INTRODUCTION
This story takes place between the Cell Saga and the Buu Saga--when Trunks
and Goten are 5 and 4. That means its 5 years after the buu saga. If your
insterested, I have 3 stories in the Yu-gi-oh category--Mokuba the Runaway,
Rex's Unreachable Dreams about being a popstar, and the horrors of sibling
rivalry. I also have one in 'the hamtaro category--Ham Hams in Hawaii.Oh--
and if you Like Gohan, the story gets better for him. You just wait until
around chappie four!!
Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ or any characters associated, Blah Blah
Blah.....You know all that dribble. I also dont own any of the trademarked
thingy's in here.
Vegeta was endlessy cursed. Cursed, Cursed, cursed. Vegeta Breifs was cursed. And the last name-- that was also part of the curse. He wasn't cursed because he was a Kinko or a convict, or ugly, or something horrible like that. It was because.....5 years before now his son was born. Now his son was five--but hthat made it worse. All he knew to his life was whining. and nagging. Because once he had made the stupid mistake of having the kid, He had also made the stupider mistake of marrying the lady. Of course she was pretty, and good for a few kicks, but that was beside the point. The point was he could never do things HIS way anymore. And to make things worse, He had to see Kakarott, his biggest enemy, who also goes by Goku. Kakarott was always stronger than Vegeta and that made him mad. And then there was Yamcha. He was Bulma(His wife)'s annoying ex boyfriend. He was mean to Vegeta. And Krillin--He was annoyinger. And Gohan was a nerd, that was Kakrott's son, and his younder son Goten. But Gohan's girlfriend, to Vegeta, was kinda hot. So maybe he had a taste for younger women. WAYYYYYYYYYY younger. But that doesnt make him a pervert.(Yeah right, you keep telling yourself that, Vegeta) They had just beaten a monster named Cell who absorbed humanoid robots called the androids and added there powers to his own.He was extremely hard to beat, and after Vegeta's stregth had been exceeded by Gohan(Who was only 11 at the time)He had spent the last 5 years in training. Sometimes Trunks trained with him, sometimes not. Vegeta didnt mind one way or another, because he wanted his son to be as strong as he was. The 5 years in training had payed off, for Gohan who had not trained hardly at all was exceeded by Vegeta now.But now that little boy Goten or whatever was training. And then something else was bothering Vegeta. He was keeping a diary. He thought he was like a girl because it had little pink and purple flowers on it.
Goku was endlessly happy. Happy,happy,happy. Son Goku was happy. He had a pretty wife and two adorable sons.Goten and Gohan. And, he was the strongest being on earth, what with his abilitly to reach SS2!! But he didn't like it that much because it made Vegeta mad. But he thought that one day Vegeta would be nice. Just like he beleived that one day Picollo would stop being a drunk and Gohan, his 16 year old son would get some acne medication. But that would never happen. For one thing, there was no seperating Picollo and his beer, and for another, Gohan didn't want to wear acne medication. So things were just stuck the way they were.
Picollo lazily picked up the phone and dialed Goku's number. He was running on slow gears because of booze/babes session last night. How he could find green girls with pointy ears pretty, you'd hafta ask him. "Hello?" Chi Chi said. "Yessssss...." Came Picollo's troubled sigh. "I neeeeedddddd Goooookkkkuuuuu ....." His tongue dropped out of his mouth and just hung there. "Yes Mr. Picollo." Chi Chi said, and got Goku. "Hiya, Picollo!!" He said. "That was a pretty wild night!!" "Yessssssssssssssss............" Picollo replied. "Thatttttsssss the proooobbbllllemmmmm.......what doooo I doooo for thisssss hangover....???" He had been beaten so badly by a fellow drunk his tongue was almost forked like a snakes. "Ummmm....mix up summu dat advil and Sinus medication(Dont try this at home, kids!)and Aleeve, and dont forget about your Exederin. That should work for about 24 hours, okay?" "................................." "Okay?" "Yessss.....thankssss Gokuuuuu...." Picollo hung up and went to his blender. He poured in some fruit juice and added the medicine. Then he clicked it on. "Im tired of living like thisssss..." He said to himself. He looked at the empty bottles of things you could get drunk on. He had even emptied his supply of cooking sherry!! Picollo took a long drink of the concocrtion and fainted immediatly.
