camouflage Camouflage
By: Mattel

Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer apply here.

Author's notes: Okay, this chapter would be a little 'side note' for all the coming chapters. Many thanks to Silver Galaxy for her wonderful and really helpful suggestions, now if anyone would be confused as to how Bulma, Chichi and Videl came to Vegeta-sei from Earth, well, this is your last chance to understand it all.

I really believed that if I did this fic without explaining some confusing parts be done, well, it would really turn into an idiotic and senseless fic. Oh well.. on with the sidenotes~!

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Camouflage - side notes
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"CHICHI~! hurry and let's get down to the underground shelter~!," Bulma shouted at her 2 months pregnant friend dragging a 10 yrs. old Gohan.

"C'mon Gohan, Bulma is waiting for us~!," Chichi ushered her son, but Gohan backed a bit looking faraway and distant, "What's the matter Gohan?," Chichi asked when she noticed his look.

"Is it about your father and the others? Gohan.. he's dead they're all dead.. Goku died.. and you saw him.. he died with honor..," she told her son, reliving the tears on her eyes she again wiped them away. But when she looked once more at Gohan, he still hadn't stop looking.

"Mother, someone's coming to us...," he trailed off as he tried to squint and look at how far his eyes could go. He felt her mother shiver, "Well.. I think, that someone's not a danger mother, I assure you," Gohan said soothingly at his mother, and immediately as he told her that, Chichi began to relax.

"CHICHI!!," Bulma hissed as she noticed some saiyajins flying over them, it was fortunate for them to have some trees to cover them, barely. Chichi just looked at her and motioned her to be quiet. Bulma sighed in exasperation, she couldn't understand her friend at all. She walked towards them. She spoke to Chichi, lowering her voice as she do so.

"What are you doing?," Bulma whispered.

"Someone's coming to us, or so Gohan sensed..," Chichi whispered back. Bulma then looked at the direction that 'someone' is supposed to show up.

"Well?.. I can't see anything.. c'mon Chichi, you've gotta take care of yourself! You have a child inside you~! how can you be so careless!," Bulma said. Emphasizing the word, 'child'.

[author's side notes: I've mixed up Trunks, Pan and Goten's ages.. I know~! ^^;; now, Goten is the one older than Trunks only by 1 year, don't worry much about it, since this is an AU fic after all.. I promise I'll not mess them up again.]

Chichi just hissed at her then Bulma immediately became silent. But not because of Chichi's warning her to shut up but because the figure of that 'someone' Gohan's talking about could now be seen, since it's nearer than before.

Chichi gasped. It was Mr. Satan. He was running towards them carrying a 10 yr. old girl.

Gohan suddenly ran from Chichi towards Mr. Satan, meeting him halfway. Chichi followed her son. So did Bulma followed her friend.

Mr. Satan stopped running and gasped for breath. He then looked at Chichi, he gave her a tiny smile and put the little girl he's been carrying down unto solid ground.

"I suppose you're uh.. Ms. Chichi?," Mr. Satan asked, referring to Bulma's friend. Chichi just nodded then looked at the girl he'd just put down, "and I suppose.. you're Mr. Satan, and this is your.. uh.. daughter?,"

Bulma was now very impatient, they could make their introductions later, for Dende's sake!. They should just head for the underground shelter now before any saiyan could find them. She then turned to Chichi and Mr. Satan.

"You could introduce yourselves later.. we must head for the underground shelter~! HURRY!," Bulma hissed to both of them. Chichi just nodded while Mr. Satan shook his head.

"I've just came to ask Ms. Chichi here some favor," he then turned to Chichi, "Please.. I want you to take my daughter wherever you would go since I have to go back to our place.. and I think she would be safer with you.. even if I don't know you that well.. there's just something in you that makes me feel that my daughter would be protected and safe," he told Chichi.

At a time of crisis like this, Chichi could do nothing but nod, she accepted his favor and carried the little girl, she just latched her hands with her own son. At that, Mr. Satan ran away from them heading towards the opposite direction.

After Mr. Satan had left, Bulma and Chichi together with the two kids, a crying Videl and a silent Gohan, ran through the woods directly to the underground shelter but even before they could reach the hidden passage way, three saiyans slowly dropped from the sky and cornered them.

One of the saiyans looked over at Bulma then pulled out a thin paper out of his pocket, a tiny picture of Bulma was on it and under the picture, a caption was printed:

Bulma Briefs, the heiress of Capsule Corporation, the leading Company in Chikyuu and having the most advanced technology.

The other two saiyans each took a peek on the picture nodding to themselves. Whispering to each other. Bulma was getting irritated by each second. She could just blow up on front of them.

