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The School Saga
By Spirit Wolf


Episode 1 - School?! Baka!

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Vegeta's new alarm clock screeched hideously as the alarm went off. A tired and grumpy Vegeta silenced it with a ki blast.

Bulma sat up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Vegeta! That alarm clock was brand new!"

Vegeta grunted in response. Bulma threw the covers off their bed. Vegeta growled and slightly opened one eye.

"What are you doing, woman?"

"Today's an important day! We have to go and pay Trunk's school fees, and meet his new teacher for the year," Bulma told him.

Vegeta sat up slowly, his vision blurry.

"Whatever," he said, stumbling into the bathroom and hopping into the nice, warm shower.

As the water ran down his back, he closed his eyes and thought. So, the brat was going back to school. That meant he would have homework again, detracting from valuable training time. But it also meant that Kakarot's brat would have homework as well, hopefully meaning that he would have no time to come over and assist Trunks in being a pain in the butt.

Vegeta was snapped out of his thoughts by Bulma banging on the door. "Vegeta! Hurry up and get out! What, are you too short to turn off the shower?"

Vegeta growled, but did as he was told.

As he stepped into his room with a towel wrapped around his lower body, his gaze fell upon the clothes Bulma had set out for him. He grimaced. Not the pink shirt!

Vegeta calmly went through his wardrobe, searching for something more appropriate. But his wardrobe was empty.

"WOMAN! Where are all my t-shirts?!"

"You wore them all!" Bulma called from the hallway. "They're all in the wash."

Vegeta sighed and got dressed. He shuddered as he put on his pink Badman shirt. Then he went downstairs and sat at the table. Bulma was already cooking breakfast, and Trunks was also seated at the table.

Attempting to strike up a conversation, Bulma said, "So, Trunks. Are you eager to meet your new teacher?"

"I suppose," Trunks replied.

"Bah! School," Vegeta sneered. "What a waste of time."

"Children need a good education," Bulma said patiently.

"I never had to go to school, and look at me!" Vegeta replied, crossing his arms and thinking that he had won the argument.

A mischievous smile crossed Bulma's face. "Maybe we should sign you up for school."

Vegeta almost fell out of his chair. "Woman, that's ridiculous!"

Trunks had a smirk on his face. "Come on Dad, don't be such a baby!"

Vegeta was about to say something rude, but just managed to stop himself. He decided that Bulma must have been joking. She couldn't really be considering sending him to school, could she?

* * *

About half an hour later, Vegeta, Bulma, and Trunks were in the family car. Bulma was driving, much to the dismay of Vegeta and Trunks. Somehow, they all survived the trip to school. Bulma and Trunks stepped out of the car.

"Come on, Vegeta!" Bulma said.

Vegeta just crossed his arms and grunted in response. Bulma opened the car door and pulled Vegeta out by his hair.

"AH! That HURT!"

"It was supposed to," Bulma said calmly. "Now come on."

Vegeta reluctantly followed his son and his wife into the school gymnasium. Inside were tons of other families, chatting casually as they waited for their turn to meet their child's new teacher.

*Oh no!* Vegeta thought, his eyes darting around maniacally. *I hate crowds!*

And then, just when he thought things couldn't get any worse, he heard an annoyingly familiar voice.

"Hey Veggie!"

Kakarot! Vegeta moaned to himself and turned around. He came face-to-face with his bitter rival. Goku grinned cheerfully and waved, as if Vegeta hadn't seen him.

"C'mon, I think they've got free food!"

Vegeta grimaced, but decided to follow him, in case he DID find free food. If there was food anywhere in the gym, Kakarot would be the one to find it.

Vegeta started to follow Goku, but was halted when he almost tripped over someone. He looked down, to see Goten grinning up at him.

*Oh great, it's Kakarot's bratty look-a-like,* he thought.

Goten raced over to talk to Trunks, and Vegeta continued on his way.

Goku wandered around aimlessly for a while.

"Well?!" Vegeta asked, getting impatient. "Where is the food?!"

Goku scratched his head. "I don't think they've got any after all."

Vegeta was just thinking about breaking Kakarot's leg for wasting his time, when Bulma appeared out of nowhere and grabbed him by the arm. "Come on! It's our turn."

They both trudged over to one of the desks where a teacher sat. She had long, blonde hair, and beautiful green eyes.

*If she had her hair up, she could almost pass herself off as a Super Saiyan,* Vegeta thought.

He burst out laughing at the thought of a female Super Saiyan. Everyone in the gym fell silent and turned to look at Vegeta, obviously thinking he was a madman.

"BWAHAHA!!!" Vegeta laughed. "A female Super Saiyan! How do I come up with this stuff?!" He wiped a tear from his eye, then looked around. "What are you looking at?!"

Everyone quickly turned and resumed their conversations.

The teacher decided to ignore Vegeta's sudden outburst. "Hello, I'm Miss Serlen." She winked at Vegeta, who went bright red.

Bulma wasn't too impressed. "Er, hello, are you Trunks's new teacher?"

Miss Serlen checked her list.

"No, your son's new teacher is Mr Ron." She pointed to another table where a middle-aged man sat.

"Thanks," Bulma said. They turned to walk towards Mr Ron.

"Seeya later, cutie," Miss Serlen said seductively to Vegeta. Vegeta went pale and Bulma looked like she was about to kill something.

Trunks decided it was best to hurry his parents along, so he did.

They walked over to Mr Ron. "Hello, we are Trunks's parents," Bulma said.

They shook Mr Ron's hand and Bulma started talking to him about what Trunks would be learning that year. Vegeta stood with his arms crossed, day-dreaming out of boredom. He was snapped awake when he heard Bulma say, "So it's okay if I enrol my husband in school?"

Vegeta was so shocked, he couldn't say anything.

"Yes," Mr Ron said. "I'll see what I can do."

"Thanks!" Bulma dragged Vegeta away from Mr Ron.

"Are you crazy, woman?!" Vegeta exploded. "I'm not going to school!"

Trunks chuckled. Vegeta shot him a death glare.

"Come on, Vegeta," Bulma said. "Your son is smarter than you. You NEED to go to school."

Mr Ron suddenly walked up. "Okay, I've arranged it." He shoved a sheet of paper into Bulma's hands. "Here is his new class."

Bulma studied the sheet. "You're in Miss Serlen's class. Here are the other kids in your class: Judy, Matthew, Stacey, Rebecca, Joel, Goku…"

At this point, Vegeta promptly passed out.


Next time: Will Vegeta go to school? And if so, will he survive without levelling it to the ground? Find out next time on Dragonball Z!