"Cookies?" "Cookies." "Ice Cream??" "Ice Cream." Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks were out shopping for a party they were having that night. It wasn't that fun to Vegeta. Bulma snapped. "Oh!!" She said. "Vegeta, dear, would you run and get about a dozen 6 packs of Miller Lights??" Vegeta nodded. "Though I dont think giving Picollo the oppertunity to get drunk is the best idea." Bulma just went on with her buisness while Vegeta flew down the aisles. A couple of minutes later, he came back with the beer and stacked it in the shopping cart, which by now was almost filled to the brim. "Mommy, can I go look at the toys?" Trunks asked. Bulma said no. Trunks whined and said, "Daddy, can I go look at the toys?" "Heck yeah!!" Vegeta said. "Knock yourself out!!" Trunks smiled and ran to the toys. He was strictly forbidden by Bulma to fly until his 6th birthday. "I'm bored. " Vegeta said. "But Vegeta!!" Bulma countered. "Theres so much to do in a Grocery Store!!" "Like what??" Vegeta asked. "Get drunk on the beer samples?!" He looked over at the sample booze table, where Picollo was getting drunk. "I think I'll pass." He said snidly. "Well here." Bulma said. She gestured at an aisle full of books. There were adult books and child books, big books and small books. "I dont like books!!" Vegeta said. "They are the stupidest invention known to man!" Bulma shrugged. "Who knows? You might like it. Try it!" Vegeta shook his head because he was embarrased at the fact he could barely read because he never really needed to. But Bulma walked on, leaving him all by himself, so he decided he had nothing to lose. He picked up a book. On the front cover, it said, 'A Tale of Two Cities' By Charles Dickens.(He could barely read that, by the way)He opened it. "Dedicated in memory of my loving wife." It said. Vegeta was puzzled. "Why can't he remember his wife?" Her asked himself. "Mine nags so much I'll never forget her." Then he opened it to Chapter one and the first paragraph of writing. Vegeta had to squint to see the fine print. "Theres always tricks with this fine print." Vegeta said. "Thats why you can hardly read it. But dont get me wrong! I won't let it fool me!!" And he put the book back. But something about the picture of a city street on the front was interesting to Vegeta, so he opened it back up. He had a little trouble at first, but then the words came fluently." It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." He read out loud.
"YOU bought a BOOK?" Bulma and Trunks asked at the same time. "Mommy, Im scared." Trunks said. "Why did you buy a book?" Bulma asked. "Is it porno? If it is, dont be afraid to tell me, it's a perfectly normal thing. Nothing to be ashamed--" "Its not porno." "Then what is it?" "................................." "Tell me or I'll tell Goku that it's a Charles Dickens novel and then you'll be really embarrased!!" Vegeta pulled the book out from underneath a couch coushin and chunked it at Bulma. A Garfeild bookmark fell out. "And a Garfeild bookmark!!" Trunks added. Vegeta attempted to punch poor Trunks, so he ran into his room. "You....YOu./....." Vegeta said, angry. Bulma could tell he was utterly embarrased and humileated and about to blow his stack. "You...You....YOU LOST MY PLACE!!" He picked up the book and the bookmark and searched through the pages for it's proper place. When he found it, he cradled the book in his arms. Then he went into him and Bulmas room and put it on the dresser under the alarm clock so it wouldent get dusty. Bulma followed. "What did you buy a book for?" She asked. "Your not like that!!" Vegeta frowned. Then he decided he wanted to read so he took out the book, layed down on the bed and started to read. It was so rare to see him quiet and relaxed. Then he smiled. Seeing Vegeta smile when somebody hadn't gotten hurt was too much for Bulma, so she fainted and whacked her head on the glass table.
When Bulma woke up, Vegeta was laughing. She relized it was 3 hours ago she had fainted. Vegeta hadn't noticed. "I finished my book!!" Vegeta said happily. "It was about happy couples and cheery little boys and wonderful girls with little blond curls!!" Bulma strode right over and slapped Vegeta so hard he was seeing stars. He came to his senses. He grabbed Bulma's arm and twisted it until it made a sickening crack.
"Sorry I broke your arm." Vegeta said. Bulma sat in a pink cast. "But you should be more like the little boy in The Tale of Two Cities. He endured his pain, and you should be the same." Bulma glared. "Shut up or I'll have you in jail for wife beating." Vegeta didnt want to go to jail. He just wanted more books.
Later that night, at the party, things weren't going so great. It was 30 minutes into it and Picollo was so drunk he was stumbling over chairs and puking on the upholstry. Goku noticed He never once saw Vegeta. But he saw Bulma a few times but when he did she was wearing a blanket over her arm. Trunks was running everywhere with Goten and ruining the house. He had Picollo's barf in his hair. Gohan and Videl were on the couch watching a movie. Videl was trying very hard not to notice the fresh patch of acne on his face. Yamcha had a large bottle of Whisky in a brown paper bag. He wasn't exactly drinking it though. He maybe took one drink an hour and stared off into space. Picollo kept stealing his bottle, taking a sip and replacing it, but it didn't look like Yamcha noticed. Goku decided to burst into Vegeta and Bulma's room to see what was up. It was very rare Vegeta hadn't already said something to upset everyone.So Goku burst in the door. Vegeta had a book in his hand(No suprise) and he was reading it to Bulma. She had a pink cast on her hand and a big purple bump on her head. "Why the HECK is he reading to you??!!" Goku asked. Bulma stood up. "#1." She said. "He thinks I care. #2, He doesnt wanna go to jail." Goku was puzzled. "Jail?! And why is he reading in the first place?!" Vegeta, looking up seemed to notice for the first time that Goku was in there. He growled. "Kakarott!!" He said. "Get out of my bedroom or I'll beat you up and kill you--like the wrestler in this graphic story!!" Goku didnt feel much threatened by a fictional character. "Who's gonna make me?!" He said. "Your Books?!" "Actually, they are." He said slyly, and hurled a thick book at him. Goku ducked out of the room. "You know, Vegeta...." Bulma said. "I have some books that I got when I was a teenager. Would you like to see them?!" Vegeta placed his Garfeild bookmark in his book. "I guess so." He said. "But then I'm going to get something to eat. But Im going to limit myself to a few calories, thanks to Martha Stuart's Guide for Easy living." Bulma rolled her eyes. "That Martha Stuart sure is pretty." Vegeta said, dreamily. "If we had girls like that on Planet Vegeta, whoa." Bulma was offended.She thought that He shouldent say things like that. But she decided to show him the books anyway. There were three. One was A Walk To Remember By Nicholas Sparks, the second was Cujo By Steven King, and the third was a harliquin romance novel called Burning Passions. Vegeta didnt think that one looked interesting. "Bulma, can I Ki Blast this one?" He asked, pointing to the Burning Passions. "Go right ahead." Bulma said. "I hated it." So Vegeta Ki Blasted it with a satisfying blast. Then he picked up the Martha Stuart Living book and placed it neatly in his spot under Bulma's jewelry box. Then he went out to eat.
