Chapter 4
Disclaimer: I do not own DragonBall Z. Aw well. You can't have everything. =)
It had been 5 hours since the frightning encounter with the dog. But it was still outside of the spa room, chained to the cage bars and whining. Panting its sour breath, wagging it's evil tail, and thinking of what it was going to do to Bulma. Or thats what Vegeta said. Bulma laughed, as she was sewing up his pants so he was standing there in the fluffy blue robe(I cant imagine Vegeta in a fluffy blue robe. Can you) and griping to Bulma about how she needed to take things seriously. "I'm taking things more seriously than you!!" Bulma argued with a smile. "It's just a dog. I understand you're trying to protect me, but....." She trailed off. Vegeta decided to talk about a flashback(Ever notice how often Vegeta does this?)."Once, back when I was about 13, the prince of my planet Vegeta, The peasants had dogs." He said. Bulma rolled her eyes. "Me and my father weren't very nice to some of them. So,they trained the animals to bark when anybody came around the house. One time, a dog barked at me and my dad. My dad exploded it's guts against a wall. I asked him why he did it and he said....." Vegeta took a breath..." Have you ever read Cujo?" Bulma bursted out laughing. She was rolling all over the floor and holding her sides. "Your DAD said that? He's worse than you!!" Vegeta frowned. "When dogs eat frogs, they spit alot." Vegeta said. Bulma nodded. "And--?" "So if one is spitting, it either ate a frog, or it's got Rabies. If it has rabies, thats terrible because it causes them to go crazy. They attack people. But if they ate a frog, thats even worse." "Why is that?" Bulma asked, awaiting his answer because she thought this conversation was really funny. "Because I really LIKE frogs!!' Bulma should have laughed at that. But she didn't. Her husband liking frogs was for some reason not funny. "Is there something you would like to tell me?" Bulma asked. "Yeah, sure. Stay away from dogs."
"No....anything else? Like a secret lifestyle?!" He shook his head.
It was nighttime. Vegeta was asleep, snoring really loud. Bulma was awake. Something was bothering her. She was afraid the pup outside would starve. "If I let it die, will King Yemma think I MURDERED him?!" She asked herself. Then she looked at Vegeta. "He's killed like....a lot of people, and he was forgiven. But.....The dog's hungry." She was about to roll out from under Vegeta's arm, but then she thought. "Vegeta told me NOT to." She said. But she got up anyway. She went to the small refrigerator and looked around. Vegeta rolled. "I have to hurry before he knows Im not there!!" Bulmna squeaked. She took out a can of Tuna and splattered it on a plate. She put some crackers by it and began tiptoeing outside, when she stubbed her toe on a boot. Vegeta's boot. "Ow, Vegeta, You son of a B*tch!!" She screamed. Vegeta's eyes popped open. Bulma raced outside. She ran as fast as she could to the cage. But Vegeta was coming!! She could hear his boots on the floor, coming!! She looked around, knowing she couldent make it to the cage. "I've gotten find a way to get rid of this!!" She said, looking at the plate. "What to do...What to do...." Vegeta slid open the door and-- "Bulma, what are you doing out here so late?" He looked at her, in the pool, in her pajama's, with a plate of Tuna and crackers on her head. "Why is there Tuna on your head?!" "It helps your....um.....skin!!"
"Oh."Vegeta said. He looked around. "Can I have some tuna? My skin hasn't looked so good." "Go back to bed!!" Bulma said. Vegeta went back to bed. So she gave her tuna to puppy, and he was happy.
"Hello, Mommy?" Trunks asked on the phone. "Yes, it's me!!" She said. "How are you doing?" There was a pause. "I'm doing great, mommy. But you CAN'T be coming back yet!! You've only been gone 3 days!!" Bulma laughed. "Calm down, I'm not coming back." "Are you and daddy having fun?!" "Yeah." Bulma said. "A great time. But Trunks--" She checked to make sure Vegeta wasn't in the room. He wasn't, he was taking a shower. "What is it, Mommy?" Trunks asked. "Well, how would you like it if I brought you a present?" Trunks clapped on the other line. "Great!! What is it? What is it?" "If I tell you, when you talk to your daddy in a minute you can't say anything about it, okay?" "Yeah, okay!!" Trunks replied. "Well,Im brining you a dog!" Trunks was happy!! "But wait." He said."Daddy doesn't like dogs. Matter fact, he barely likes anything that breaths." Bulma let that ugly comment slide. "Thats why your not going to tell Daddy until I talk to him, okay?" "Okay." Vegeta stepped into the room. "Here's daddy." She gave the phone to Vegeta. "Hi Daddy!!" Trunks said. "Oh, joy." Vegeta mumbled. "Hi, Trunks." He said. "There was a long pause. "I guess I'll be seeing you." Trunks said. "Not if I see you first." Vegeta replied. "Okay." Trunks said, and they hung up. "Can you at least PRETEND you like Trunks?" Bulma whined. "He's your son! And, for that matter, it's your fault he was even BORN!!" Vegeta scoffed. "No way! You totally came on to me!!" "Nuh uh!" Bulma said. "Let's not get into the descussion of who seduced who!" Vegeta growled. "I have things to do!!" And he stepped out on the porch and watched the dog in the cage. "I'll bet your hungry!!" Vegeta yelled at it. "See? If dogs remain alive, it shows them how CREUL people can be!!" And he threw a rock at it. "But wait..." He said. "Why isn't it howling? It would be if it was hungry." He thought. "Somebody probley fed it. And the only people who can get out here are me and--" Vegeta's eyes widened. "BULMA!!" He yelled. She came out. "What do you WANT?" He pointed to the dog. "DID YOU FEED THIS HORRIBLE BEAST?!" He screamed at her. She hated people screaming in her face. "Umm..."She said, in as small a voice as she could manage."Maybe just a tiny bit." Vegeta growled. He made such a horrible face, it was unimagianable. "I....told....you...NOT TO!!" He screeched. He screamed like a girl. Or like an indian. "But I did anyway." She said. Vegeta ran into a tree and knocked himself out.
