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Chapter 7 Spying ***********
"TAG!" exclaimed Goten as he tapped his uncle's shoulder. He quickly turned and zoomed away from his relative laughing. Raditz growled, he couldn't believe that he was stuck playing this childish game. But the half- saiyan prince insisted, and with his grandfather around... he knew that he shouldn't say no unless he was feeling suicidal. He turned and chased the two boys. He would be able to catch up to the two after a while, but they would turn to face him, stick their tongue out at him then speed off faster so he couldn't keep up. 'Damn them for having the super saiyan speed!' he mentally cursed.
Then, they stopped. Raditz was FINNALLY able to catch up to the two as they stood there. He peered at them as they floated in the air.
Trunks looked at Goten, "Our homework... It's due in tomorrow..." Goten blinked, he had totally forgot about the assignments! His mom would KILL him if he had gotten a 99% on a paper. (AN: Strict mom... o_o;)
"Yeah... And I have to get back to Sakura on our Writing project. I hope she hasn't completed it all by herself..." Trunks sighed.
Raditz just looked at the two, lost. He crossed his arms, "What are you two blabbering about?"
"Homework." The two boys said in unison. They floated to the ground and grumbled trudging back to the house. Raditz flew after them at a slow pace.
***********
The king wondered around the large complex of Capsule Corp. Sure, the building was huge, but not as large as his palace on Vegetasei. Close, but not quite. Twisting the handle to one of the many doors in the home, he opened it.
A curtain had been opened so light could enter the large room. He looked around the area, or to what the king saw, a library. He walked up to one of the many shelves in the room and pulled out a hardback book. He looked at the cover, it was written in the saiyan language! Legendary was the title of the saiyan book. The king had read this fiction book when he was a child. His son must have had this with him on Frieza's ship, one of the few things he was able to bring to remind him of his home.
The king found a blue leather chair in a corner of the library with a lamp beside it. The king then thought for a moment, he was all alone...And since no one else was in the room... the king cheerfully ran to the chair like a little kid who just got candy, and not to mention with a huge, and I mean HUGE grin on his face. (AN: Oh god... If King Vegeta read this he would be after me in a second...o_O;) Jumping into the recliner he sat with his legs draped over one of the arms of the leather chair. He smirked, being king was great but he never had any time to himself. He shrugged it off as he opened up the book, and started to read.
**********
Somehow, Bardock had stumbled upon Bulma's lab in the house. Gazing upon the many inventions she had around the room he noticed a few that weren't completed.
He picked up a random device and a screwdriver. Analyzing it for a minute, he shook his head while noticing a few 'mistakes' that would disable this device. 'Now... this needs to be tightened... this needs a few adjustments here... No, this wire will kill the machine when it's turned on... I think...'
Bardock pulled the wire out and put the finishing touches on the machine. He smirked. "It's COMPLETE!" He turned the contraption on.
Nothing happened. He blinked as he brought the small box up to his face to take a closer look.
*BOOM*
Bardock's face turned black as the machine blew up in his face. He hissed at the cursed contraption, then it turned into a growl, 'Okay... so maybe the machine needed that wire...'
He noticed the blue prints to the machine a few feet away on the table, and reached out to grab them. He opened the paper up glancing at the design. ' I KNEW it! It DID need that wire!' He looked down at the broken machine; all of the important pieces were still whole (thank goodness!) but they were a bit... how should I say it... scorched? Bardock found a cloth and tried to clean the soot off of the nearly melted plastic and blackened metal. He noticed a toolbox and a table full of random wires and chips, perfect! The saiyan pulled out a stool, then sitting in it; then he grabbed the toolbox and the random wires plus chips to his working area, and started to work on the machine like a mad scientist.
**********
As for Gohan and Nappa... they were having a staring contest. So far, they had been staring at each other for about 10 minutes and their eyes were becoming red from not blinking. Very, VERY bad for saiyan vision! A breeze blew by and they both blinked.