Krillin, Goku, Vegeta, Chi Chi and Bulma were playing cards. Picollo was sleeping on the floor next to a puddle of barf. Gohan and Videl had left. "Ha, Kakarott." Vegeta said. "After you try to invade my privacy by bursting into my room, I showed you." He held up a royal flush. "A Royal Flush for the Prince." Chi Chi whined. Bulma slammed her cards down. "I'm out. How about everyone else?" They all nodded. "Oh yeah." Goku said. "I forgot to tell everyone. Vegeta was in the room reading a book!!" Chi Chi and Krillin bursted out laughing. "It was Martha Stuart Living. And thats not all!!" They all paused in their hysterics, waiting. "He was reading to Bulma!" They all bursted out laughing. Vegeta got madder and madder. His face was becoming horribly red. "Shut up or you'll become like that green guy over there!!" They continued. So He aimed a Ki blast at Chi Chi. "Hey!!" Goku said. "Dont kill my wife!!" Vegeta tryed to Ki blast her again, bvut Goku pushed her out of the way, and they started Ki Blasting eachother with Final Flashes and Kamehamneha waves. "Vegeta!" Bulma said. "What?!" He asked. "Try not to make a big mess, honey." She said. Vegeta shrugged and exploded the china dishes. Bulma slapped her sides. "I try." She said, and walked to the couch where Trunks was watching the Playboy Channel. "Wow, Mommy, what are those?!" She grabbed the remote and struggles to change the channel, but it was stuck. "VEGETA!!" She screeched. "Knock your son out!!" Vegeta flew over and knocked Trunks out with a swift punch and went back to Ki Blasts. "Hey Bulma?" Krillin said. "Can I use the bathroom? I have to take a major--" "Just go before you cuss." She said. "Down the hall and two the left." "I know where your bathroom is." Krillin said. "Vegeta!! Come knock Krillin out!!" Krillin hauled @$$ into the bathroom and slammed the door. The Ki Blasts continued trashing the house until one hit Chi Chi and she cryed, so Goku stopped. "Seeya Vegeta!! Seeya Bulma!! Seeya Picollo!!" Goku grabbed Goten's arm and they left. "How are we supposed to move this guy?" Bulma asked, pointing to Picollo lying next to the barf. Vegeta threw him in a trash bag and tossed him out the window. "Why did you do that?" Bulma said. "Martha Stuart says to throw away your useless trash." Vegeta replied. They both agreed Picollo fitted into that category.
Later that night, after hours of cleaning, it was bedtime for Trunks and his parents. Trunks hopped into his racecar bed with his bedtime story, A book called Goosebumps:Night of the Haunted Mask. "Mommy, can you read it to me?" He asked. Bulma yawned. "But honey, I'm so tired and I'm not done cleaning." Trunk's eyes filled with tears. "But I wont get a story!!" Bulma thought. "I know!!" She said. "Vegeeeeetaaa!!" Vegeta flew into room. "What is it, Woman? I'm very tired." She pointed to Trunks. "He needs someone to read him a story." "Why dont you?" He asked. "Your his mother." He was about to fly away but Bulma grabbed him. "And YOUR his dad. Besides, its a BOOK. You like BOOKS, dont you?!" Vegeta eyed the book. "Alright." He said. "Fine. I'll be up as soon as I finish chapter one." Bulma nodded and went up to the room.
2 Hours later, the Goosebumps novel was finished. Trunks was fast asleep. "That was great!!" Vegeta said. "Cool!!" He slammed the book shut and placed it on Trunks' nightstand. He walked into his bedroom. Bulma was asleep too. So Vegeta decided this was a great time to get caught up on his Martha Stuart book. So he strolled over to the dresser. "MY BOOK?!" He screamed so loud Bulma jumped three feet. "WHAT THE HOLY HANK IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" She asked him. He pointed to the dresser. "My book!! My beloved book!! The love of my life!!" Bulma frowned. "What do you mean?" "ITS GONE!!" He said. Bulma saw that he was right. Where the book should have been was blank. It was gone. "Bulma, we have to find it!!" He said. "Its my only way to know how to take care of myself!!" Bulma stared at Vegeta with a frown. "PLEASE!!" He said. "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!" He got down on on knee. Never before had the prince of Sayains ever groveled to her. "Okay, fine." She said. "But go knock Trunks out so he doesnt wake up while we're gone."
