AN: HEY GUYS! SORRY ABOUT THE DELAY, I HAD A WHOLE LOT OF STUFF TO DO, I WENT SKIING IN COLORADO, AND MY P.O.S. COMPUTER ERASED THIS CHAPTER ABOUT 50 TIMES. I'D LIKE TO THANK JZERO, ROZITA AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO HELPED MY STORY BE ALL IT COULD BE.
THIS CHAPTER CONTINUES WHERE THE LAST LEFT OFF, VEGETA WAS TALKING TO BULMA IN HER ROOM AND SHE ASKED HIM TO ASK GOKU SOMETHING…
DISCLAIMER: FOR THE THOUSANDTH TIME! I DO NOT OWN DBZ OR ITS CHARACTERS! I AM ONLY BORROWING THEM FOR MY OWN SICK AND TWISTED PURPOSES.
PRESIDENT BRIEFS
Chapter 5: THE FAVOR
At 8:00 A.M., that same morning, Vegeta burst into Goku's room.
"Kakka- - Goku! Wake up!"
Goku grunted in his sleep and turned over. Vegeta yanked the covers off of him, hoping to knock him out of bed. It didn't work. * I know! * He thought; he reached into Goku's "secret" supply of candy and pulled out a Snickers bar (I do not own Snickers). He pulled back the wrapper and waved it under Goku's nose, almost instantly causing him to fly out of bed and start salivating rapidly. Vegeta threw him the candy and watched him cram it into his mouth.
"I need a favor from you, Goku."
Goku licked his fingertips clean of chocolate, "What kind of favor?"
"I need you to show me how to make a telepathic link."
"Is that all? Before I show you how to do that, I have one question for you: Whom would you be wanting to make this link with?"
"It's not for me. I have a friend who…"
Goku fell on the floor laughing. "Friend? You have friends? Come on Vegeta, no one's that gullible or that stupid to believe that you actually have friends." He chuckled.
Vegeta clenched his fist and could feel his power level begin to rise, "You dare mock me?!"
Goku got up and slapped Vegeta on the back, "Loosen up, buddy, I was just kidding…but I would like to know who this friend is, and where you met him/her?"
Vegeta searched his mind frantically for a name. Any name. "His name is Jon, and he's the…chauffeur."
Goku decided to believe him, after all, chauffeur is a big word, and he could barely spell it, much less understand what it means. "So what does Jon need this link for?"
"He has very strong feelings he doesn't quite understand for this girl. All he knows is that she finds him attractive and that he finds her…easy on the eyes. His whole reason for wanting a link was so that they could be open with one another, and they wouldn't be able to hide secrets from each other."
"Not be able to hide secrets? That's a good thing?"
"At times. Jon used to be engaged to a girl called Jez. He thought for sure they would get married one day. He didn't really love her. His training was more important to him than anything, but his father told him that their marriage would benefit the entire planet."
"Wow, Jon seems to be even more important than you, Vegeta!" Goku snickered.
Vegeta ignored him and continued his tale, "Jez was the most beautiful woman Jon's father could find and she was also the richest. Jon tried to woo her but she snubbed him and always seemed to be keeping something from him. One morning, in a moment of complete and utter idiocy on his part, Jon sent Jez a hologram telling her how beautiful he thought she was and how he would do his utmost to make her a very happy princess...I mean chauffeuress. That very same night, Jon went over to Jez's house to see if she had received his hologram, and he saw them through the front window, kissing. Jon broke down the door and grabbed the man by the throat, thinking the man was attacking Jez, only to find out that the two were lovers, and had been since they were18. Jez told Jon that he was nice but he could never take the place of her lover, who was still gasping for air. Jon killed them on that same night. He told himself that he would never be rejected or have another woman again. He was wrong; he is now in love with another woman, but he does not want this one to reject him like Jez did."
This was the longest speech Vegeta had ever made. It's a shame that Goku didn't quite yet understand anything after the fifth line. (A.N.: he'll get it later…or will he?). He snapped back to attention and focused on Vegeta.
"Right! So...can I show you the link now so I can go back to bed?"
"Yes, I'm ready."
"Good. Now first thing you have to do is concentrate energy into your index finger. The more energy, the stronger the link. See this? Of course you don't, there's nothing there, but if I pull just a tiny distance away from my finger there's something there! It looks like a shining golden thread, and you just keep on pulling it until it comes out. Like that. Now, you can either have the target consume the thread or they can tie it around their finger or somewhere else on the body; even the hair! I'm going to show you how this works real quickly. Hold out your finger, Vegeta. We should be linked by now."
*Can you hear me Vegeta? Yoo-hoo! Anybody home? *
* Yes, d*mn it! I can freaking hear you! Why are you shouting? *
*Sorry. Just testing it out*
"I think it's time to take this thing off." Vegeta protested. Goku pulled the thread off of Vegeta's finger. He held it over his index finger again, and the thread seemed to be sucked in. Vegeta head for the door.
"The links last as long s the thread is on the subject's finger or for 2 months or until the giver (the person who made the thread) wills it gone, or..."
"Or what?"
"I forgot the last one. Oh well. It can't be that important. Tell Jon everything I told you." Goku said, yawning and closing the door behind Vegeta.
Goku crawled into the bed sleepily, and pulled the covers over his head. *That was weird, but it sure is nice of Vegeta to do something like that for his friend. * Goku sprang up right in his bed. *Nice? Vegeta? Those two words do not belong together. Maybe he's actually becoming more human and he's decided to stop being mean to everyone. * He lay down again and went back to sleep instantly, snoring.
