The Wish That Never Was: Chapter 4
Hooked on Phonics
By kyllir
Disclaimer: I own nothing... But I still think Chibi-Vegeta is the most
adorable little thing!
A/N: Thank you to all who reviewed my last sections, it makes me so
happy to know that people actually read my stories... And thanks to all
who voted on the last poll. I ended up being a renaissance dude for
Halloween, but I dressed up as Bulma for Celebrity day for spirit week at
school! Oh yeah, sorry it took so long to get this chapter up, my laptop
was stolen about a month ago (along with most of my original artwork, and a
whole bunch of fics), and I just now got a new one about a week ago.
Phew, long note... now on with the fic!
~*~
It was dark, he could hardly see through the red-tinged fog. There was someone
else out there, he knew. He could hear their maniacal cackling, whispering promises of
death to him through the darkness.
'Little Monkey, you belong to me now, my little pet Monkey prince... now STOP
hiding or suffer the consequences!' he could hear ragged and angry breathing, he didn't
move a muscle, not wanting to give in to the tyrant that was hunting him.
'Hiding is futile!' he heard, and felt a hand wrap roughly around his tail and lift
him off the ground. He grunted, almost whimpering, but he wouldn't give his oppressor
the satisfaction.
'NEVER disobey me again! I do not take kindly to insubordination!!! Next time
you will DIE.' He said the last word with such a serious and deadly tone that it sent chills
down the young prince's spine. Before he could see what was going on, a fist embedded
itself in his stomach, sending him flying across the room. The punch was followed quickly
by a sharp kick to his side and whipping by the tyrant's tail across his face. He stood up
again, too proud to surrender. He was kicked again, and thrown like a rag doll around
the room until one of his legs was broken, and he was too weak to get up.
'I'm not afraid of you, Freezer...' he said loudly before the world went black...
~*~
Vegeta awoke drenched in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. He looked quickly
around the room he was in, expecting to see Lord Freezer looming over him. He rubbed
his eyes when he saw no sign of the tyrannical leader, then remembered where he was,
and inspected his surroundings closer. He was in a soft bed, with blue sheets and a soft
white comforter, the room had plain white walls, and white shag carpeting. The window
to his left was open, a breeze coming through the window, ruffling the white curtains. He
jumped out of bed, and found his clothes clean and neatly folded on the oak dresser. He
quickly shoved on the garments. He could smell something cooking downstairs. He
opened the door and was surprised to see a pair of blue eyes looking at him.
"What are you doing here, girl?" he demanded.
"I have a name, y'know..." she humphed, standing in the princes way. Vegeta
glared at her, and pushed her out of the way.
"Why were you standing in front of my door?" he asked her again. She glared
back.
"I was going to tell you that breakfast is ready, and we begin lessons directly
afterwards." He gave her a strange look.
"What lessons?" She shifted her weight importantly and replied,
"You'll see!"
Vegeta grunted and followed her to the kitchen, where there were mounds of
food. His eyes widened, he knew that humans couldn't know about the Saiya-jin appetite,
how had she? Sensing his confusion, she spoke;
"Well, you said Son-kun is like you, and he eats a lot." He nodded and then threw
himself at the table, shoving a pancake into his mouth whole, he nodded his thanks for
the meal. A Saiya-jin eating is really a sight to see, though Vegeta had better table
manners than Gokou, he still managed to eat more than her entire family in one bite.
Pancakes, waffles, enough eggs to feed an army, toast, and gallons of orange juice all
disappeared in minutes. Bulma blinked owlishly when he paused to wipe his mouth with
a napkin. He took a long drink from the jug of orange juice and swallowed, he then
turned towards Bulma, who was still staring blankly with a forkful of pancake halfway
through its journey to her mouth. Vegeta cleared his throat.
"What lessons?" Bulma grinned.
"We're going to play a GAME, Vegeta..." Vegeta look appalled.
"Games are for drooling incapacitated morons!" He was getting red in the face.
"That's exactly my point, Vegeta-kun, even Gokou can read a little. You need to
learn." She shook her forefinger in his face. Vegeta looked more appalled than ever, but
allowed her to lead him into one of the smaller rooms in the Capsule Corp. complex.
"Sit at the table, please." She requested politely and firmly. Vegeta gave her a
look, but did as she said, curious to find out what kind of lessons she would be giving.
Bulma leaned over the table and set a deck of cards facedown on its surface, and
next to it, a chart of letters. She handed the chart to Vegeta, he stared blankly at its
laminated surface.
"Alright, I'm going to show you a card, and you are going to find it on that chart.
Okay?" She explained. Vegeta lifted his eyes from the chart for a moment and nodded.