Vegeta woke up several hours later. Bulma was no where in sight, but it was dark outside. "Bulma? BULMA!!" He screamed. All the sudden she sat up beside him in the bed. "What is it? Does your head hurt?" Vegeta noticed that it did. "No, I just wanted to see where you were.What happened? All I remember is being mad at you!!" He looked down. His shirt was covered in blood. "Why didn't you change my bloody shirt before you put me in bed!?" He griped, and ripped it off. Bulma shrugged and layed back down. "I guess It's rather hard for a woman like me to change a big strong guy while he's unconsious." Bulma said, sarcasticlly. Vegeta got up. "I'm hungry. I'm going to eat something." He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. "WHAT'S THIS?!" He yelled. There was no food left. Bulma rushed in. "What's wrong?!" "There was meatloaf in here!" Vegeta said. "I ordered it from room service!!" Bulma stood there. "Did you eat it?" He asked her. She nodded. "You don't like meatloaf!!" Vegeta said. "Who are you trying to protect?" He noticed the sleeping dog outside. "Bulma, I can't beleive you!!" He said. "That's twice you've deceived me!!" "Vegeta, it's cruel and inhumane to let the dog die. It needs a home and Trunks would like it." Vegeta shook his head. "No. It's evil. It's the man's job to protect the family, and thats what I'm doing!!" "I'm tired of your stupid meaningless fears!!" Bulma nagged. She went outside and grabbed the dog by the collar. She dragged it inside, it's muddy paws leaving marks on the floor. She threw it in the living room, shut herself outside, and locked the door. Now Vegeta was locked in with the animal. Then she sat in front of the door so if he tried to ki blast the door open, it would hit and kill her. Vegeta beat on the door. "Let me out!!" He said. "Let me out Let me Out!!" The dog bounded up to him. He flew up. "Bulma, I'm tired!!" She ignored him. "Bulma, darling, dearest, honey, LET ME OUT OR I'LL HURT THIS DOG!!!!!!" The pounded on the door so it made a hollow sound.
2 hours later, Bulma decided Vegeta had been in there long enough. It was around Midnight, and she imagined he was tired. So she looked inside. What she saw was scary. Her Husband's energy had obviously run out from staying hovered in the air for 2 straight hours, so he was lowering dangerously close to the floor. And what was worse-- The dog. It was growling, drool dripping from it's lips. It licked it's chops and Spit flew everywhere. Vegeta was breathing hard and doing everything he could to stay up in the air. Bulma noticed something. The dog's eyes were beady and mean. Vegeta had been right all along--the dog WAS rabid!! She was debating on what to do when Vegeta's boots hit the ground. He wavered back and forth, and the puppy LUNGED at him! "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bulma shouted, and she jumped in, pushing her and Vegeta on the bed. The dog hit the floor and growled. "Huh?" Vegeta said. "BULMA!! What are you doing here?!"
"It IS rabid!!" She said. "Vegeta, we've got to get out of here. One bite, just one and we're dead!!" But Vegeta was mad. "You locked me in here all by myself!! You couldev'e killed me!!" Bulma shrugged. "We'll talk about that later. The important thing is getting out of here!!" "Maybe I could just..." Vegeta said, and lit a powerball up, but a very small one because he was tired. "NO!!!" Bulma said, grabbing his arm. "You WON'T shoot it. Let's wait a little bit." "For god sakes, it's trying to KILL us." Vegeta said. Bulma shook her head. "Cujo is just an exaggeration. Dog's don't think that way. Rabid dogs just scare easier, and when dogs are scared they growl and bite and attack. As you can see, it's not WAITING for us to come down. It's just laying there watching us because we might be a threat." "You sound like Jeff Corwin." Vegeta growled. "Now let me kill it, because I want out!!" "No." Bulma said. "Let's sleep on it." "If YOU can sleep on a bed guarded by a horrible rabid monster dripping slimy drool, be my guest." Vegeta said. Then Vegeta got an evil look. "Let's call ROOM SERVICE. See how they deal with it." He laughed. Bulma shrugged. "Okay." And she pushed the button. Patty walked in. "Hello, what do you neAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" The doggy jumped on Patty and proceeded to try and rip her throat out. Vegeta Ki Blasted the dog off her, and she lay there bleeding. Then she scuttled out. "Why did you do that?" Vegeta said.