AN: Ah, poor confused Goku. By the way, when I said all that stuff about Goku not knowing what a chauffeur was; I was not hating on Goku! He's one of my favorite characters, but not a single one of us can deny that the lovable goof is anything but "all there".
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At breakfast that very same morning, Vegeta made sure he was the first one at the table. He dropped the link he had made earlier into Bulma's glass of orange juice, and hastily made his way back up the stairs, so no one would know he was the first one down there. Suzy shouted at them and told them to get down stairs before their breakfast got cold. Goku was the "first" one down, followed by Yamcha, then Bulma, and then Vegeta.
"Why are we eating breakfast at 11:30?" Yamcha asked.
"Well, Goku was still in bed and I thought it'd be nice to wait for him." Bulma stated.
Vegeta snorted at that, "Nice? Who said anything about being nice? Next time I will come down and eat my breakfast when I want to, with or without Goku."
Bulma raised an eyebrow at him, "When exactly did I give any sort of indication that you were free to do what you want in my house? It's my house and I make all of the rules, you got that Vegeta?"
"I'd rather starve than follow your rules woman!"
"Wanna bet?" Bulma said tauntingly.
"Yes." Vegeta hissed.
Yamcha, Goku, and Suzy stared at the two, who didn't seem to notice that they had an audience. Yamcha cleared his throat loudly. "Um, are we going to eat any time soon?"
Bulma turned away from Vegeta and toward the others, "Yes, of course. I am sorry to let myself become distracted by something as…trivial as Vegeta. Let's eat." Everyone started to eat; Bulma gave Vegeta a very sarcastic winning smile, which Vegeta answered with a scowl.
"Hey Yamcha, I bet you I could finish my orange juice before you can." Goku boasted.
"You're on! Ready? Go!" The two fighters both rapidly gulped their juice, with Goku being the winner (big surprise).
*Now is my chance * Vegeta thought.
"Ready to lose to me, woman?"
"Lose? I have no intention of losing…especially not to you." Bulma scowled.
"Ready…set…go!" Vegeta and Bulma furiously took large gulps of their orange juice.
"I 'pant' won!" Bulma gasped.
*I let you. * (He did).
"Let me? I won fair and square you egotistical son of a b*tch."
*I let you win woman, so get over it. *
"Get over what? You are just mad because I am better than you are at something."
*You are not exactly acting very dignified, President Briefs *
"Dignified? I'll dignified my foot up your…" Bulma stopped and blushed furiously at her behavior. "What are you all staring at?" she said waspishly.
"Uh, Bulma, you were yelling at Vegeta and he hasn't said a word." Yamcha said nervously.
"Yes he did! He was telling me I'm not dignified and…a bunch of other stuff."
Suzy patted Bulma on the head, "I think someone is in need of a lot of rest and some herbal tea. These things are all in your mind Bulma."
*Yeah, it's all in your mind Bulma * Vegeta taunted.
Bulma swatted Suzy's hand away from her, "Did…did he say anything just then?"
"No…"
Goku was putting two and two together…only he was getting 22. (Keep trying Goku).
"Maybe I do need some rest." Bulma said quietly.
"Finish your breakfast while I prepare your bed and some tea." Suzy said, leaving.
They all went back to quietly eating their breakfast.
*Am I going crazy? * Bulma thought.
*Going crazier maybe *
*It's all in your head Bulma * Bulma told herself nervously.
*Haven't you figured it all out yet, Bulma? I am in your head. Aren't you supposed to be the smartest woman in the universe? You could have fooled me *
*Vegeta? What in the name of Kami is this all about? *
*Well after what happened last night, I decided that I needed to find some things out before I ask Goku anything about that…touching thing *
*Find what out? *
*We should probably get to know each other better. *
*You have a point there, but isn't there a better way to do that; I mean besides this silly telepathic link thing. *
*There is no other way that I would agree to. Besides this is a lot easier, no stupid questions, or people listening in and getting in the way. *
*I suppose. Well I have to go, I have a…doctor's appointment. If you're bored, I suppose you could listen in. *
"I have to go to a very important meeting you guys, tell Suzy sorry, but I am feeling a whole lot better now. Must have been the orange juice." Bulma said looking at Vegeta, who said nothing. Bulma waved to everyone, grabbed her jacket, and was gone.
Everyone else trooped into the lobby to watch television. It was very quiet. Nobody was really watching the TV they were just sort of staring blankly at the screen, thinking of the president's odd behavior. Goku was still trying to figure things out.
*I've got it! * (Two plus two equals four) *There isn't a real Jon! Vegeta is Jon and…I still don't know who Jez is. Maybe she's for real. So that means, Vegeta likes Bulma but he's afraid that she will hurt him like Jez did. *
Goku smiled maniacally at Vegeta, who saw him and shifted nervously in his seat. *There is definitely something wrong with Goku. * He thought watching him warily as Goku started to do a Victory Dance in front of the television screen, laughing and pointing at Vegeta.
Goku finished his little celebration and sat back down as if nothing happened. *I've got you all figured out Vegeta, and there is nothing you could do about it if you knew *
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A.N.: Well that's the end of this chapter. It's definitely one of the weirdest things I have written. I have the next few chapters already written down; all I have to do is type them up. Did you like it? Did you hate it? Let me know! Got some suggestions? I'll be glad to take them, and I'll give you credit for it (only if you want it…heh).
THANX!
Bulma16;)
P.S. I just realized this is probably my shortest chapter!