in after her. "Hi Buruma, isn't this cool? Who thought of this?"
"Vegeta did." Everyone said pointing at Vegeta.
"Nice, Vegeta. Very good." Juuhachi said nodding and looking around. They traveled to Videl's mansion next. Gohan timidly got out and went to the door. He got so nervous hoping that he wouldn't do any thing wrong that he started to sweat. He clutched the flowers and started to tremble. He rang the doorbell and Videl opened it.
"Hi Gohan!"
"Hi Videl, these are for you." He gave them to Videl. She smelled them.
"Wow these smell good, come in Gohan, I'm going to put these in water." She scuttled out of the room. Gohan suddenly felt that he was being watched, he looked over to the couch in the living room and saw Videl's dad sitting there sizing him up. Gohan timidly said 'hello'. Mr. Satan kept glaring at him. He was so relived when Videl came back.
"Your dad scares me." Gohan whispered in her ear. Videl chuckled as she pulled her coat on.
"Bye dad! See ya when I get home!" She quickly exited before he could object. They went out to the car and Gohan opened the door for her. Then he entered sliding in next to Videl.
"Wow, nice limo." She looked around and checked every nook and cranny and found it was fully stock with Coke~a~Cola and Brandy. She also found chocolate she tried one and pulled it away from her in utter disgust. She figured out that it was filled with brandy. She gave one to each of her friends to see their reactions. Vegeta was the first to try it, he threw the whole chocolate into his mouth and started to chew. His face scrunched up at first and then it relaxed.
"That was interesting, give me another one." Buruma then tried hers. Her face scrunched up too but it didn't relax when she realized that it was brandy that was in the middle.
"Uh, Vegeta you can have more later." Then aside to Videl. "Please don't give him anymore, remember the popcorn." Videl nodded and hid the candy. The rest had theirs, Kuririn and Juuhachi liked it, but Gohan didn't. The Limo arrived at the prom, which was at the party room in The Botanical Gardens over looking the ocean. The limo dropped them off and they told him to come back around midnight. They entered the room and found that no one was dancing! Vegeta went over to a wall and Buruma followed, Juuhachi and Kuririn started to swing dance everyone made a circle and watched them. Videl and Gohan went to the D.J and asked if he could play "Black Balloon" by The Goo Goo Dolls, because it was their song. When the next song came on every one slow danced. Vegeta managed to find the darkest corner and hide. Buruma was sitting in a chair next to him and sighed. Vegeta looked over and rolled his eyes.
"Would you like to dance?" He said and extended his hand toward her. She eagerly grabbed his hand and dragged him onto the dance floor. The three couples slow danced every chance they got, Vegeta wasn't into fast dancing so Buruma had to skip it. When the second to the last slow dance came on Buruma urged Vegeta to dance, but before they got out to the dance floor, low and behold, Rex came up to Buruma and whisked her away without Vegeta's consent.
"Rex? Where did you come from?" Buruma asked.
"I was here the whole time. Do you wanna dance?"
"Well…not with you…" Rex paid no attention and held her tight so she wouldn't escape. He wanted to talk to her.
"So you're with the freak now?"
"He's not a freak, I don't know what you are doing but I don't want to dance with you.'
"Too bad."
"What?? What do you mean too bad?" She struggled from his grasp and pushed him away. She headed back towards the wall where Vegeta stood scowling but Rex pulled her back.
"You ruined me, you know that? All my girlfriends dumped me and it was all because of you."
"What? I didn't do anything"
"By your little freak hurting me you did. Someone told them about why I was beaten up. So it's all your fault." He gripped her arm really tight and pulled her outside. Vegeta watched them and slipped out after them. Rex pushed her against a wall far from the party room and held her arms close to her body.
"All you had to do was dance with me, but no you chose the hard way." Buruma was panicking she looked around for Vegeta but could not see him. She whimpered. Rex laughed and kicked her in the shin. Buruma yowled in pain but before it could get loud Rex covered her mouth.