Bulma was on Vegeta's back as they flew all over West City. "Where do we start?" Bulma asked. "It could be anywhere!!" Vegeta thought." In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Chapter book, a rat comes out of the sewer and steals stuff. Maybe thats the case!!" Bulma rolled her eyes. "Those books arent real, Vegeta. " She said. "They're fake." He came to a screeching stop and looked into her eyes. His face wore a look of hurt and sorrow. "Dont EVER say that again." He whispered. "O-Okay." Bulma stammered, and they flew on. "Maybe someone at the party took it!!" Bulma said. Vegeta nodded. " Great Idea! Let's check it out!!" "But who will we start with?" Bulma asked. "There were alot of people there." Vegeta screeched to a stop, almost bucking Bulma off. "Hey, watch it!!" She said. "I don't know where to start." Vegeta said. "We need to sit down on a rock and think about this." Vegeta landed on one of the very tip top branches of an oak tree. Bulma, very afraid of heights, was holding on so tight she was piching him. "Just hurry up so we can get out of this tree, Vegeta!" She screeched. "I know!!" Vegeta said. "That Picollo Character. He was always suspicous...." "Vegeta, he was in a drunken rage the whole time. And, he's in a trash bad in front of our house. How could he have done it?!" Vegeta had to admit she had a point there. "Then where do we go?" He asked. "No way I'm going to Kakrott's house. He stinks." Bulma was digging in one of her pockets. "What are you doing, Bulma?" Vegeta asked her. She pulled out a twenty dollar bill. "Vegeta, why dont we go buy another copy?" She asked. "It'd be much better than that old dog- eared copy from the library. Plus it would be all ours." "All MINE, you mean?!" "Well, actually, since I'm the one that earns the money to support our little family, and since I'm more mature, and I care about whats going on in the world, Its my money. But I'll give it to you to be nice." Vegeta grabbed it."Thanx." He said, and they blasted out of the tree. "There's the Krogar where I read my first book." Vegeta said. "Maybe THEY have it." Bulma nodded. "Fine, try it."
"Hey, Veggie, Over here!!" BUlma said. She pointed to a rack of books in the Martha Stuart series. Vegeta glided over. "What is it?" He said, but when he saw Martha Stuart's face he understood. "Oh!! Thanks so much, Bulma!!" He began plucking the rack looking for the book He wanted. But it wasn't there!! He looked behind things, in between things, and up and down. But there was nothing. "Bulma...."He said quietly. "What's wrong now?" She asked. "Its...its....NOT HERE!!!" He screamed in anger. "Now, Veggie, don't get mad..." Bulma said. But Vegeta coulden't help it. He powered up with no control at all, sending things flying in every direction. there was a yellow aura surrounding him and he was screaming. Bulma coulden't go anywhere near Vegeta or she'd get burned, so she yelled. "CALM DOWN!!" She said. "We can go to another book store!!" But Veggie couldent hear. He was screaming too loud. So she grabbed a tabloid magazine that said, 'Martha Stuart Lawsuit is carried through' and tossed it at Vegeta's feet. He stopped screaming and examined it. "Lawsuit?" He said. "Y-You mean Martha Stuart's a crook?" Bulma nodded victoriously. "Yes, Vegeta. " Vegeta Ki Blasted the Tabloid into a pile of ash. "But what am I supposed to do? I need a book. I'll die without a book!!" "Remember those books I gave you?!" Bulma said. "Oh. Yeah. I guess we can go home now." But Vegeta's newfound happiness didn't change the fact that a couple customers and even a few shopkeepers were dead from the powerful experiance, lying in a pool of blood, or that Hercule Satan's dog was lapping up a bottle of liquid aspiren and was already getting a little tipsy.
"Trunks!!" Bulma said, slapping her sons face. "Trunks, honey, wake up!!" Trunk's eyes fluttered open. He had a huge purple, blue and black welt on his head. "Why did you knock me out, daddy?" Trunks asked. "I didnt DO anything." Vegeta shrugged. "I was possessed." He said. "By what?" Trunks asked. Vegeta looked around for an excuse. "The Haunted Mask in the book." Trunks nodded. "Well, goodnight guys!" Trunks said and he turned off his lamp and he went to sleep. Veggie and Bulma went into their room and Veggie went to get a book. He picked up A Walk to Remember. Bulma got into the bed beside Vegeta and went to sleep, while he just read. The book was good from the start.
4 hours ticked away. It was 4:00 AM in the morning. Vegeta had just finished the last page of A Walk To Remember.(In case you havent read it or seen the movie, a boy named Landon falls in love with a girl named Jamie, but she dies of Leukemia shortly after they get married at the age of 18) Bulma awoke to see tears in the corners of his eyes. "Honey, whats wrong?" She asked. She sat up in the bed and patted Vegeta on the back. "Bulmaaaa..." He said through sobs. "That was the saddest thing Iv'e ever seen or read or anything! And it made me relize how I appreciate you." Bulma thought this scence was awkward, and she knew what was coming. She figured if Vegeta said the coming up scentence, it would spoil his pride. Plus, she already knew what he was going to say because if he didnt he wouldent have married her. "And, Bulma, I just wanted you to know that I lo- -" BUlma slapped a hand over his mouth. "Loathe Goku?Oh, I know." (He wasn't going to say that. If you dont know what he was going to say, ask me in my reveiw. But its pretty obvious. Think. MARRIED COUPLE)Vegeta ripped her hand away. "Watch it. And thats not what I was about to say. I was about to say--Well,I forgot." Bulma sighed with releif. "Get some sleep, Vegeta." She said. "You can start your next book tomarrow." Bulma rolled over and covered herself up. Vegeta layed down and clicked off the lamp and tried to sleep. He only sobbed.