"I saw the way you look at Patty!!" Bulma said. "You thought she was a peice of @$$. And I won't stand for that." "So you want her to have her throat ripped out by a raging beast, is that it?" The dog was rummaging thru Vegeta's suitcase. It took out his training boots and started to chew on them. "Those are mine!!" Vegeta said. "How would you like it if I chewed on your squeaky hamburger!!" The dog took out something else. It was a pair of pink underwear. They were Bulmas. "Why are THOSE in my suitcase?" Vegeta said. "Imagine what the guys at baggage inspection thought!!" Bulma laughed. She pulled out a deck of cards from under her pillow. "Want to play?" She asked. Vegeta nodded.
"Go Fish." Vegeta said. "No, YOU!" Bulma said. "This is boring. We need something else to do!!" Vegeta's face brightened. "Let's chunk cards at the dog and see who's hits him right between his ugly red eyes!!" So they did. It barely moved. Then, it rolled over and died. "It's dead!!" Bulma said. Vegeta nodded. "What do you know." Then they stepped off the bed and started dancing around in circles and huggning eachother. Then, they flew out the door and started screaming. "We can FINALLY go to sleep!!" Vegeta said, and he went inside, layed down on the bed and went to sleep. BUlma flopped down on the bed. "We almost died." She said to herself, but Vegeta answered. "Yes, because you woulden't listen to me. From now on, take my advice into consideration because beleive it or not, I know what's best for you." Bulma nodded, but she hadn't really heard what he said. "Im so sorry I locked you in here with that rabid animal. It's just that I didn't know how you could tell it was rabid, and everything....." She trailed off. "It's something about dogs." Vegeta said. "They just don't seem very nice to me. And then the other day, when you told TRUNKS you were bringing him a dog!!" "You HEARD? I mean, I didn't say that." Bulma replied. Vegeta nodded. "Yes you did. But you said,' oh no, don't tell Vegeta, he only lives here!! He won't care if an evil satanic monster lives in his backyard'." Bulma knew this was an exageration, but she kept her mouth shut. "Well your mean to Trunks!!" Bulma said. "And you won't even tell me WHY!!!" Vegeta didn't want to get into that conversation. "About our card game...." He said. "I had a royal flush right in my hand. I think you quit so you woulden't lose." "Nuh uh!! I had a royal flush too!!" "Impossible." Vegeta scoffed. "There's only a certain amount of Jacks, and I had two." bulma shut up. Then there was a long pause. Vegeta started snoring. "Shut up!!" Bulma said, slapping Vegeta right in the face.
Vegeta and Bulma were walking along a city street in hawaii when they saw it. "LOST DOG. NAME:BORIS 6 MONTHS OLD" there was a picture of a drooling Saint Bernard dog on the front. It was playing with a little boy. 'Family misses Boris very much. Reward'. Bulma gasped. "Vegeta!! Look!!" She pointed. Vegeta laughed. "Pity. I guess they should watch their dogs more, huh?" Bulma scoffed. "But a little boy misses Boris very much!! And Boris died of rabies!!" Vegeta shrugged. "He's not our dog, so we shoulden't worry about it. Now COME ON." Bulma coulden't help feeling sorry for the little boy and his family. "How would you like it if somebody killed YOUR dog, or it died?" "I would like that very much." Vegeta said. "Like I told you--dogs are problem animals. They're always getting hit by cars and killed, or getting rabies or attacking old women!! Once I saw this documentary about an old lady. She was in her home, and when she opened her door to let her cat in, two Pit Bulls ran in and started tearing her up!! Paramedics came in and shot them, but she was an invalid for the rest of her life!!" Vegeta was breathing hard. "And then, in this one book called Pet Sematary, a dog comes back from the dead named Spot." "Those aren't real dogs." Bulma said. "Except for the Pit Bulls, and they're dead. Get over it." Vegeta frowned. "Remember the dog, Boris? You said I was being stupid. But NO!! He almost killed us." Bulma hads to admit he had a point. "And if you had let me KI Blast it, then it would have died quicker and we could have gotten away."Shut up!" Bulma said, and slapped Vegeta right in the face. Suddenly, Vegeta felt a Ki. "Oh no!!" He gasped. "What's wrong?" Bulma asked. "Is it a new enemy?" "No." Vegeta said. "It's worse. It's Kakarott's Ki!! And he's close by!!" Bulma gasped. "What do we do? What if he's brought his awful family to ruin our vacation!!"
"No, It's only him, possibly Chi Chi. I can only sense him, and if it was everyone I would sense Gohan, Goten and our brat too." Bulma nodded. "What do you think they want? Let's hide." Vegeta shook his head. "No. There's no use. He can sense my Ki, so hiding is useless. But let's at least go back to the resort so I can beat the crap out of him alone." Bulma laughed and nodded, And they flew back.