"Ow..." complained Gohan as he rubbed his now swollen eyes. His eyes began to water making it look like he was going to cry. Same thing happened with Nappa, however he wasn't the one to complain. He DID think of himself as a saiyan warrior, and saiyan warriors would never complain!
"Gohan..." called out Goten from the other side of the yard. He turned to look at his brother. "We can't go sparing with Buu today..."
Gohan rubbed his burning eyes, "And why not?"
"Well... We didn't complete our homework yesterday... And we have school tomorrow..." explained Goten as he reached his brother, with Trunks and Raditz not far behind.
Gohan nodded, his eyes still closed. "Alright... But I'm still going to see Videl in a few minutes. I just hope you two stay out of trouble..."
"Don't we always?" asked Trunks sweetly. Gohan opened his eyes, raising an eyebrow while Trunks smiled back weakly.
"To tell you the truth... I can't trust you two. You both would have the city destroyed in a matter of seconds!"
"But our grandpa's, Nappa and Raditz are here! They all are adults, they could watch us!" exclaimed Goten looking over at the two full-blooded saiyans.
"Oh no! I'm not letting you get me into this!" Raditz snapped as he glared at the boys.
"Oh come on Uncle Raditz! Don't be such a sissy!" replied Trunks smirking.
Raditz growled and crossed his arms. "A saiyan warrior is no sissy," he muttered crossing his arms.
"Then it's settled!" cheered Goten smiling. As the two young teens strolled into the home, Gohan leaned to his uncle and bald saiyan. "You both are very brave. Very brave souls you two are..." The two saiyans couldn't help but glance at the hybrid saiyan with question in their eyes.
**********
Goku and Vegeta had just teleported to the house and tried to feel around for the different ki signatures.
"Kakarot... there's someone in Bulma's lab... and in my library..." whispered Vegeta glancing up at his comrade. Goku nodded, "Yeah... I feel them too. Hey! The boys are here... And two ki's... I'm not quite sure who's they are though. They feel so familiar..."
The prince gasped as he rushed to a window. He peeked out to find his son, Goten, Gohan... and... his two partners?! No... That couldn't be correct! They were both killed off when they arrived on earth!
"What the? That's my brother! And... and Nappa! They'll attack our sons!" Goku exclaimed about to charge out of the room. Vegeta pulled him back by tugging on his hair.
"Not so fast Kakarot. We don't want to break our cover." Goku growled (AN: Yikes! O_o;) and sat back down mumbling under his breath. They both watched as the boys walked in the room, who were looking a bit down with Raditz, Nappa, and Gohan not far behind. Trunks picked up his cell phone and dialed a number. Vegeta motioned Goku to follow him as he snuck to a different part of the house.
They both heard footsteps on the stairs as they entered the living room. Quickly, both saiyans dived behind the couch hoping that it would hide them well enough from whatever was making their way down the staircase. They both slightly peered from the sofa and saw KAKAROT?! Vegeta whipped his head back to the saiyan making sure that that wasn't him walking down the stairs.
"Bardock, you should come up here... I found a library that has books written in the saiyan language," said a man who called from the top of a staircase. Vegeta looked up slowly to notice the saiyan king, his father, who tried to save him from Frieza when he was an immature child. He gasped, and was about to zoom up to his father and practically glomp him but he was held back when the saiyans in the kitchen walked to the living room.
"Geese... I wish we wouldn't have to go to school..." growled Trunks as he slumped into the sofa his dad and Goku were hiding behind.
"What is this 'school' you talk about?" asked the king as he walked down the steps with a book in his hand. Trunks stared at his grandfather like he was crazy.
"It's torture... We have to hear out teachers lecture, which seem to last hours at a time when only a second goes by... and it puts all of the students to sleep. It's bad enough that I already know everything that there is to need to know... Since I'm a genius," bragged Trunks.
"*cough* Evil genius," coughed out Goten. Trunks glared at his friend as he gave a small smirk, "Well it's true. You're the one who makes up all of the misadventures we have."
Meanwhile... Goku and Vegeta were soaking all of this information in. Vegeta growled at this new info. his son had given him as Goku gave a weak smile. 'Someone is going to be grounded, and is getting their allowance cut in half,' sang the saiyan prince in his mind.