End of chappie 1. How did you like it? If you have flames, I dont care, as long as its not nitpicky stuff like,'Ohh...that didnt ever happen, blah blah im a fag blah blah. Thats why its called fanFICTION.net.Anywayz, my email is DragonBlueWhite@aol.com. Drop me a note, but Id rather you reveiw.
Vegeta was endlessy cursed. Cursed, Cursed, cursed. Vegeta Breifs was cursed. And the last name-- that was also part of the curse. He wasn't cursed because he was a Kinko or a convict, or ugly, or something horrible like that. It was because.....5 years before now his son was born. Now his son was five--but hthat made it worse. All he knew to his life was whining. and nagging. Because once he had made the stupid mistake of having the kid, He had also made the stupider mistake of marrying the lady. Of course she was pretty, and good for a few kicks, but that was beside the point. The point was he could never do things HIS way anymore. And to make things worse, He had to see Kakarott, his biggest enemy, who also goes by Goku. Kakarott was always stronger than Vegeta and that made him mad. And then there was Yamcha. He was Bulma(His wife)'s annoying ex boyfriend. He was mean to Vegeta. And Krillin--He was annoyinger. And Gohan was a nerd, that was Kakrott's son, and his younder son Goten. But Gohan's girlfriend, to Vegeta, was kinda hot. So maybe he had a taste for younger women. WAYYYYYYYYYY younger. But that doesnt make him a pervert.(Yeah right, you keep telling yourself that, Vegeta) They had just beaten a monster named Cell who absorbed humanoid robots called the androids and added there powers to his own.He was extremely hard to beat, and after Vegeta's stregth had been exceeded by Gohan(Who was only 11 at the time)He had spent the last 5 years in training. Sometimes Trunks trained with him, sometimes not. Vegeta didnt mind one way or another, because he wanted his son to be as strong as he was. The 5 years in training had payed off, for Gohan who had not trained hardly at all was exceeded by Vegeta now.But now that little boy Goten or whatever was training. And then something else was bothering Vegeta. He was keeping a diary. He thought he was like a girl because it had little pink and purple flowers on it.
Goku was endlessly happy. Happy,happy,happy. Son Goku was happy. He had a pretty wife and two adorable sons.Goten and Gohan. And, he was the strongest being on earth, what with his abilitly to reach SS2!! But he didn't like it that much because it made Vegeta mad. But he thought that one day Vegeta would be nice. Just like he beleived that one day Picollo would stop being a drunk and Gohan, his 16 year old son would get some acne medication. But that would never happen. For one thing, there was no seperating Picollo and his beer, and for another, Gohan didn't want to wear acne medication. So things were just stuck the way they were.
Picollo lazily picked up the phone and dialed Goku's number. He was running on slow gears because of booze/babes session last night. How he could find green girls with pointy ears pretty, you'd hafta ask him. "Hello?" Chi Chi said. "Yessssss...." Came Picollo's troubled sigh. "I neeeeedddddd Goooookkkkuuuuu ....." His tongue dropped out of his mouth and just hung there. "Yes Mr. Picollo." Chi Chi said, and got Goku. "Hiya, Picollo!!" He said. "That was a pretty wild night!!" "Yessssssssssssssss............" Picollo replied. "Thatttttsssss the proooobbbllllemmmmm.......what doooo I doooo for thisssss hangover....???" He had been beaten so badly by a fellow drunk his tongue was almost forked like a snakes. "Ummmm....mix up summu dat advil and Sinus medication(Dont try this at home, kids!)and Aleeve, and dont forget about your Exederin. That should work for about 24 hours, okay?" "................................." "Okay?" "Yessss.....thankssss Gokuuuuu...." Picollo hung up and went to his blender. He poured in some fruit juice and added the medicine. Then he clicked it on. "Im tired of living like thisssss..." He said to himself. He looked at the empty bottles of things you could get drunk on. He had even emptied his supply of cooking sherry!! Picollo took a long drink of the concocrtion and fainted immediatly.
"Cookies?" "Cookies." "Ice Cream??" "Ice Cream." Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks were out shopping for a party they were having that night. It wasn't that fun to Vegeta. Bulma snapped. "Oh!!" She said. "Vegeta, dear, would you run and get about a dozen 6 packs of Miller Lights??" Vegeta nodded. "Though I dont think giving Picollo the oppertunity to get drunk is the best idea." Bulma just went on with her buisness while Vegeta flew down the aisles. A couple of minutes later, he came back with the beer and stacked it in the shopping cart, which by now was almost filled to the brim. "Mommy, can I go look at the toys?" Trunks asked. Bulma said no. Trunks whined and said, "Daddy, can I go look at the toys?" "Heck yeah!!" Vegeta said. "Knock yourself out!!" Trunks smiled and ran to the toys. He was strictly forbidden by Bulma to fly until his 6th birthday. "I'm bored. " Vegeta said. "But Vegeta!!" Bulma countered. "Theres so much to do in a Grocery Store!!" "Like what??" Vegeta asked. "Get drunk on the beer samples?!" He looked over at the sample booze table, where Picollo was getting drunk. "I think I'll pass." He said snidly. "Well here." Bulma said. She gestured at an aisle full of books. There were adult books and child books, big books and small books. "I dont like books!!" Vegeta said. "They are the stupidest invention known to man!" Bulma shrugged. "Who knows? You might like it. Try it!" Vegeta shook his head because he was embarrased at the fact he could barely read because he never really needed to. But Bulma walked on, leaving him all by himself, so he decided he had nothing to lose. He picked up a book. On the front cover, it said, 'A Tale of Two Cities' By Charles Dickens.(He could barely read that, by the way)He opened it. "Dedicated in memory of my loving wife." It said. Vegeta was puzzled. "Why can't he remember his wife?" Her asked himself. "Mine nags so much I'll never forget her." Then he opened it to Chapter one and the first paragraph of writing. Vegeta had to squint to see the fine print. "Theres always tricks with this fine print." Vegeta said. "Thats why you can hardly read it. But dont get me wrong! I won't let it fool me!!" And he put the book back. But something about the picture of a city street on the front was interesting to Vegeta, so he opened it back up. He had a little trouble at first, but then the words came fluently." It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." He read out loud.