And she did, "WHAT THE HELL?!," she practically yelled to them. Quite startling the three saiyan warriors. At last one of the saiyans spoke,

"Is your name Bulma Briefs? of Capsule Corporation?," the saiyan asked.

Bulma was reddening with anger, could they just let them pass?!, "Well.. YES IT IS.. so would you mind getting out of our WAY?!," she sputtered furiously.

The three saiyans just chuckled, quite amused by Bulma's rage. The first saiyajin on the right completely looked like Radditz, the only thing that's different was Radditz hair was longer than this one. The next one in the middle has a hairdo very much like Goku and the third looked like a porcupine, each strand was standing up on his head. Bulma though, couldn't figure out what was amusing at her current situation.

The Radditz-look-alike spoke to her once more, "Well, we shall bring you then, our prince's waiting for you..," he informed Bulma who just stared in shock at him.

"What the f--," Bulma started but Chichi interrupted, "Well.. you aren't gonna get her!," she said standing on front of Bulma, blocking the Radditz-look-alike's way. The other two sayiajins just looked at each other in disbelief.

The first saiyan was getting unamused by Chichi, he could just kill the woman right away and take the blue-haired girl right away, he then prepared for the blow he's gonna give her when he heard someone using some unknown technique to him.

His gaze landed on the little boy the annoying woman had brought with her. He looked at the boy, a little puzzled.

"KA.. ME.... HA.... ME...," Gohan began, "... HAAA!!!!," he shouted as a stream of ki came out, the saiyan tried to block it with his arms. He succeeded in blocking it only to get burned. The saiyan grunted in pain. Gohan's eyes widen, he didn't hurt the saiyan seriously, he just wounded him slightly.

"You shouldn't have done that Gohan!," Chichi scolded.

Gohan just bowed in defeat, "Sorry mother..,"

The three other saiyans stared at Gohan, "Well.. he got some potential..," the one with Goku's hairdo said.

The one that had been burnt spat, then turned to Bulma, "Now, come with us before we kill all of your comrades and the whole of Chikyuu," he said that earned a shocked and devastated look on Bulma's face.

Bulma closed her eyes and began thinking, clearly. She thought about some ways and their consequences.. then she shot her eyes open and turned to the burnt one, "Okay, but I have two conditions," she told them in a clear voice.

The one with a porcupine hairdo stared at her then said in a booming voice, "You are in no place to negotiate~!," he informed her.

Bulma then smiled and took a knife out of her pocket which she positioned in front of her heart, "Two conditions or I'll kill myself.. surely, if you followed and searched me this long, I must be important to you,"

Chichi, Gohan and Videl, gasped at her in shock. They couldn't believe that Bulma's actually threatening them to end up her own life!

The three saiyans then looked at each other and nodded, "Okay you got your way.. now what?," one of them asked her.

Bulma smiled, "I want to know why your prince wants me,"

"Because it's time for him to choose a mate,"

Bulma's eyes shot up, "Why me?,"

One of the saiyans shot her an exasperated look, "Well.. since he learned that when a saiyan mated with a chikyuu-jin their offspring could be more powerful, and besides.. you're the most compatible woman for the prince on this planet,"

"How could you say that when a saiyajin mates with us, chikyuujins, would create a more powerful creature?," Bulma asked one more time, trying out her luck.

"Well.. he learned that through some scientific experiments..," the saiyajin continued, then he stopped short, "Well.. enough with those worthless questions! now.. tell me, what's your second condition?,"

Bulma then turned towards Chichi then whispered something, Chichi nodded after Bulma whispered that something to her.

"Good idea..," Chichi whispered.

"Okay then, if you're gonna take me to Vegeta-sei.. well, would you mind if these three tag along?," Bulma asked, referring to Chichi and the kids. She knows that if the prince would take her as a mate, that would mean she would be the queen of Vegeta-sei someday, and then the Chikyuu would be safe again. So would Chichi and the kids.. but then, she couldn't pass up the opportunity of having another Chikyuujin on Vegeta-sei.

The three saiyans stared at her as if she'd gotten insane, but then they'd promised that they'd fulfill the conditions and saiyajins doesn't lower their self-dignity and turn their back to their promises. So they just nodded in agreement. and took them too to the mother ship.

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"WHAT?!, these lowly chikyuujins are going to Vegeta-sei too?!, what an idiotic thing to do~!," Prince Vegeta bellowed at Bulma, he could just kill the arrogant woman, but no, he's got to be patient with her.

'But my.. it didn't hurt that his mate was overly beautiful.. damn. where'd the hell did that thought came from?!' he thought to himself as he stared angrily at the woman's strange cold blue eyes.