"Hey did you hear that?" asked Gohan as he turned to the sofa.
"Yeah... Sounded like a growl... Hmm, Let me see..." replied Trunks as he turned around on his seat to look behind the sofa. He blinked then his eyes widened. His dad, was hiding behind the couch, his face a dark red from anger. Vegeta also gave the say-anything-and-you'll-get-the-pounding- of-your-life look. Trunks gulped as he gave a quick nod. The young prince turned back to the crowd. They all looked at him waiting for his report. "We must have moved the couch for it to make the noise. It looks like the leg of the sofa is getting looser." All of the men in the room gave the 'Oh...' look. Well, all but Bardock who just stared at the sofa with a blank expression on his face.
The two saiyans behind the couch mentally sighed, as well as Trunks. His hide was saved... for now.
Trunks then remember something, "Oh yeah... and my friend Sakura is coming over. We have this project to work on, so don't do anything that could freak her out... please..."
"My grandson...is begging us to not misbehave? That is not the way the royal bloodline talks to his subjects! You must order!" exclaimed the king who glared at the lavender haired boy.
"Grandpa... I was taught to use manners to other people... To tell you the truth, I'm more afraid of what my mom would say if she found out I didn't use manners... She may make me train with my dad..." He gasped mentally as his tongue slipped, and his dad just heard that information too... just his luck. 'NO! I can't believe I slipped like that!' Trunks sighed, 'I hope dad didn't hear that..."
"And that's a BAD thing?" asked the king with a smirk. Trunks nodded looking down. "My punishments are to train with him... He's like so much stronger than I... My strength is like of a little new born baby compared to his."
Vegeta couldn't help but smirk at this, his son made it sound like he had the strength of a god. He made a mental note to treat his son little better for that complement.
Trunks found a yellow note pad on the coffee table in the middle of the room. He picked it up and wrote something on it then, "Dang... That's not correct..." he said as if he was reading from a book, he ripped the paper off of the pad, crumpling it up and threw it behind the couch, the paper hitting his father's head.
"I'm going to the kitchen for a few... I need to make a few... phone calls... yeah phone calls," the prince quickly said as he rushed out of the room.
Vegeta growled as a piece of wadded up paper hit his head. He quietly opened it and read the message.
Dad,
Meet me in the kitchen. Get Kakarot to use the instant transmission.
The prince let his friend read it. Goku nodded as Vegeta put his hand on the other saiyans' shoulder. Goku closed his eyes as they both teleported to the kitchen.
*****
Trunks waited patiently as his dad and friend appeared in the kitchen. He then gave his best glare at the two adults.
"Why the heck are you two here?! You both should be on the boat having the time of your lives!" exclaimed the lavender haired boy.
"Son, do you think we could trust you two with out adult supervision?" replied Vegeta crossing his arms.
"Dad... we don't have one adult watching us. We now have FIVE adults watching us!"
"And you shouldn't have used the Dragonballs either... and those four can't be trusted. Do you know what they had done in the past? You both could get killed!" the prince exclaimed.
"I was able to defeat grandpa in a quick spar. It left him totally paralyzed! I can easily defeat all of them with out reaching super saiyan!"
"Paralyzed?! He was walking around!!!!" roared Vegeta.
**********
In the other room...
"That sounds like Vegeta-san," Goten pointed out as he stood up. The king blinked. That deep voice he heard... Was it Vegeta's? The last time he heard his son's voice was when he was a child. This discovery allowed the king to have butterflies in his stomach.
"My son..." Every one looked up at the king.
"Sire?" asked Bardock taking a step closer to the saiyan ruler. Hesitating for a moment, King Vegeta rushed out of the room and to the kitchen.