"YOU bought a BOOK?" Bulma and Trunks asked at the same time. "Mommy, Im scared." Trunks said. "Why did you buy a book?" Bulma asked. "Is it porno? If it is, dont be afraid to tell me, it's a perfectly normal thing. Nothing to be ashamed--" "Its not porno." "Then what is it?" "................................." "Tell me or I'll tell Goku that it's a Charles Dickens novel and then you'll be really embarrased!!" Vegeta pulled the book out from underneath a couch coushin and chunked it at Bulma. A Garfeild bookmark fell out. "And a Garfeild bookmark!!" Trunks added. Vegeta attempted to punch poor Trunks, so he ran into his room. "You....YOu./....." Vegeta said, angry. Bulma could tell he was utterly embarrased and humileated and about to blow his stack. "You...You....YOU LOST MY PLACE!!" He picked up the book and the bookmark and searched through the pages for it's proper place. When he found it, he cradled the book in his arms. Then he went into him and Bulmas room and put it on the dresser under the alarm clock so it wouldent get dusty. Bulma followed. "What did you buy a book for?" She asked. "Your not like that!!" Vegeta frowned. Then he decided he wanted to read so he took out the book, layed down on the bed and started to read. It was so rare to see him quiet and relaxed. Then he smiled. Seeing Vegeta smile when somebody hadn't gotten hurt was too much for Bulma, so she fainted and whacked her head on the glass table.
When Bulma woke up, Vegeta was laughing. She relized it was 3 hours ago she had fainted. Vegeta hadn't noticed. "I finished my book!!" Vegeta said happily. "It was about happy couples and cheery little boys and wonderful girls with little blond curls!!" Bulma strode right over and slapped Vegeta so hard he was seeing stars. He came to his senses. He grabbed Bulma's arm and twisted it until it made a sickening crack.
"Sorry I broke your arm." Vegeta said. Bulma sat in a pink cast. "But you should be more like the little boy in The Tale of Two Cities. He endured his pain, and you should be the same." Bulma glared. "Shut up or I'll have you in jail for wife beating." Vegeta didnt want to go to jail. He just wanted more books.
Later that night, at the party, things weren't going so great. It was 30 minutes into it and Picollo was so drunk he was stumbling over chairs and puking on the upholstry. Goku noticed He never once saw Vegeta. But he saw Bulma a few times but when he did she was wearing a blanket over her arm. Trunks was running everywhere with Goten and ruining the house. He had Picollo's barf in his hair. Gohan and Videl were on the couch watching a movie. Videl was trying very hard not to notice the fresh patch of acne on his face. Yamcha had a large bottle of Whisky in a brown paper bag. He wasn't exactly drinking it though. He maybe took one drink an hour and stared off into space. Picollo kept stealing his bottle, taking a sip and replacing it, but it didn't look like Yamcha noticed. Goku decided to burst into Vegeta and Bulma's room to see what was up. It was very rare Vegeta hadn't already said something to upset everyone.So Goku burst in the door. Vegeta had a book in his hand(No suprise) and he was reading it to Bulma. She had a pink cast on her hand and a big purple bump on her head. "Why the HECK is he reading to you??!!" Goku asked. Bulma stood up. "#1." She said. "He thinks I care. #2, He doesnt wanna go to jail." Goku was puzzled. "Jail?! And why is he reading in the first place?!" Vegeta, looking up seemed to notice for the first time that Goku was in there. He growled. "Kakarott!!" He said. "Get out of my bedroom or I'll beat you up and kill you--like the wrestler in this graphic story!!" Goku didnt feel much threatened by a fictional character. "Who's gonna make me?!" He said. "Your Books?!" "Actually, they are." He said slyly, and hurled a thick book at him. Goku ducked out of the room. "You know, Vegeta...." Bulma said. "I have some books that I got when I was a teenager. Would you like to see them?!" Vegeta placed his Garfeild bookmark in his book. "I guess so." He said. "But then I'm going to get something to eat. But Im going to limit myself to a few calories, thanks to Martha Stuart's Guide for Easy living." Bulma rolled her eyes. "That Martha Stuart sure is pretty." Vegeta said, dreamily. "If we had girls like that on Planet Vegeta, whoa." Bulma was offended.She thought that He shouldent say things like that. But she decided to show him the books anyway. There were three. One was A Walk To Remember By Nicholas Sparks, the second was Cujo By Steven King, and the third was a harliquin romance novel called Burning Passions. Vegeta didnt think that one looked interesting. "Bulma, can I Ki Blast this one?" He asked, pointing to the Burning Passions. "Go right ahead." Bulma said. "I hated it." So Vegeta Ki Blasted it with a satisfying blast. Then he picked up the Martha Stuart Living book and placed it neatly in his spot under Bulma's jewelry box. Then he went out to eat.