"You say one peep and I'll kill you." Then a smile spread across her face.
"Go ahead I dare you."
Rex's eyes went wide; he was about to punch her in the stomach when he felt a presence behind him. Rex went rigid as Vegeta put his hands on Rex's shoulders and started to squeeze.
"Ow, that hurts…" whined Rex in a very, very small voice. Buruma went close to him and she seemingly was going to kiss him but instead pummeled her fist into his stomach. He screeched and blood came from his mouth as he bit his tongue with her fist impact. With her face still close to his she said: "That pain is the pain you gave to me and those other poor girls. Enjoy." She smirked. "Ok Vegeta you can do what ever you want with him." Vegeta tossed him into a rose bush and carried Buruma back to the room. They stopped just outside the room and just in time for the last slow dance of the evening. Vegeta held Buruma in his arms as they kissed for the whole song.
When the party was over the group piled into the limo and told the driver to take them for a joyride.
"So I saw Rex there. Did he give you any trouble?" Videl asked Buruma.
"Well yeah, I guess he wanted to beat me up for "ruining" his life."
"Did he hurt you?" Videl asked.
"Yeah he kicked me in the shin, I think I'm going to have a bruise."
"Oh man…" Said Videl when Buruma showed her, her already darkening leg. Vegeta hugged Buruma close and kissed her.
"I should have killed him for doing that to you." Vegeta said.
"Ah he's a loser." Juuhachi said. She got a round of nods in agreement. Videl meanwhile was pouring a glass of Coke and Burgundy for Buruma.
"Here Buruma try this, it's good. It'll take the pain away." Buruma was a little hesitant about trying the Burgundy, but since the Coke was there…she didn't know, so she tried it anyway. She took a sip and found it to be rather tangy but sweet at the same time. She gave Vegeta and the others a taste. They liked it and asked Videl to make them one. When everyone had their drink Buruma felt a little tipsy and started to laugh. She fell on the floor and giggled hysterically. Vegeta lifted an eyebrow in concern.
"Whoa, that's funny." Juuhachi said. She couldn't suppress the smile that formed on her face because of Buruma. Vegeta and Gohan were at a loss they could hold their liquor and found that the giggling that had erupted was annoying. Buruma opened the sunroof of the limo and stood up; she whooped and hollered at the passing cars. Videl joined her and urged Juuhachi to do it also. They were screaming with delight until Vegeta and Gohan pulled their girlfriends back inside. Juuhachi followed and continued to drink her half drunk drink. Videl passed out more and told the driver to drive to the mall that was open for a sale one of the departments was having. They were dropped off and the driver told them to be back at two so that he could go home. They agreed and shuffled into the mall. The girls took off their shoes and had a race to the end of the mall. The guys followed casually, but the drink was having an effect on Kuririn. He ran after them laughing profusely. The saiyajins looked at each other and figured that this was a very bad idea and they had to get the humans back to their homes. Vegeta went after Buruma and Kuririn and Gohan went after Videl and Juuhachi. They ended up chasing them for more than an hour. For the humans it was pure fun but for the saiyajins it was pure torture. When they safely rounded up their drunken friends it was well past two and while they looked for the limo, it was nowhere to be seen. So Gohan took Juuhachi and Kuririn home and Vegeta took Buruma and Videl home. When Vegeta dropped off Videl he found that Buruma was already asleep. He cradled her all the way to her house and entered through the window. He placed her on her bed and left. On his way back to Kuririn's house he began to think.
Jeez remind me never to let Buruma have a drink. That was just so annoying, but in a way it was kind of fun. I've never seen her get so giggly or any of her friends for that matter. I have to go back soon. He became a little sad realizing that Buruma may not want to go at the last minute or something like that. I hope she comes with me…it'll be great. Although I hope my subjects are willing to accept her. He pondered this for a while and found himself back at Buruma's. He looked into her window and watched her sleep. He was very content now that he had found his true love. But does Buruma feel the same way?
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