*********
Uh oh! The boys have been caught, and the king may be able to meet his son after... let see... carry the 4... after about 35 years. O_o; All I can say is Review and stuff... I also wrote an alternative Chapter 7. I'm the type of 'What if..." person, so if ya want me to post it tell me in your reviews or e-mail me. Till next time. -Takuma
Chapter 7 Spying ***********
"TAG!" exclaimed Goten as he tapped his uncle's shoulder. He quickly turned and zoomed away from his relative laughing. Raditz growled, he couldn't believe that he was stuck playing this childish game. But the half- saiyan prince insisted, and with his grandfather around... he knew that he shouldn't say no unless he was feeling suicidal. He turned and chased the two boys. He would be able to catch up to the two after a while, but they would turn to face him, stick their tongue out at him then speed off faster so he couldn't keep up. 'Damn them for having the super saiyan speed!' he mentally cursed.
Then, they stopped. Raditz was FINNALLY able to catch up to the two as they stood there. He peered at them as they floated in the air.
Trunks looked at Goten, "Our homework... It's due in tomorrow..." Goten blinked, he had totally forgot about the assignments! His mom would KILL him if he had gotten a 99% on a paper. (AN: Strict mom... o_o;)
"Yeah... And I have to get back to Sakura on our Writing project. I hope she hasn't completed it all by herself..." Trunks sighed.
Raditz just looked at the two, lost. He crossed his arms, "What are you two blabbering about?"
"Homework." The two boys said in unison. They floated to the ground and grumbled trudging back to the house. Raditz flew after them at a slow pace.
***********
The king wondered around the large complex of Capsule Corp. Sure, the building was huge, but not as large as his palace on Vegetasei. Close, but not quite. Twisting the handle to one of the many doors in the home, he opened it.
A curtain had been opened so light could enter the large room. He looked around the area, or to what the king saw, a library. He walked up to one of the many shelves in the room and pulled out a hardback book. He looked at the cover, it was written in the saiyan language! Legendary was the title of the saiyan book. The king had read this fiction book when he was a child. His son must have had this with him on Frieza's ship, one of the few things he was able to bring to remind him of his home.
The king found a blue leather chair in a corner of the library with a lamp beside it. The king then thought for a moment, he was all alone...And since no one else was in the room... the king cheerfully ran to the chair like a little kid who just got candy, and not to mention with a huge, and I mean HUGE grin on his face. (AN: Oh god... If King Vegeta read this he would be after me in a second...o_O;) Jumping into the recliner he sat with his legs draped over one of the arms of the leather chair. He smirked, being king was great but he never had any time to himself. He shrugged it off as he opened up the book, and started to read.
**********
Somehow, Bardock had stumbled upon Bulma's lab in the house. Gazing upon the many inventions she had around the room he noticed a few that weren't completed.
He picked up a random device and a screwdriver. Analyzing it for a minute, he shook his head while noticing a few 'mistakes' that would disable this device. 'Now... this needs to be tightened... this needs a few adjustments here... No, this wire will kill the machine when it's turned on... I think...'
Bardock pulled the wire out and put the finishing touches on the machine. He smirked. "It's COMPLETE!" He turned the contraption on.
Nothing happened. He blinked as he brought the small box up to his face to take a closer look.
*BOOM*
Bardock's face turned black as the machine blew up in his face. He hissed at the cursed contraption, then it turned into a growl, 'Okay... so maybe the machine needed that wire...'
He noticed the blue prints to the machine a few feet away on the table, and reached out to grab them. He opened the paper up glancing at the design. ' I KNEW it! It DID need that wire!' He looked down at the broken machine; all of the important pieces were still whole (thank goodness!) but they were a bit... how should I say it... scorched? Bardock found a cloth and tried to clean the soot off of the nearly melted plastic and blackened metal. He noticed a toolbox and a table full of random wires and chips, perfect! The saiyan pulled out a stool, then sitting in it; then he grabbed the toolbox and the random wires plus chips to his working area, and started to work on the machine like a mad scientist.
**********
As for Gohan and Nappa... they were having a staring contest. So far, they had been staring at each other for about 10 minutes and their eyes were becoming red from not blinking. Very, VERY bad for saiyan vision! A breeze blew by and they both blinked.