Krillin, Goku, Vegeta, Chi Chi and Bulma were playing cards. Picollo was sleeping on the floor next to a puddle of barf. Gohan and Videl had left. "Ha, Kakarott." Vegeta said. "After you try to invade my privacy by bursting into my room, I showed you." He held up a royal flush. "A Royal Flush for the Prince." Chi Chi whined. Bulma slammed her cards down. "I'm out. How about everyone else?" They all nodded. "Oh yeah." Goku said. "I forgot to tell everyone. Vegeta was in the room reading a book!!" Chi Chi and Krillin bursted out laughing. "It was Martha Stuart Living. And thats not all!!" They all paused in their hysterics, waiting. "He was reading to Bulma!" They all bursted out laughing. Vegeta got madder and madder. His face was becoming horribly red. "Shut up or you'll become like that green guy over there!!" They continued. So He aimed a Ki blast at Chi Chi. "Hey!!" Goku said. "Dont kill my wife!!" Vegeta tryed to Ki blast her again, bvut Goku pushed her out of the way, and they started Ki Blasting eachother with Final Flashes and Kamehamneha waves. "Vegeta!" Bulma said. "What?!" He asked. "Try not to make a big mess, honey." She said. Vegeta shrugged and exploded the china dishes. Bulma slapped her sides. "I try." She said, and walked to the couch where Trunks was watching the Playboy Channel. "Wow, Mommy, what are those?!" She grabbed the remote and struggles to change the channel, but it was stuck. "VEGETA!!" She screeched. "Knock your son out!!" Vegeta flew over and knocked Trunks out with a swift punch and went back to Ki Blasts. "Hey Bulma?" Krillin said. "Can I use the bathroom? I have to take a major--" "Just go before you cuss." She said. "Down the hall and two the left." "I know where your bathroom is." Krillin said. "Vegeta!! Come knock Krillin out!!" Krillin hauled @$$ into the bathroom and slammed the door. The Ki Blasts continued trashing the house until one hit Chi Chi and she cryed, so Goku stopped. "Seeya Vegeta!! Seeya Bulma!! Seeya Picollo!!" Goku grabbed Goten's arm and they left. "How are we supposed to move this guy?" Bulma asked, pointing to Picollo lying next to the barf. Vegeta threw him in a trash bag and tossed him out the window. "Why did you do that?" Bulma said. "Martha Stuart says to throw away your useless trash." Vegeta replied. They both agreed Picollo fitted into that category.
Later that night, after hours of cleaning, it was bedtime for Trunks and his parents. Trunks hopped into his racecar bed with his bedtime story, A book called Goosebumps:Night of the Haunted Mask. "Mommy, can you read it to me?" He asked. Bulma yawned. "But honey, I'm so tired and I'm not done cleaning." Trunk's eyes filled with tears. "But I wont get a story!!" Bulma thought. "I know!!" She said. "Vegeeeeetaaa!!" Vegeta flew into room. "What is it, Woman? I'm very tired." She pointed to Trunks. "He needs someone to read him a story." "Why dont you?" He asked. "Your his mother." He was about to fly away but Bulma grabbed him. "And YOUR his dad. Besides, its a BOOK. You like BOOKS, dont you?!" Vegeta eyed the book. "Alright." He said. "Fine. I'll be up as soon as I finish chapter one." Bulma nodded and went up to the room.
2 Hours later, the Goosebumps novel was finished. Trunks was fast asleep. "That was great!!" Vegeta said. "Cool!!" He slammed the book shut and placed it on Trunks' nightstand. He walked into his bedroom. Bulma was asleep too. So Vegeta decided this was a great time to get caught up on his Martha Stuart book. So he strolled over to the dresser. "MY BOOK?!" He screamed so loud Bulma jumped three feet. "WHAT THE HOLY HANK IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" She asked him. He pointed to the dresser. "My book!! My beloved book!! The love of my life!!" Bulma frowned. "What do you mean?" "ITS GONE!!" He said. Bulma saw that he was right. Where the book should have been was blank. It was gone. "Bulma, we have to find it!!" He said. "Its my only way to know how to take care of myself!!" Bulma stared at Vegeta with a frown. "PLEASE!!" He said. "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!" He got down on on knee. Never before had the prince of Sayains ever groveled to her. "Okay, fine." She said. "But go knock Trunks out so he doesnt wake up while we're gone."