Bulma grinned and picked up the top card on the deck, reading the symbol's name aloud.
"J" Vegeta looked at the card, and then at the chart, he quickly located the
matching image. Bulma congratulated him, handed him a doughnut hole, and went on to
the next card.
"Y" Once again, Vegeta quickly found it, and was rewarded with another pastry.
"S" Another letter, another doughnut hole. This went on for about another half
hour, until the doughnut holes were all gone. Taking a break, Bulma decided to teach the
prince how to write his name.
"I'm going to tell you how to write your name now, so pay attention, and write it
down when I'm done, okay?" he nodded. Bulma picked up a pencil and began to write
the letters slowly onto the paper, so Vegeta could see.
"V-E-G-E-T-A" she spelled aloud as she scratched the letters onto the paper.
Vegeta took the pencil now, and wrote in straight dark lines his own name. He was
actually beginning to understand far more than she had covered. He figured the shapes of
the letters, and their sounds. He had also figured out pretty much how to put them
together.
"Now I'm going to show you how my name looks." Bulma said, attempting to
retrieve the pencil from his grasp. Her attempts were futile, however. Gripping the pencil
even tighter in his hand, Vegeta began to write on the paper, when he stopped, Bulma
looked down at the paper. The letters 'B-U-L-M-A' stared back at her.
Hey, that's all for chapter 4, folks! Next time on The Wish That Never Was...
Vegeta has learned basic reading and writing, will he be able to decipher that strange
paper he found? What was on it? Why was it in a wall? All these questions and more will
be answered in the next installment of... 'The Wish That Never Was: Chapter 5: Vegeta,
Bulma, and the Pirates Gold?'
A plea for help: I am embarking on a new field to express my creativity... Music
Videos! My current project is a Vid about Vegeta, to the song 'Chop Suey' by System of
a Down... I need more clips for it, so if any one of y'all has any of the following clips,
please contact me at kyllir02@yahoo.com, and/or instant message me on AIM, on kyllir02:
Scenes from the episode 'Final Atonement' (especially the scene where Vegeta
hugs Trunks, and Goten being all like 'WHYYYY!?'), Vegeta turning Majin, and that
scene of Vegeta crying from the Frieza saga. I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get.
Poll: What song could I use for a Vid featuring (Teenage) Gohan?
Hooked on Phonics
By kyllir
Disclaimer: I own nothing... But I still think Chibi-Vegeta is the most
adorable little thing!
A/N: Thank you to all who reviewed my last sections, it makes me so
happy to know that people actually read my stories... And thanks to all
who voted on the last poll. I ended up being a renaissance dude for
Halloween, but I dressed up as Bulma for Celebrity day for spirit week at
school! Oh yeah, sorry it took so long to get this chapter up, my laptop
was stolen about a month ago (along with most of my original artwork, and a
whole bunch of fics), and I just now got a new one about a week ago.
Phew, long note... now on with the fic!
~*~
It was dark, he could hardly see through the red-tinged fog. There was someone
else out there, he knew. He could hear their maniacal cackling, whispering promises of
death to him through the darkness.
'Little Monkey, you belong to me now, my little pet Monkey prince... now STOP
hiding or suffer the consequences!' he could hear ragged and angry breathing, he didn't
move a muscle, not wanting to give in to the tyrant that was hunting him.
'Hiding is futile!' he heard, and felt a hand wrap roughly around his tail and lift
him off the ground. He grunted, almost whimpering, but he wouldn't give his oppressor
the satisfaction.
'NEVER disobey me again! I do not take kindly to insubordination!!! Next time
you will DIE.' He said the last word with such a serious and deadly tone that it sent chills
down the young prince's spine. Before he could see what was going on, a fist embedded
itself in his stomach, sending him flying across the room. The punch was followed quickly
by a sharp kick to his side and whipping by the tyrant's tail across his face. He stood up
again, too proud to surrender. He was kicked again, and thrown like a rag doll around
the room until one of his legs was broken, and he was too weak to get up.
'I'm not afraid of you, Freezer...' he said loudly before the world went black...
~*~
Vegeta awoke drenched in a cold sweat, breathing heavily. He looked quickly
around the room he was in, expecting to see Lord Freezer looming over him. He rubbed
his eyes when he saw no sign of the tyrannical leader, then remembered where he was,
and inspected his surroundings closer. He was in a soft bed, with blue sheets and a soft
white comforter, the room had plain white walls, and white shag carpeting. The window
to his left was open, a breeze coming through the window, ruffling the white curtains. He
jumped out of bed, and found his clothes clean and neatly folded on the oak dresser. He
quickly shoved on the garments. He could smell something cooking downstairs. He
opened the door and was surprised to see a pair of blue eyes looking at him.