"Ow..." complained Gohan as he rubbed his now swollen eyes. His eyes began to water making it look like he was going to cry. Same thing happened with Nappa, however he wasn't the one to complain. He DID think of himself as a saiyan warrior, and saiyan warriors would never complain!
"Gohan..." called out Goten from the other side of the yard. He turned to look at his brother. "We can't go sparing with Buu today..."
Gohan rubbed his burning eyes, "And why not?"
"Well... We didn't complete our homework yesterday... And we have school tomorrow..." explained Goten as he reached his brother, with Trunks and Raditz not far behind.
Gohan nodded, his eyes still closed. "Alright... But I'm still going to see Videl in a few minutes. I just hope you two stay out of trouble..."
"Don't we always?" asked Trunks sweetly. Gohan opened his eyes, raising an eyebrow while Trunks smiled back weakly.
"To tell you the truth... I can't trust you two. You both would have the city destroyed in a matter of seconds!"
"But our grandpa's, Nappa and Raditz are here! They all are adults, they could watch us!" exclaimed Goten looking over at the two full-blooded saiyans.
"Oh no! I'm not letting you get me into this!" Raditz snapped as he glared at the boys.
"Oh come on Uncle Raditz! Don't be such a sissy!" replied Trunks smirking.
Raditz growled and crossed his arms. "A saiyan warrior is no sissy," he muttered crossing his arms.
"Then it's settled!" cheered Goten smiling. As the two young teens strolled into the home, Gohan leaned to his uncle and bald saiyan. "You both are very brave. Very brave souls you two are..." The two saiyans couldn't help but glance at the hybrid saiyan with question in their eyes.
**********
Goku and Vegeta had just teleported to the house and tried to feel around for the different ki signatures.
"Kakarot... there's someone in Bulma's lab... and in my library..." whispered Vegeta glancing up at his comrade. Goku nodded, "Yeah... I feel them too. Hey! The boys are here... And two ki's... I'm not quite sure who's they are though. They feel so familiar..."
The prince gasped as he rushed to a window. He peeked out to find his son, Goten, Gohan... and... his two partners?! No... That couldn't be correct! They were both killed off when they arrived on earth!
"What the? That's my brother! And... and Nappa! They'll attack our sons!" Goku exclaimed about to charge out of the room. Vegeta pulled him back by tugging on his hair.
"Not so fast Kakarot. We don't want to break our cover." Goku growled (AN: Yikes! O_o;) and sat back down mumbling under his breath. They both watched as the boys walked in the room, who were looking a bit down with Raditz, Nappa, and Gohan not far behind. Trunks picked up his cell phone and dialed a number. Vegeta motioned Goku to follow him as he snuck to a different part of the house.
They both heard footsteps on the stairs as they entered the living room. Quickly, both saiyans dived behind the couch hoping that it would hide them well enough from whatever was making their way down the staircase. They both slightly peered from the sofa and saw KAKAROT?! Vegeta whipped his head back to the saiyan making sure that that wasn't him walking down the stairs.
"Bardock, you should come up here... I found a library that has books written in the saiyan language," said a man who called from the top of a staircase. Vegeta looked up slowly to notice the saiyan king, his father, who tried to save him from Frieza when he was an immature child. He gasped, and was about to zoom up to his father and practically glomp him but he was held back when the saiyans in the kitchen walked to the living room.
"Geese... I wish we wouldn't have to go to school..." growled Trunks as he slumped into the sofa his dad and Goku were hiding behind.
"What is this 'school' you talk about?" asked the king as he walked down the steps with a book in his hand. Trunks stared at his grandfather like he was crazy.
"It's torture... We have to hear out teachers lecture, which seem to last hours at a time when only a second goes by... and it puts all of the students to sleep. It's bad enough that I already know everything that there is to need to know... Since I'm a genius," bragged Trunks.
"*cough* Evil genius," coughed out Goten. Trunks glared at his friend as he gave a small smirk, "Well it's true. You're the one who makes up all of the misadventures we have."
Meanwhile... Goku and Vegeta were soaking all of this information in. Vegeta growled at this new info. his son had given him as Goku gave a weak smile. 'Someone is going to be grounded, and is getting their allowance cut in half,' sang the saiyan prince in his mind.