Bulma was on Vegeta's back as they flew all over West City. "Where do we start?" Bulma asked. "It could be anywhere!!" Vegeta thought." In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Chapter book, a rat comes out of the sewer and steals stuff. Maybe thats the case!!" Bulma rolled her eyes. "Those books arent real, Vegeta. " She said. "They're fake." He came to a screeching stop and looked into her eyes. His face wore a look of hurt and sorrow. "Dont EVER say that again." He whispered. "O-Okay." Bulma stammered, and they flew on. "Maybe someone at the party took it!!" Bulma said. Vegeta nodded. " Great Idea! Let's check it out!!" "But who will we start with?" Bulma asked. "There were alot of people there." Vegeta screeched to a stop, almost bucking Bulma off. "Hey, watch it!!" She said. "I don't know where to start." Vegeta said. "We need to sit down on a rock and think about this." Vegeta landed on one of the very tip top branches of an oak tree. Bulma, very afraid of heights, was holding on so tight she was piching him. "Just hurry up so we can get out of this tree, Vegeta!" She screeched. "I know!!" Vegeta said. "That Picollo Character. He was always suspicous...." "Vegeta, he was in a drunken rage the whole time. And, he's in a trash bad in front of our house. How could he have done it?!" Vegeta had to admit she had a point there. "Then where do we go?" He asked. "No way I'm going to Kakrott's house. He stinks." Bulma was digging in one of her pockets. "What are you doing, Bulma?" Vegeta asked her. She pulled out a twenty dollar bill. "Vegeta, why dont we go buy another copy?" She asked. "It'd be much better than that old dog- eared copy from the library. Plus it would be all ours." "All MINE, you mean?!" "Well, actually, since I'm the one that earns the money to support our little family, and since I'm more mature, and I care about whats going on in the world, Its my money. But I'll give it to you to be nice." Vegeta grabbed it."Thanx." He said, and they blasted out of the tree. "There's the Krogar where I read my first book." Vegeta said. "Maybe THEY have it." Bulma nodded. "Fine, try it."
"Hey, Veggie, Over here!!" BUlma said. She pointed to a rack of books in the Martha Stuart series. Vegeta glided over. "What is it?" He said, but when he saw Martha Stuart's face he understood. "Oh!! Thanks so much, Bulma!!" He began plucking the rack looking for the book He wanted. But it wasn't there!! He looked behind things, in between things, and up and down. But there was nothing. "Bulma...."He said quietly. "What's wrong now?" She asked. "Its...its....NOT HERE!!!" He screamed in anger. "Now, Veggie, don't get mad..." Bulma said. But Vegeta coulden't help it. He powered up with no control at all, sending things flying in every direction. there was a yellow aura surrounding him and he was screaming. Bulma coulden't go anywhere near Vegeta or she'd get burned, so she yelled. "CALM DOWN!!" She said. "We can go to another book store!!" But Veggie couldent hear. He was screaming too loud. So she grabbed a tabloid magazine that said, 'Martha Stuart Lawsuit is carried through' and tossed it at Vegeta's feet. He stopped screaming and examined it. "Lawsuit?" He said. "Y-You mean Martha Stuart's a crook?" Bulma nodded victoriously. "Yes, Vegeta. " Vegeta Ki Blasted the Tabloid into a pile of ash. "But what am I supposed to do? I need a book. I'll die without a book!!" "Remember those books I gave you?!" Bulma said. "Oh. Yeah. I guess we can go home now." But Vegeta's newfound happiness didn't change the fact that a couple customers and even a few shopkeepers were dead from the powerful experiance, lying in a pool of blood, or that Hercule Satan's dog was lapping up a bottle of liquid aspiren and was already getting a little tipsy.
"Trunks!!" Bulma said, slapping her sons face. "Trunks, honey, wake up!!" Trunk's eyes fluttered open. He had a huge purple, blue and black welt on his head. "Why did you knock me out, daddy?" Trunks asked. "I didnt DO anything." Vegeta shrugged. "I was possessed." He said. "By what?" Trunks asked. Vegeta looked around for an excuse. "The Haunted Mask in the book." Trunks nodded. "Well, goodnight guys!" Trunks said and he turned off his lamp and he went to sleep. Veggie and Bulma went into their room and Veggie went to get a book. He picked up A Walk to Remember. Bulma got into the bed beside Vegeta and went to sleep, while he just read. The book was good from the start.
4 hours ticked away. It was 4:00 AM in the morning. Vegeta had just finished the last page of A Walk To Remember.(In case you havent read it or seen the movie, a boy named Landon falls in love with a girl named Jamie, but she dies of Leukemia shortly after they get married at the age of 18) Bulma awoke to see tears in the corners of his eyes. "Honey, whats wrong?" She asked. She sat up in the bed and patted Vegeta on the back. "Bulmaaaa..." He said through sobs. "That was the saddest thing Iv'e ever seen or read or anything! And it made me relize how I appreciate you." Bulma thought this scence was awkward, and she knew what was coming. She figured if Vegeta said the coming up scentence, it would spoil his pride. Plus, she already knew what he was going to say because if he didnt he wouldent have married her. "And, Bulma, I just wanted you to know that I lo- -" BUlma slapped a hand over his mouth. "Loathe Goku?Oh, I know." (He wasn't going to say that. If you dont know what he was going to say, ask me in my reveiw. But its pretty obvious. Think. MARRIED COUPLE)Vegeta ripped her hand away. "Watch it. And thats not what I was about to say. I was about to say--Well,I forgot." Bulma sighed with releif. "Get some sleep, Vegeta." She said. "You can start your next book tomarrow." Bulma rolled over and covered herself up. Vegeta layed down and clicked off the lamp and tried to sleep. He only sobbed.
End of chappie 1. How did you like it? If you have flames, I dont care, as long as its not nitpicky stuff like,'Ohh...that didnt ever happen, blah blah im a fag blah blah. Thats why its called fanFICTION.net.Anywayz, my email is DragonBlueWhite@aol.com. Drop me a note, but Id rather you reveiw.