It wasn't five minutes later that Goku arrived. He looked terrible. He was dirty, and his hair was roughed up. One of his shoes were gone. "It's horrible, vegeta!!" He shouted. "What is it, Kakarott?" Vegeta asked.
"It's your boy!! Trunks!! It's terrible!! He bothered and annoys me, hits and slaps me, and he tortures our fish!!" "Thats my boy!!" Vegeta said. Goku frowned. "He's selfish and rude, he calls Chi Chi ugly and he breaks Goten's toys!! You have to come back before he wrecks our house!!" Goku sat down on the bed. "I can't take it anymore!!" He wailed. But Vegeat and Bulma refused to come home. "No." Vegeta said. "Just because you think you can dump my own kid off on me doesn't mean you'll succeed. Me and Bulma are going to finish our vacation, if it kills you or not!!!"
"I might just have to burn him alive!!" Goku snapped, spittle flying everywhere. "Burn him alive and I'll bake your goldfish!!" "Trunks already did!" Goku screeched so loud the building shook. "Well at least my kid's tough! Your boys are wusses!!" Goku looked offended.
"You little preppy Prick!! I'll show you!!" Goku screeched, and slugged Vegeta across the face. Vegeta layed down, dazed. "Kakarott..." He whined. Goku opened Vegeta's Diary and began reading out loud. "This is what Vegeta's been writing in his diary!!" He called out to Bulma. 'Dear Diary, I love your pink and purple colors, decorated with delecate blue flowers and a touch of evening mist. Your as beautiful as a bouquet of flowers in the morning. Your magnificent self takes my mind off the ugly paperboy. Your a wonderful book. I like you. I read lotsm of other books. Just today I read one called Cujo. It scared me greatly. Now I think dogs are evil and nasty. I surely hope nobody ever confronts me with one. It might just have to--' Vegeta Ki Blasted it out of his hand. "He's making it up!" He claimed, diving down from the air to get the book. Bulma grabbed it and he skidded across the floor to a stop. "No, this is getting interesting." She said, tossing it to Goku. "Read on!!" "How could you!!" Vegeta said. "My own Wife!!" And he hit Goku with his strongest Ki Blast. The diary was incenerated. "Ow!!" Goku yelped. His hair was on fire and his lip was bloody and he could barely fly. "Well, I know your weakness!!" He said to Vegeta, and flew out the window. "Thats the end of that." Vegeta said. But then Goku came back in a little later with his dog. Vegeta was horrified!! It was a Pit Bull, and that made it worse!! Goku sat the dog down. Vegeta climbed up the drapes, whining like a baby. "Get it away, Bulma!!" He yelled. "Kick it!! Kick it!!" She just looked at it. "Hello, puppy." She said. It wagged it's tail. Goku pointed at Vegeta. "Attack, Bones!!" The dog didn't do anything, but Vegeta started to cry. "Go away!!" Bulma said, and she threw Bones at Goku. "Fine." He said, and they flew out the window. Vegeta was so scared he fell down and bashed his head on a brick that was in the middle of the floor.
Vegeta woke up later on the couch in his living room. "Where am I?" He asked. He wondered why they weren't at the resort anymore. "Vegeta!!" Bulma said. "Your awake!! Do you remember me?" He nodded. "Your Bulma. Why would I forget you? What happened and why am I home?" "You bashed your head on a brick." Bulma said. "Sometime yesterday afternoon. You got knocked out, then they evicted us out of our room for attempting to kill Patty. She was furious about it. The doctor said you might not remember me or anything else, but I was so releived when you did." Vegeta tried to process what she just said, when something walked in. "Hi Trunks!" Bulma said. "Say Hi to your daddy!" But Vegeta was horrified. "Get it away !" He yelled and shot a KI Blast at Trunks. Trunks hovered out of the way. "Mommy!!" He whined. "Daddy tried to kill me again!!" Bulma told Vegeta to behave. "Whats wrong with you?!" She asked after he shot at Trunks at least a dozen times. "Stay away from it, Bulma!!" He said. "It'll eat you!!" "What will eat me?" She asked. "Our son?"
"He's not our son!! He's a raging animal! Where's Goten? WHERE's GOTEN!!" "Why do you want Goten?" Bulma asked. " Because Goten is our REAL son!! Not this DINOSAUR!!" "Dinosaur?" Bulma said. "You think Trunks is a--" Vegeta jumped into the air and shot Ki Blasts at Trunks. He dodged them all. "This is the fastest Dinosaur I've ever seen!!" Vegeta yelled. "But I don't think that He'll be able to avoid THIS one!!" He began powering a HUGE Galick Gun on his open palm. Bulma saw it. "No, Vegeta!!" She said, and she dove onto the couch and grabbed his arm. She held his arms back so he coulden't make another one. "Vegeta, listen to me." She said. "That 'Dinosaur' over there is Trunks. Trunks is our son. He's half Saiyan, half human. Goten is half Saiyan also. Goten is Kakarott's son, or Goku's. Trunks is not a dinosaur. Do you get the picture?" Vegeta shook his head. "Get off me so I can rid us of this menace!!" "No,no." Bulma said. "I will not get off of you until you give me your word that you will not harm our son again." Vegeta stared up at Bulma with his eyebrows raised. "I'm warning you, woman, get off me NOW!!" Bulma got off. He got up and stared at the 'dinosaur'. It was crying. "Tell me, why is this dinosaur crying?" He asked. "I didn't know Dinosaurs could cry." Bulma was motioning something to Trunks, who was nodding and saying things under his breath. "Why are you communicating with this beast?" Vegeta asked. She just continued. Trunks side stepped around to the back of Vegeta and slammed a metal pan on his head, knocking him out. "Maybe that knocked the memory back." Bulma said. "But I wonder why he thinks your a dinosaur. You dont LOOK like one. Or maybe thats just my opinion." "I know!!" Trunks said, and he pulled out an encyclopedia. "Show daddy a Picture of a real Dinosaur, then a picture of me. Maybe he'll get it right?" Bulma thought this was a great idea, so she pulled out the fmaily photo album.