"Hey did you hear that?" asked Gohan as he turned to the sofa.
"Yeah... Sounded like a growl... Hmm, Let me see..." replied Trunks as he turned around on his seat to look behind the sofa. He blinked then his eyes widened. His dad, was hiding behind the couch, his face a dark red from anger. Vegeta also gave the say-anything-and-you'll-get-the-pounding- of-your-life look. Trunks gulped as he gave a quick nod. The young prince turned back to the crowd. They all looked at him waiting for his report. "We must have moved the couch for it to make the noise. It looks like the leg of the sofa is getting looser." All of the men in the room gave the 'Oh...' look. Well, all but Bardock who just stared at the sofa with a blank expression on his face.
The two saiyans behind the couch mentally sighed, as well as Trunks. His hide was saved... for now.
Trunks then remember something, "Oh yeah... and my friend Sakura is coming over. We have this project to work on, so don't do anything that could freak her out... please..."
"My grandson...is begging us to not misbehave? That is not the way the royal bloodline talks to his subjects! You must order!" exclaimed the king who glared at the lavender haired boy.
"Grandpa... I was taught to use manners to other people... To tell you the truth, I'm more afraid of what my mom would say if she found out I didn't use manners... She may make me train with my dad..." He gasped mentally as his tongue slipped, and his dad just heard that information too... just his luck. 'NO! I can't believe I slipped like that!' Trunks sighed, 'I hope dad didn't hear that..."
"And that's a BAD thing?" asked the king with a smirk. Trunks nodded looking down. "My punishments are to train with him... He's like so much stronger than I... My strength is like of a little new born baby compared to his."
Vegeta couldn't help but smirk at this, his son made it sound like he had the strength of a god. He made a mental note to treat his son little better for that complement.
Trunks found a yellow note pad on the coffee table in the middle of the room. He picked it up and wrote something on it then, "Dang... That's not correct..." he said as if he was reading from a book, he ripped the paper off of the pad, crumpling it up and threw it behind the couch, the paper hitting his father's head.
"I'm going to the kitchen for a few... I need to make a few... phone calls... yeah phone calls," the prince quickly said as he rushed out of the room.
Vegeta growled as a piece of wadded up paper hit his head. He quietly opened it and read the message.
Dad,
Meet me in the kitchen. Get Kakarot to use the instant transmission.
The prince let his friend read it. Goku nodded as Vegeta put his hand on the other saiyans' shoulder. Goku closed his eyes as they both teleported to the kitchen.
*****
Trunks waited patiently as his dad and friend appeared in the kitchen. He then gave his best glare at the two adults.
"Why the heck are you two here?! You both should be on the boat having the time of your lives!" exclaimed the lavender haired boy.
"Son, do you think we could trust you two with out adult supervision?" replied Vegeta crossing his arms.
"Dad... we don't have one adult watching us. We now have FIVE adults watching us!"
"And you shouldn't have used the Dragonballs either... and those four can't be trusted. Do you know what they had done in the past? You both could get killed!" the prince exclaimed.
"I was able to defeat grandpa in a quick spar. It left him totally paralyzed! I can easily defeat all of them with out reaching super saiyan!"
"Paralyzed?! He was walking around!!!!" roared Vegeta.
**********
In the other room...
"That sounds like Vegeta-san," Goten pointed out as he stood up. The king blinked. That deep voice he heard... Was it Vegeta's? The last time he heard his son's voice was when he was a child. This discovery allowed the king to have butterflies in his stomach.
"My son..." Every one looked up at the king.
"Sire?" asked Bardock taking a step closer to the saiyan ruler. Hesitating for a moment, King Vegeta rushed out of the room and to the kitchen.
*********
Uh oh! The boys have been caught, and the king may be able to meet his son after... let see... carry the 4... after about 35 years. O_o; All I can say is Review and stuff... I also wrote an alternative Chapter 7. I'm the type of 'What if..." person, so if ya want me to post it tell me in your reviews or e-mail me. Till next time. -Takuma