Just One Wish

Just One Wish

Disclaimer: Oddly enough, all Dragonball Z characters do not belong to me. (Funny that huh?) If I owned them, well…let's just say I'd be a lot richer than I am now. ^.^ Enjoy the fic and review it please!! (Flamers…be gentle!) Oh yeah…plagiarism is bad, real bad.

A/N: It's a little confusing at the start, bear with me, it will all become clear. Clear as mud even.

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"It's like he just doesn't care!"

"Now Bulma…I'm sure Vegeta cares." Chi Chi said somewhat reassuringly.

"He trains all day, emerges to eat and the only time he talks to me is to tell me to 'fix the damn gravity room' and he's still calling me woman!"

"Well you are a woman." Chi Chi said consolingly.

"Chi Chi!" Bulma wailed despairingly.

Chi Chi made comforting noises.

"I just wish that sometimes he was a little more like Goku…you're so lucky Chi Chi, your husband actually shows he cares!" Bulma said wistfully.

Chi Chi thought about all the times Goku had left her alone at home, whether for training or because he was dead. "Well…I love Goku dearly but sometimes I wish he was a little more like Vegeta."

"WHAT?!" Bulma shrieked, "Like VEGETA!?"

Chi Chi held the phone away from her ear. "Yeah…what was I thinking?"

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Vegeta woke up the next morning feeling refreshed. He checked the clock, it was time for him to start training. But first he needed to eat! The delicious smell of blueberry pancakes filled the air. 'That baka woman must improving' he thought hungrily as he walked into the kitchen. "What the – SPAWN OF KAKAROTT!!!" He yelled, unpleasantly surprised to find Goten sitting at the table eating.

Goten looked up in surprise. "Gee dad, you need to spend less time with Vegeta, you're starting to sound a little like him."

Chi Chi placed a plate of pancakes in front of the hungry saiya-jin, "Good morning dear."

"AHHHH!!!"

"Goku dear, what's the matter?" Chi Chi asked concernedly, worried at his sudden outburst.

"Baka woman! I'm not Kakarott!!" Vegeta yelled, this was probably the strange thing humans called 'humour'. Vegeta didn't find this very funny. Not at all.

A vein popped in Chi Chi's head. "What did you just call me Goku?" Her voice was deceptively calm, but Goten took note of the frying pan in her hand. 'Uh oh…dad's in for it now!' He signalled desperately at his 'father' hoping that he would take notice of the weapon that Chi Chi was holding.

If Vegeta noticed Goten's frantic hand signals he paid no attention. Un fortunately for him. Anger made him lose all prudence. "BAKA!!" He screamed in her face – or started to…he was cut off as the frying pan hit his forehead. Hard.

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Goku woke up hungry. "Gee. I hope Chi Chi made a big breakfast today. I'm so hungry I could eat a cow!" He got out of bed and wandered down the hallway. 'Funny I don't remember these steps, maybe Chi Chi put them in when I was away…'

"Good morning Vegeta." Bulma said cheerfully, hoping that just once he'd smile and answer her instead of scowling, eating at light speed then heading off to train. 'Even though there's about a snowball's chance in hell of that happening…'

'That's odd.' Goku thought, but was too hungry to care. "Hey Bulma, what are you doing out here so early?"

Bulma shot 'Vegeta' a puzzled look. He certainly seemed cheerful this morning. Maybe her cheerfulness was wearing off on him. 'Then again…'

"Are you okay?" She asked, somewhat concerned.

"Why wouldn't I be? Did you cook breakfast? That's nice of you, where's Chi Chi? Did she go shopping or something?"

"Uh. I don't know…" Bulma replied, concerned and very confused.

"Well, never mind then." Goku said cheerfully, before digging in to the breakfast in front of him. He mad it through 5 plates before his face turned a pale green colour. Needless to say, Bulma's cooking was nowhere near the standard of Chi Chi's.

"Vegeta? Is something wrong?" Bulma asked.

"Um…" Goku looked around for the saiya-jin prince. Vegeta would want to eat too, and maybe they could spar later. "Bulma, Vegeta's not here…"

"Tousan! Can we spar before I go to school? Please? I really wanna try out that new move me an' Goten were practicing yesterday." Trunks asked, levitating down the stairs and landing in front of Goku.

"I can spar with you if you want." Goku offered. "Maybe you should go find Goten first, he can show me the move too." Goku said, looking around for his younger son.

"Goten?" Trunks looked at his 'father', puzzled. "Tousan if you want me to get Goten it means I'll have to fly all the way out to the Son's. By the time I get back I'll be late for school." He protested.

Goku wasn't quite sure what was going on, but decided it must be some kind of joke. "Tousan?" He asked, confused.

"Er…kasan is tousan alright?" Trunks asked his equally stumped mother.

"I'm not sure…he seems almost…nice." Bulma said suspiciously. "What did you do?"

"Who me?" Goku asked, even more confused. "Hey where is Vegeta anyway?"

Bulma and Trunks began to laugh. "Good one Vegeta!" Bulma said, still laughing.

"Huh? Vegeta? Where?" Goku asked. "What's so funny?"

Bulma and Trunks laughed even harder. "I…I didn't know you even had a sense of humour!" Goku sweatdropped, more confused than ever. Bulma and Trunks were practically falling down with laughter. 'I'll look like I don't get the joke.' Goku thought worriedly as he began to laugh, if albeit forcedly.

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