Vegeta was sitting by Bulma and Trunks on the couch with the photo album in his lap. Bulma turned the page. "There's Trunks when he was just a baby! See, your dangling him by his leg because he won't stop crying. I tried to tell you that would only make it worse but you woulden't listen. And look! Here's when Trunks and I were still in the hospital after I had him. You weren't there, because you weren't the greatest dad in the world!!" She flipped the page. "See! And here's you and Trunks at the zoo!!" Then she got the encyclopedia. "This is a dinosaur." Bulma said, pointing to a T-Rex. Vegeta shook his head. "No, that is our son." He pointed to the picture. "That is a dinosaur. Why don't you go back to Kindergarten and leave me alone. I just want some sleep. My head really hurts." "Um, Mom, I think yall should have stayed on your vacation a little longer." Trunks said. "Me too." Bulma agreed. "But even if he thinks your a dinosaur, he's going to bond with you!! Dinosaur or saiyan/human!!" Trunks wasn't so sure about that. "Vegeta, me and you are going to take Trunks to the park." "Trunks? Who's Trunks?" "Trunks is our son!! Or our 'dinosaur'. We are going to take Trunks to a park and you are going to play with him!!" Vegeta thought. "Will you make me some lunch if I do?" "Ummmm....sure." "Okay." Vegeta said. "For 30 minutes."
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeee..............this is so d*mn fun..................." Vegeta said. He was hanging on the monkey bars and Trunks was too. "Yeah, dad!! It's so D*mn fun!!" "Don't say that Trunks." Bulma said while she was reading the newspaper. Vegeta wished they could switch places. "Let's go and play on the merry go round!!" Trunks said, and he flew off the Monkey Bars and onto the Merry Go Round. Several kids began jumnping off the park equipment trying to fly. "Honey!! I told you not to fly in public!!" Bulma screeched at Trunks. Now the other kids thought he was a geek. He didnt like that. "C'mon Dad!!" Trunks said. "Spin it!!" Vegeta spun it very gently. The Merry Go Round went around so fast Trunks' hands slipped off and he flew all the way across the park. He banged into a tree and sat there, dazed. "Um, are you alright, son?" Vegeta yelled. "I'm okay, dad!! Let's do it again!!" "Dinosaurs are supposed to be tougher than this!!" Vegeta said to Trunks. "But I'm not a--" "Shut up and get on." Trunks got on the Merry Go Round and held on very tight. Vegeta Spun it around. Trunks' legs were flying off and he was hanging on for dear life. "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddddd tttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssss issssssssssssssssssss fuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Trunkds said as he went around and around. The Merry Go Round slowed down and stopped. Trunks didn't look so well. " Mommy.....Daddy.....I think I'm going too...." He bent over and barfed on Bulma's sandals. "Yuck." Bulma said, and wiped it off with a baby wipe. "Stop going so fast!!" She said. "Next it might be my sweater!!" Vegeta shrugged. He thought it was a very ugly sweater. "Twisty slide!!" Trunks said. "Dad, lets go on the twisty slide!!" Trunks pointed to the slide that twisted and was pretty long. "Trunks, I dont know if I will fit in the slide." "Sure you will!!" Bulma piped up. "Your REALLY skinny. I know you can!!"
"Thanks alot!!" Vegeta mumbled to her."But I think we should eat lunch first."Trunks agreed. "Sure thing, dad!! Hey mom, can you pull out the lunch sandwiches and stuff?" "Okay!!" Bulma said. She began getting it out, when Vegeta spotted someone very familiar.
"Kakarott!!" He hissed to Bulma. Chi Chi was holding on to Goku's arm, and Goten was playing on the slide. And there, on a leash led by Kakarott, was the huge, ugly monster-- BONES THE PITBULL!!