"What are you doing here, girl?" he demanded.
"I have a name, y'know..." she humphed, standing in the princes way. Vegeta
glared at her, and pushed her out of the way.
"Why were you standing in front of my door?" he asked her again. She glared
back.
"I was going to tell you that breakfast is ready, and we begin lessons directly
afterwards." He gave her a strange look.
"What lessons?" She shifted her weight importantly and replied,
"You'll see!"
Vegeta grunted and followed her to the kitchen, where there were mounds of
food. His eyes widened, he knew that humans couldn't know about the Saiya-jin appetite,
how had she? Sensing his confusion, she spoke;
"Well, you said Son-kun is like you, and he eats a lot." He nodded and then threw
himself at the table, shoving a pancake into his mouth whole, he nodded his thanks for
the meal. A Saiya-jin eating is really a sight to see, though Vegeta had better table
manners than Gokou, he still managed to eat more than her entire family in one bite.
Pancakes, waffles, enough eggs to feed an army, toast, and gallons of orange juice all
disappeared in minutes. Bulma blinked owlishly when he paused to wipe his mouth with
a napkin. He took a long drink from the jug of orange juice and swallowed, he then
turned towards Bulma, who was still staring blankly with a forkful of pancake halfway
through its journey to her mouth. Vegeta cleared his throat.
"What lessons?" Bulma grinned.
"We're going to play a GAME, Vegeta..." Vegeta look appalled.
"Games are for drooling incapacitated morons!" He was getting red in the face.
"That's exactly my point, Vegeta-kun, even Gokou can read a little. You need to
learn." She shook her forefinger in his face. Vegeta looked more appalled than ever, but
allowed her to lead him into one of the smaller rooms in the Capsule Corp. complex.
"Sit at the table, please." She requested politely and firmly. Vegeta gave her a
look, but did as she said, curious to find out what kind of lessons she would be giving.
Bulma leaned over the table and set a deck of cards facedown on its surface, and
next to it, a chart of letters. She handed the chart to Vegeta, he stared blankly at its
laminated surface.
"Alright, I'm going to show you a card, and you are going to find it on that chart.
Okay?" She explained. Vegeta lifted his eyes from the chart for a moment and nodded.
Bulma grinned and picked up the top card on the deck, reading the symbol's name aloud.
"J" Vegeta looked at the card, and then at the chart, he quickly located the
matching image. Bulma congratulated him, handed him a doughnut hole, and went on to
the next card.
"Y" Once again, Vegeta quickly found it, and was rewarded with another pastry.
"S" Another letter, another doughnut hole. This went on for about another half
hour, until the doughnut holes were all gone. Taking a break, Bulma decided to teach the
prince how to write his name.
"I'm going to tell you how to write your name now, so pay attention, and write it
down when I'm done, okay?" he nodded. Bulma picked up a pencil and began to write
the letters slowly onto the paper, so Vegeta could see.
"V-E-G-E-T-A" she spelled aloud as she scratched the letters onto the paper.
Vegeta took the pencil now, and wrote in straight dark lines his own name. He was
actually beginning to understand far more than she had covered. He figured the shapes of
the letters, and their sounds. He had also figured out pretty much how to put them
together.
"Now I'm going to show you how my name looks." Bulma said, attempting to
retrieve the pencil from his grasp. Her attempts were futile, however. Gripping the pencil
even tighter in his hand, Vegeta began to write on the paper, when he stopped, Bulma
looked down at the paper. The letters 'B-U-L-M-A' stared back at her.
Hey, that's all for chapter 4, folks! Next time on The Wish That Never Was...
Vegeta has learned basic reading and writing, will he be able to decipher that strange
paper he found? What was on it? Why was it in a wall? All these questions and more will
be answered in the next installment of... 'The Wish That Never Was: Chapter 5: Vegeta,
Bulma, and the Pirates Gold?'
A plea for help: I am embarking on a new field to express my creativity... Music
Videos! My current project is a Vid about Vegeta, to the song 'Chop Suey' by System of
a Down... I need more clips for it, so if any one of y'all has any of the following clips,
please contact me at kyllir02@yahoo.com, and/or instant message me on AIM, on kyllir02:
Scenes from the episode 'Final Atonement' (especially the scene where Vegeta
hugs Trunks, and Goten being all like 'WHYYYY!?'), Vegeta turning Majin, and that
scene of Vegeta crying from the Frieza saga. I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get.
Poll: What song could I use for a Vid featuring (Teenage) Gohan?