Bulma finally had the chance to meet the prince, and dende knows how big his attitude was.. or is..

'But he sure is gorgeous.. if that scowl would be wiped out from his features,' Bulma thought.

"Well.. they're NOT CHIKYUU-JINS!," Bulma yelled, this took the prince by surprise.

The Prince then recovered from his shock and smirked, "Well.. what are they?," he asked, almost as if challenging her.

Bulma couldn't believe at how dense this prince could be, she sighed.. but at least he doesn't plan to kill her for being so loud-mouthed. 'Why should I care?' she thought to himself.

"Well.. the boy is a half-saiyan.. duh...," she stated bluntly. Even Chichi couldn't believe that the prince with an obvious big attitude could tolerate how disrespectful Bulma was being, but right then, she didn't care.

Vegeta stared at Gohan, who just stood beside his mother.

"Where's his tail?," Vegeta asked Chichi.

"Well.. Me and my husband decided to cut it off..," Chichi trailed off.

"Who's your mate woman?," Vegeta asked, more viciously than ever.

"Son Goku..," Chichi answered obediently. She didn't want to get a bad reputation, so she just have to live up a good reputation with the prince if she's gonna be living with his planet. Suddenly Bardock came in.

Bulma and Chichi gasped, "GOKU?!,"

Bardock stared at them funnily, "I'm NOT Goku.. what kind of name was that?," he muttered, then he turned to Prince Vegeta and whispered something.

Vegeta just nodded, but before Bardock could leave, Vegeta stopped him, "I know you had a child, right?,"

Bardock just nodded, "Yes, your majesty, his name was Kakarott," he stated.

Looking at him squarely at the eyes, Vegeta then asked him again, "Do you know which planet he was sent to?,"

Bardock just bowed, "I believe that he was sent to Chikyuu.. your majesty,"

"Is there any other saiyan to be sent there besides yours?,"

Bardock answered his prince again, although he's quite confused as to where this would be ending, "He was the only one, your majesty,"

Vegeta smirked at Bardock and turned to Gohan, "Well.. Bardock, meet your grandson," he said pointing at Gohan.

Bardock's eyes widen in surprise, he hadn't expected this, he then looked at Gohan, 'Well.. he did look like Kakarott,' he thought to himself. But he didn't let his eyes be fooled.

"Well.. where's his tail?," Bardock asked the black-haired woman that's holding Gohan.

Chichi stared daggers at Bardock, "Well.. we had cut it off..,"

"Well.. show me where's his tail spot," Bardock commanded, not yet believing.

Chichi then bent towards her son and pulled his pants down and showed everyone the former place where Gohan's tail had been, "Well.. are you believing now?," she asked him as she pulled up his pants again.

Bardock was beyond shocked, he just excused himself and walked out.

Vegeta chuckled in amusement, "Okay, I'll let you stay woman," Vegeta said, referring to Chichi and her kids, then he turned towards Bulma, "YOU are dismissed, go to you quarters, there's a saiyajin waiting for you outside,"

Bulma stared at him at disbelief and looked back at Chichi who's smiling at her, "Go ahead..," she mouthed to her.

After Bulma had left Vegeta then turned towards Chichi, "I'll let you stay, on one condition,"

Chichi nodded, "what is it?,"

"You'll have to live far from the onna when we land on Vegeta-sei, don't worry, I'll be the one to give you place to live at," Vegeta told her.

Chichi couldn't do nothing but nod.

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After three weeks, the ship finally landed on Vegeta-sei.

Vegeta then informed Bulma that Chichi and her kids have died from a rare illness. It had left Bulma depressed, and lonely. But Vegeta talked her out from it and she thought to herself that this might not be bad afterall.. after seeing the palace, that is.

But ofcourse, Vegeta lied to Bulma about that, because Chichi and the kids were the last one to leave the ship escorted by a saiyajin and they are not yet dead, Vegeta just doesn't want them to be with Bulma from that day on.

Chichi and her kids was escorted by a male saiyajin to a big beautiful house at the outskirts of the city, Chichi just stared at the big house and resolved that she would make the most of it, now that she has already a 3 months old child on her belly.

"Goku...," she whispered as she bid the saiyajin a murmured thanks and ushered the two kids, Gohan and Videl inside.

To start a new life.

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END OF THE SIDE NOTES
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Author's Notes: This is the reason why Bulma and Chichi left living on Vegeta-sei. Oh well.. Videl and Gohan got betrothed to to each other.. and then they had a daughter Pan~! and Chichi also gave birth to Goten and so was Bulma with Trunks.. got the mental picture?

Oh well.. this really drained me.. please tell me what you think okay?

Ja minna-chan.