Disclaimer: I do not own DragonBall Z. Aw well. You can't have everything. =)
It had been 5 hours since the frightning encounter with the dog. But it was still outside of the spa room, chained to the cage bars and whining. Panting its sour breath, wagging it's evil tail, and thinking of what it was going to do to Bulma. Or thats what Vegeta said. Bulma laughed, as she was sewing up his pants so he was standing there in the fluffy blue robe(I cant imagine Vegeta in a fluffy blue robe. Can you) and griping to Bulma about how she needed to take things seriously. "I'm taking things more seriously than you!!" Bulma argued with a smile. "It's just a dog. I understand you're trying to protect me, but....." She trailed off. Vegeta decided to talk about a flashback(Ever notice how often Vegeta does this?)."Once, back when I was about 13, the prince of my planet Vegeta, The peasants had dogs." He said. Bulma rolled her eyes. "Me and my father weren't very nice to some of them. So,they trained the animals to bark when anybody came around the house. One time, a dog barked at me and my dad. My dad exploded it's guts against a wall. I asked him why he did it and he said....." Vegeta took a breath..." Have you ever read Cujo?" Bulma bursted out laughing. She was rolling all over the floor and holding her sides. "Your DAD said that? He's worse than you!!" Vegeta frowned. "When dogs eat frogs, they spit alot." Vegeta said. Bulma nodded. "And--?" "So if one is spitting, it either ate a frog, or it's got Rabies. If it has rabies, thats terrible because it causes them to go crazy. They attack people. But if they ate a frog, thats even worse." "Why is that?" Bulma asked, awaiting his answer because she thought this conversation was really funny. "Because I really LIKE frogs!!' Bulma should have laughed at that. But she didn't. Her husband liking frogs was for some reason not funny. "Is there something you would like to tell me?" Bulma asked. "Yeah, sure. Stay away from dogs."
"No....anything else? Like a secret lifestyle?!" He shook his head.
It was nighttime. Vegeta was asleep, snoring really loud. Bulma was awake. Something was bothering her. She was afraid the pup outside would starve. "If I let it die, will King Yemma think I MURDERED him?!" She asked herself. Then she looked at Vegeta. "He's killed like....a lot of people, and he was forgiven. But.....The dog's hungry." She was about to roll out from under Vegeta's arm, but then she thought. "Vegeta told me NOT to." She said. But she got up anyway. She went to the small refrigerator and looked around. Vegeta rolled. "I have to hurry before he knows Im not there!!" Bulmna squeaked. She took out a can of Tuna and splattered it on a plate. She put some crackers by it and began tiptoeing outside, when she stubbed her toe on a boot. Vegeta's boot. "Ow, Vegeta, You son of a B*tch!!" She screamed. Vegeta's eyes popped open. Bulma raced outside. She ran as fast as she could to the cage. But Vegeta was coming!! She could hear his boots on the floor, coming!! She looked around, knowing she couldent make it to the cage. "I've gotten find a way to get rid of this!!" She said, looking at the plate. "What to do...What to do...." Vegeta slid open the door and-- "Bulma, what are you doing out here so late?" He looked at her, in the pool, in her pajama's, with a plate of Tuna and crackers on her head. "Why is there Tuna on your head?!" "It helps your....um.....skin!!"
"Oh."Vegeta said. He looked around. "Can I have some tuna? My skin hasn't looked so good." "Go back to bed!!" Bulma said. Vegeta went back to bed. So she gave her tuna to puppy, and he was happy.
"Hello, Mommy?" Trunks asked on the phone. "Yes, it's me!!" She said. "How are you doing?" There was a pause. "I'm doing great, mommy. But you CAN'T be coming back yet!! You've only been gone 3 days!!" Bulma laughed. "Calm down, I'm not coming back." "Are you and daddy having fun?!" "Yeah." Bulma said. "A great time. But Trunks--" She checked to make sure Vegeta wasn't in the room. He wasn't, he was taking a shower. "What is it, Mommy?" Trunks asked. "Well, how would you like it if I brought you a present?" Trunks clapped on the other line. "Great!! What is it? What is it?" "If I tell you, when you talk to your daddy in a minute you can't say anything about it, okay?" "Yeah, okay!!" Trunks replied. "Well,Im brining you a dog!" Trunks was happy!! "But wait." He said."Daddy doesn't like dogs. Matter fact, he barely likes anything that breaths." Bulma let that ugly comment slide. "Thats why your not going to tell Daddy until I talk to him, okay?" "Okay." Vegeta stepped into the room. "Here's daddy." She gave the phone to Vegeta. "Hi Daddy!!" Trunks said. "Oh, joy." Vegeta mumbled. "Hi, Trunks." He said. "There was a long pause. "I guess I'll be seeing you." Trunks said. "Not if I see you first." Vegeta replied. "Okay." Trunks said, and they hung up. "Can you at least PRETEND you like Trunks?" Bulma whined. "He's your son! And, for that matter, it's your fault he was even BORN!!" Vegeta scoffed. "No way! You totally came on to me!!" "Nuh uh!" Bulma said. "Let's not get into the descussion of who seduced who!" Vegeta growled. "I have things to do!!" And he stepped out on the porch and watched the dog in the cage. "I'll bet your hungry!!" Vegeta yelled at it. "See? If dogs remain alive, it shows them how CREUL people can be!!" And he threw a rock at it. "But wait..." He said. "Why isn't it howling? It would be if it was hungry." He thought. "Somebody probley fed it. And the only people who can get out here are me and--" Vegeta's eyes widened. "BULMA!!" He yelled. She came out. "What do you WANT?" He pointed to the dog. "DID YOU FEED THIS HORRIBLE BEAST?!" He screamed at her. She hated people screaming in her face. "Umm..."She said, in as small a voice as she could manage."Maybe just a tiny bit." Vegeta growled. He made such a horrible face, it was unimagianable. "I....told....you...NOT TO!!" He screeched. He screamed like a girl. Or like an indian. "But I did anyway." She said. Vegeta ran into a tree and knocked himself out.
