Chapter 10
"We're getting close!" Gohan announced. Vegeta scanned the ground looking for where the signal pointed.
"There!" Vegeta pointed to a hole in the ground. "It's getting stronger!"
They quickly landed and approached the small hole. It looked like only one person could go down because the space under was tiny.
"Well, you're smaller then me but if I run into a small place I can use small controlled chi blasts," Gohan muttered examining the problem. "Hmmm, I'll go, you keep a look out. I'll be find as long as that place isn't pack with dynamite or something!"
"Ok," Vegeta nodded sitting on a rock chuckling. "This time Nimbus can't drag me down there!"
"See ya in a minute!" Gohan dropped down feet first. Vegeta sighed all ready bored.
"Hey kid!" a voice called out over the empty field. "You, get off my property! It's too dangerous!"
"What?" Vegeta asked confused. "Oh! Um, my friend is down there, he'll be out in a minute. We dropped out ball down there."
"You don't understand!" The farmer jumped from foot to foot. "It's packed with dynamite!"
"WHAT!" Vegeta jumped. "But- Why?"
"This is going to be a new mall and they're blasting the foundation in! five minutes!"
"But- Gohan!"
"That place is full of dynamite! Your friend will be blow sky high!"
"Oh no," Vegeta paced above the hole. "Gohan! Get out of there! Damn he can't hear me! Those chi blasts will start the dynamite and Gohan will be-"
"Vegeta! Where's my son!" a very pissed off Goku landed beside him.
"He's down there!" Vegeta pointed. "We have to get him out!"
"What is he doing!" Goku looked panicked. "You were supposed to go!"
"WHAT!" Vegeta yelled. "You put the Dragonball down there?!"
"Yes, but-" Goku looked down the hole helplessly.
"I'll get him!" Vegeta started to lower himself in the hole.
"But kid, you'll be killed!" the farmer backed off looking at his watch. "Two minutes!"
"I'm the only one small enough to fit," Vegeta yelled from underground. "GO!"
Vegeta walked along the tiny tunnel stooped over. "Gohan! Where are you?"
"Vegeta?" a strained voice echoed off the walls. "Over here, I'm trapped!"
"How the hell can you be trapped!" Vegeta followed his voice. "You're a damn Saiyan!"
"I don't' know!" was the angry reply. "You tell me!"
"There you are," Vegeta found the bigger boy lodged under a huge rock slab. Gohan had fallen with his hands trapped behind his back and his legs pinned under the rock. The only thing that stopped him from being crushed was a familiar orange ball propping the boulder up.
"Help!" Gohan said.
"We have to hurry," Vegeta sweated trying to push the rock over. "There's dynamite set to go off any minute now!"
"WHAT!" Gohan yelled wiggling to get a hand free. "Vegeta try to slide me out from under the rock!"
Vegeta crawled over to his head and pulled on his shoulders with all his human might. "You're not budging!"
"Shit," Gohan swore. "Ok, see that big rock there? It's bigger then the Dragonball, if you get it so the rock is holding it up instead, I can get out!"
"Good plan," Vegeta heaved the rock to the end of the boulder and tried to shove it in. "But it's not working!"
"Wiggle it!" Gohan yelled. Vegeta moved the rock back and forth until the boulder was raise a few centimetres rolling the two-star Dragonball out. "Now get me free and I'll get us out!"
"Ok," Vegeta moved to Gohan's head. He braced his feet against the ground and pulled. "It's not working, you're too big!"
"Then get my hand free and I'll blast the fucking rock!" Gohan yelled his hair flashing from black to gold repeatedly. Vegeta grabbed his right hand and pulled it from under his body. Gohan's hair flashed gold and he launched a huge blast at the rock. It fell to pieces smacking Vegeta and Gohan with sharp shards of rock.
"Quick, we need a hole!" Vegeta saw what was behind the rock. A mountain of dynamite. A countdown clock sat beside it. By some miracle the chi blast hadn't ignited the explosives but the clock read 10 seconds. Gohan raised his hand gathering energy. 5, Vegeta clutched the Dragonball with one arm holding Gohan with the other. 3, Gohan shot a blast through the roof and stood up. 2, Gohan bent his knees and his aura surrounded him. 1, Gohan shot out the roof. 0.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" the boys yelled as the whole ground below them exploded showering them with dirt and burning grass. Gohan dropped out of Super Saiyan as they dropped to the ground beside Goku and the farmer.
"Gohan are you alright?" Goku dashed to his son's side.
"Thanks to Vegeta," Gohan replied smiling. "I think I have a broken arm-ow, yes defiantly and a few cuts and bruises."
"I'm fine thanks," Vegeta said grumpily from his spot on the ground. Goku pulled two Senzu beans from a small pouch on his belt. He handed one to Gohan who gobbled it up. Then he turned to Vegeta. Almost like it was against his will he handed the other Senzu to him Vegeta grabbed it before Goku could change his mind and popped it into his mouth. Jumping to his feet feeling much better he picked up the two Dragonballs he had collected that day.
"Let's call the Dragon!" Gohan cheered. Both boys jumped in the air and flew off to the other Dragonballs, one by will, another by a cloud. Goku frowned and picked up the dropped Dragon Radar.
"Bulma will want this back," he muttered. Then a grin slowly crept on his face. All the worry that had plagued him since he first set eyes on Vegeta vanished. Now he knew Vegeta's intentions were pure and he no longer had to fear for his son. He laughed out loud and shot to Capsule Corp leaving a very confused farmer behind.
