Naughty people! How come you aren't reviewing?? Hmmm? Don't tell me I actually paid for this service for nothing! Oh, I have a new e-mail address for you. Graylady@fanfiction.net. So now you can send me encouraging mail or just review the old way. I'll get it one way or the other. Those of you that did review, thanks a bunch. I really don't know anything about the GT series, that's why I steer clear of it. So if you think Bra would have been better, then insert her name for Trunks. I did get to see the actual Japanese version of movie 6. It was pretty neat! Really cool footage of Vegeta and Goku kickin' ass.
Chapter 4: Covert Operation
Goku phased in front of Yajirobi. "Hey! How's it going?"
"Ack?!! Damn, Goku! Don't do that! What ya trying to do? Give me a heart attack?" the stocky overweight man stammered.
Goku grinned his sheepish little grin and scratched the back of his head. "Sorry about that. I'm kinda in a hurry. Where's Karin? (Corrin?)"
"He's harvesting Senzu beans. Whatcha needing?"
"Senzu beans. Got any ready?"
"Hmph! Is that all you guys ever want? If you'd stop beatin the shit out of each other you wouldn't need them so damn often." He sniffed, folding his arms across his broad stomach.
"It's really important Yajirobi. Do you have any ready or not?"
"We would have, if a certain fat idiot hadn't burnt the last batch during the drying process." Karin said as he hobbled into the room.
Goku blinked a couple of times. "Burnt? But I thought you laid them out in the sun to dry?"
"I do. But somebody had the bright idea that an oven would work much faster." He twitched his whiskers in annoyance.
"It was an accident!"
"You burnt all of them?!"
"Just the last batch. There will be more in a couple of weeks."
"But I need some now! It's an emergency!" Goku pleaded.
Karin reached into his belt pouch and produced one tiny bean. "It's the only one I have left until the next batch is in." he handed it to the Saiyan.
"I hope it's enough. Thanks Karin." He placed two fingers on his forehead and disappeared.
Yamcha stood at the foot of Bulma's bed. He had rushed over after receiving Vegeta's phone message. Needless to say, it had been a monumental shock. The nurse had come in just before he had arrived and given her another shot of pain medication, so she was completely oblivious to the rooms occupants.
"Thanks for calling me Vegeta."
Vegeta cut his eyes at the human. He never had liked him, not that he liked very many people anyway, but he had had an exceptional dislike for this one. Maybe because of the relationship he had shared with the woman. "It wasn't my idea."
Yamcha sighed. "I figured that. Where did Bulma's parents go?"
"Home. Her mother insisted that she needed some strange stuffed creature to keep her company. Like there aren't enough people here." He said pointedly.
"Must be her teddy bear, Mr. Wiggles. She's had it since she was a little girl. She told me that when she was scared or sad or lonely she would tell him all her problems." He sat down in the only chair in the room, trying to relax. He had just come home from baseball practice when he had received the call, and he was tired.
"That's stupid." He grumbled. For some reason feeling a twinge of jealousy toward the human for knowing something so intimate about his woman, but also towards an inanimate object for being so, so needed? Why would that bother him? So what if the woman wanted to confide in a stuffed piece of material instead of him. He didn't have time to listen to all her whining.
His thoughts were interrupted as he felt a sudden ki burst and Goku appeared in front of him, causing him to jump slightly. "Damnit Kakarot! Don't do that!" he growled.
Goku heaved a big sigh. "Everybody keeps telling me that. Geez." He looked at the prince for a second. "I thought you were hurt?"
"I never said it was me you idiot."
He looked at Yamcha who was sprawled out in the recliner next to the window. Then around to the woman lying in the bed, hooked up to various monitors. "Bulma!"
"Be quiet!" Vegeta warned. "Did you bring the Senzu beans?"
"Well, there was a slight problem at Karin's place. He only had one bean that was ready. Seems Yajirobi got in a hurry and burnt the whole harvest." He pulled out the small bean and handed it to the other Saiyan.
Yamcha snorted. "Sounds like something he would do."
Vegeta looked at it then shoved it in his pocket. "It will have to do." He didn't let the disappointment creep into his voice. He had been hoping to give the woman one also. Just to keep from hearing her bitch, he added to himself.
"Aren't you going to give it to her?" Goku asked. Something was wrong here. He could feel Bulma's energy. She wasn't in any danger. He reached out with his mind feeling various chis', until he felt a familiar one. It indeed was in serious trouble. Now he understood somewhat.
"I'll give it to her when she wakes up." He leaned against the wall.
"What happened?"
After an irritated glance from Vegeta, Yamcha told Goku what little he new of the robbery. Leaving out any mention of the baby. He new Bulma would kill him if he let her little secret out.
"Man, that's terrible. Poor Bulma. Well, as soon as the next batch of beans is ready, I'll bring you a sack full. Just in case there's any more emergencies." He looked at the man leaning against the wall. He looked like he always did. Hard as granite. But there was a pinched look around his dark eyes, and he glanced several times at the woman lying so quietly in the bed next to him. Goku smiled. The words of a young man floating through his thoughts. There was more than just passion there, he was sure of it. "Call if you need anything." And he was gone.
"What now?" Yamcha pushed his ball cap back and looked over at the stolid prince.
"We get to work. Think you can pull it off, human?" he smirked.
"Just watch and learn." Yamcha grinned and walked out the door. "And don't get caught." He added.
Vegeta let go the thought of blasting him. "Baka." He followed the human down the hall to where the ICU nursery was.
There were three nurses on duty. One was fairly young and pretty, but the other two looked like a trolls. Yamcha grimaced for a second before straitening his shoulders and walking to the nurses station. (sorry, its about midnight).
"Hello ladies." He leaned against the counter. The younger woman immediately smiled and moved closer. The others gave him a skeptical look and continued with their paper work.
Vegeta stood in the shadows for several long minutes, before the baka human had the females completely engrossed in some outlandish tale. He silently made his way into the nursery, using his ki to quickly locate his son.
He stood over the incubator and looked down at the scrawny baby inside. There were so many probes and wires attached to his frail body that you could hardly tell it was even a child. His eyes were taped down with thin gauzy tape, and there was a cap on his head. He laid motionless in the clear box, a machine breathing for him via the tube that was taped in his mouth.
"My son." Vegeta whispered. A myriad of emotions running through him all at once. This was his son. This tiny, helpless baby that had almost not made it into the world because of some baka humans. His revenge would be sweet. Looking at the setup there was no way to get the bean into him except the I.V. Taking the plastic bag, he cut a slit into the top of it with his teeth, then crushing the bean between his fingers until it was a fine powder, he let it fall into the saline solution. A barely perceptible ki beam and the bag was sealed. "This had better work." He threatened to the heavens.
Yamcha had gone through at least two stories before the Saiyan came around the corner and frowned at him.
"I thought you were getting us some coffee?" he asked irritably.
"Oh, yeah. Well, sorry girls, gotta go. It was nice talking to you." He started to leave when the young nurse called out and handed him a small piece of paper. He smiled and waved as he walked back to the room.
"What did she hand you?" Vegeta asked with mild curiosity.
Yamcha gave him a smirk that would have rivaled one of his own. "Her phone number."
"Humph."
I'm half asleep here, so if there are a lot of mistakes, sorry. There will be some action and death in the next chapter. Please review so I'll know your out there, somewhere?