Vegeta woke up several hours later. Bulma was no where in sight, but it was dark outside. "Bulma? BULMA!!" He screamed. All the sudden she sat up beside him in the bed. "What is it? Does your head hurt?" Vegeta noticed that it did. "No, I just wanted to see where you were.What happened? All I remember is being mad at you!!" He looked down. His shirt was covered in blood. "Why didn't you change my bloody shirt before you put me in bed!?" He griped, and ripped it off. Bulma shrugged and layed back down. "I guess It's rather hard for a woman like me to change a big strong guy while he's unconsious." Bulma said, sarcasticlly. Vegeta got up. "I'm hungry. I'm going to eat something." He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. "WHAT'S THIS?!" He yelled. There was no food left. Bulma rushed in. "What's wrong?!" "There was meatloaf in here!" Vegeta said. "I ordered it from room service!!" Bulma stood there. "Did you eat it?" He asked her. She nodded. "You don't like meatloaf!!" Vegeta said. "Who are you trying to protect?" He noticed the sleeping dog outside. "Bulma, I can't beleive you!!" He said. "That's twice you've deceived me!!" "Vegeta, it's cruel and inhumane to let the dog die. It needs a home and Trunks would like it." Vegeta shook his head. "No. It's evil. It's the man's job to protect the family, and thats what I'm doing!!" "I'm tired of your stupid meaningless fears!!" Bulma nagged. She went outside and grabbed the dog by the collar. She dragged it inside, it's muddy paws leaving marks on the floor. She threw it in the living room, shut herself outside, and locked the door. Now Vegeta was locked in with the animal. Then she sat in front of the door so if he tried to ki blast the door open, it would hit and kill her. Vegeta beat on the door. "Let me out!!" He said. "Let me out Let me Out!!" The dog bounded up to him. He flew up. "Bulma, I'm tired!!" She ignored him. "Bulma, darling, dearest, honey, LET ME OUT OR I'LL HURT THIS DOG!!!!!!" The pounded on the door so it made a hollow sound.
2 hours later, Bulma decided Vegeta had been in there long enough. It was around Midnight, and she imagined he was tired. So she looked inside. What she saw was scary. Her Husband's energy had obviously run out from staying hovered in the air for 2 straight hours, so he was lowering dangerously close to the floor. And what was worse-- The dog. It was growling, drool dripping from it's lips. It licked it's chops and Spit flew everywhere. Vegeta was breathing hard and doing everything he could to stay up in the air. Bulma noticed something. The dog's eyes were beady and mean. Vegeta had been right all along--the dog WAS rabid!! She was debating on what to do when Vegeta's boots hit the ground. He wavered back and forth, and the puppy LUNGED at him! "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bulma shouted, and she jumped in, pushing her and Vegeta on the bed. The dog hit the floor and growled. "Huh?" Vegeta said. "BULMA!! What are you doing here?!"
"It IS rabid!!" She said. "Vegeta, we've got to get out of here. One bite, just one and we're dead!!" But Vegeta was mad. "You locked me in here all by myself!! You couldev'e killed me!!" Bulma shrugged. "We'll talk about that later. The important thing is getting out of here!!" "Maybe I could just..." Vegeta said, and lit a powerball up, but a very small one because he was tired. "NO!!!" Bulma said, grabbing his arm. "You WON'T shoot it. Let's wait a little bit." "For god sakes, it's trying to KILL us." Vegeta said. Bulma shook her head. "Cujo is just an exaggeration. Dog's don't think that way. Rabid dogs just scare easier, and when dogs are scared they growl and bite and attack. As you can see, it's not WAITING for us to come down. It's just laying there watching us because we might be a threat." "You sound like Jeff Corwin." Vegeta growled. "Now let me kill it, because I want out!!" "No." Bulma said. "Let's sleep on it." "If YOU can sleep on a bed guarded by a horrible rabid monster dripping slimy drool, be my guest." Vegeta said. Then Vegeta got an evil look. "Let's call ROOM SERVICE. See how they deal with it." He laughed. Bulma shrugged. "Okay." And she pushed the button. Patty walked in. "Hello, what do you neAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" The doggy jumped on Patty and proceeded to try and rip her throat out. Vegeta Ki Blasted the dog off her, and she lay there bleeding. Then she scuttled out. "Why did you do that?" Vegeta said.