"We're getting close!" Gohan announced. Vegeta scanned the ground looking for where the signal pointed.
"There!" Vegeta pointed to a hole in the ground. "It's getting stronger!"
They quickly landed and approached the small hole. It looked like only one person could go down because the space under was tiny.
"Well, you're smaller then me but if I run into a small place I can use small controlled chi blasts," Gohan muttered examining the problem. "Hmmm, I'll go, you keep a look out. I'll be find as long as that place isn't pack with dynamite or something!"
"Ok," Vegeta nodded sitting on a rock chuckling. "This time Nimbus can't drag me down there!"
"See ya in a minute!" Gohan dropped down feet first. Vegeta sighed all ready bored.
"Hey kid!" a voice called out over the empty field. "You, get off my property! It's too dangerous!"
"What?" Vegeta asked confused. "Oh! Um, my friend is down there, he'll be out in a minute. We dropped out ball down there."
"You don't understand!" The farmer jumped from foot to foot. "It's packed with dynamite!"
"WHAT!" Vegeta jumped. "But- Why?"
"This is going to be a new mall and they're blasting the foundation in! five minutes!"
"But- Gohan!"
"That place is full of dynamite! Your friend will be blow sky high!"
"Oh no," Vegeta paced above the hole. "Gohan! Get out of there! Damn he can't hear me! Those chi blasts will start the dynamite and Gohan will be-"
"Vegeta! Where's my son!" a very pissed off Goku landed beside him.
"He's down there!" Vegeta pointed. "We have to get him out!"
"What is he doing!" Goku looked panicked. "You were supposed to go!"
"WHAT!" Vegeta yelled. "You put the Dragonball down there?!"
"Yes, but-" Goku looked down the hole helplessly.
"I'll get him!" Vegeta started to lower himself in the hole.
"But kid, you'll be killed!" the farmer backed off looking at his watch. "Two minutes!"
"I'm the only one small enough to fit," Vegeta yelled from underground. "GO!"
Vegeta walked along the tiny tunnel stooped over. "Gohan! Where are you?"
"Vegeta?" a strained voice echoed off the walls. "Over here, I'm trapped!"
"How the hell can you be trapped!" Vegeta followed his voice. "You're a damn Saiyan!"
"I don't' know!" was the angry reply. "You tell me!"
"There you are," Vegeta found the bigger boy lodged under a huge rock slab. Gohan had fallen with his hands trapped behind his back and his legs pinned under the rock. The only thing that stopped him from being crushed was a familiar orange ball propping the boulder up.
"Help!" Gohan said.
"We have to hurry," Vegeta sweated trying to push the rock over. "There's dynamite set to go off any minute now!"
"WHAT!" Gohan yelled wiggling to get a hand free. "Vegeta try to slide me out from under the rock!"
Vegeta crawled over to his head and pulled on his shoulders with all his human might. "You're not budging!"
"Shit," Gohan swore. "Ok, see that big rock there? It's bigger then the Dragonball, if you get it so the rock is holding it up instead, I can get out!"
"Good plan," Vegeta heaved the rock to the end of the boulder and tried to shove it in. "But it's not working!"
"Wiggle it!" Gohan yelled. Vegeta moved the rock back and forth until the boulder was raise a few centimetres rolling the two-star Dragonball out. "Now get me free and I'll get us out!"
"Ok," Vegeta moved to Gohan's head. He braced his feet against the ground and pulled. "It's not working, you're too big!"
"Then get my hand free and I'll blast the fucking rock!" Gohan yelled his hair flashing from black to gold repeatedly. Vegeta grabbed his right hand and pulled it from under his body. Gohan's hair flashed gold and he launched a huge blast at the rock. It fell to pieces smacking Vegeta and Gohan with sharp shards of rock.
"Quick, we need a hole!" Vegeta saw what was behind the rock. A mountain of dynamite. A countdown clock sat beside it. By some miracle the chi blast hadn't ignited the explosives but the clock read 10 seconds. Gohan raised his hand gathering energy. 5, Vegeta clutched the Dragonball with one arm holding Gohan with the other. 3, Gohan shot a blast through the roof and stood up. 2, Gohan bent his knees and his aura surrounded him. 1, Gohan shot out the roof. 0.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" the boys yelled as the whole ground below them exploded showering them with dirt and burning grass. Gohan dropped out of Super Saiyan as they dropped to the ground beside Goku and the farmer.
"Gohan are you alright?" Goku dashed to his son's side.
"Thanks to Vegeta," Gohan replied smiling. "I think I have a broken arm-ow, yes defiantly and a few cuts and bruises."
"I'm fine thanks," Vegeta said grumpily from his spot on the ground. Goku pulled two Senzu beans from a small pouch on his belt. He handed one to Gohan who gobbled it up. Then he turned to Vegeta. Almost like it was against his will he handed the other Senzu to him Vegeta grabbed it before Goku could change his mind and popped it into his mouth. Jumping to his feet feeling much better he picked up the two Dragonballs he had collected that day.
"Let's call the Dragon!" Gohan cheered. Both boys jumped in the air and flew off to the other Dragonballs, one by will, another by a cloud. Goku frowned and picked up the dropped Dragon Radar.
"Bulma will want this back," he muttered. Then a grin slowly crept on his face. All the worry that had plagued him since he first set eyes on Vegeta vanished. Now he knew Vegeta's intentions were pure and he no longer had to fear for his son. He laughed out loud and shot to Capsule Corp leaving a very confused farmer behind.