"I saw the way you look at Patty!!" Bulma said. "You thought she was a peice of @$$. And I won't stand for that." "So you want her to have her throat ripped out by a raging beast, is that it?" The dog was rummaging thru Vegeta's suitcase. It took out his training boots and started to chew on them. "Those are mine!!" Vegeta said. "How would you like it if I chewed on your squeaky hamburger!!" The dog took out something else. It was a pair of pink underwear. They were Bulmas. "Why are THOSE in my suitcase?" Vegeta said. "Imagine what the guys at baggage inspection thought!!" Bulma laughed. She pulled out a deck of cards from under her pillow. "Want to play?" She asked. Vegeta nodded.
"Go Fish." Vegeta said. "No, YOU!" Bulma said. "This is boring. We need something else to do!!" Vegeta's face brightened. "Let's chunk cards at the dog and see who's hits him right between his ugly red eyes!!" So they did. It barely moved. Then, it rolled over and died. "It's dead!!" Bulma said. Vegeta nodded. "What do you know." Then they stepped off the bed and started dancing around in circles and huggning eachother. Then, they flew out the door and started screaming. "We can FINALLY go to sleep!!" Vegeta said, and he went inside, layed down on the bed and went to sleep. BUlma flopped down on the bed. "We almost died." She said to herself, but Vegeta answered. "Yes, because you woulden't listen to me. From now on, take my advice into consideration because beleive it or not, I know what's best for you." Bulma nodded, but she hadn't really heard what he said. "Im so sorry I locked you in here with that rabid animal. It's just that I didn't know how you could tell it was rabid, and everything....." She trailed off. "It's something about dogs." Vegeta said. "They just don't seem very nice to me. And then the other day, when you told TRUNKS you were bringing him a dog!!" "You HEARD? I mean, I didn't say that." Bulma replied. Vegeta nodded. "Yes you did. But you said,' oh no, don't tell Vegeta, he only lives here!! He won't care if an evil satanic monster lives in his backyard'." Bulma knew this was an exageration, but she kept her mouth shut. "Well your mean to Trunks!!" Bulma said. "And you won't even tell me WHY!!!" Vegeta didn't want to get into that conversation. "About our card game...." He said. "I had a royal flush right in my hand. I think you quit so you woulden't lose." "Nuh uh!! I had a royal flush too!!" "Impossible." Vegeta scoffed. "There's only a certain amount of Jacks, and I had two." bulma shut up. Then there was a long pause. Vegeta started snoring. "Shut up!!" Bulma said, slapping Vegeta right in the face.
Vegeta and Bulma were walking along a city street in hawaii when they saw it. "LOST DOG. NAME:BORIS 6 MONTHS OLD" there was a picture of a drooling Saint Bernard dog on the front. It was playing with a little boy. 'Family misses Boris very much. Reward'. Bulma gasped. "Vegeta!! Look!!" She pointed. Vegeta laughed. "Pity. I guess they should watch their dogs more, huh?" Bulma scoffed. "But a little boy misses Boris very much!! And Boris died of rabies!!" Vegeta shrugged. "He's not our dog, so we shoulden't worry about it. Now COME ON." Bulma coulden't help feeling sorry for the little boy and his family. "How would you like it if somebody killed YOUR dog, or it died?" "I would like that very much." Vegeta said. "Like I told you--dogs are problem animals. They're always getting hit by cars and killed, or getting rabies or attacking old women!! Once I saw this documentary about an old lady. She was in her home, and when she opened her door to let her cat in, two Pit Bulls ran in and started tearing her up!! Paramedics came in and shot them, but she was an invalid for the rest of her life!!" Vegeta was breathing hard. "And then, in this one book called Pet Sematary, a dog comes back from the dead named Spot." "Those aren't real dogs." Bulma said. "Except for the Pit Bulls, and they're dead. Get over it." Vegeta frowned. "Remember the dog, Boris? You said I was being stupid. But NO!! He almost killed us." Bulma hads to admit he had a point. "And if you had let me KI Blast it, then it would have died quicker and we could have gotten away."Shut up!" Bulma said, and slapped Vegeta right in the face. Suddenly, Vegeta felt a Ki. "Oh no!!" He gasped. "What's wrong?" Bulma asked. "Is it a new enemy?" "No." Vegeta said. "It's worse. It's Kakarott's Ki!! And he's close by!!" Bulma gasped. "What do we do? What if he's brought his awful family to ruin our vacation!!"
"No, It's only him, possibly Chi Chi. I can only sense him, and if it was everyone I would sense Gohan, Goten and our brat too." Bulma nodded. "What do you think they want? Let's hide." Vegeta shook his head. "No. There's no use. He can sense my Ki, so hiding is useless. But let's at least go back to the resort so I can beat the crap out of him alone." Bulma laughed and nodded, And they flew back.
It wasn't five minutes later that Goku arrived. He looked terrible. He was dirty, and his hair was roughed up. One of his shoes were gone. "It's horrible, vegeta!!" He shouted. "What is it, Kakarott?" Vegeta asked.
"It's your boy!! Trunks!! It's terrible!! He bothered and annoys me, hits and slaps me, and he tortures our fish!!" "Thats my boy!!" Vegeta said. Goku frowned. "He's selfish and rude, he calls Chi Chi ugly and he breaks Goten's toys!! You have to come back before he wrecks our house!!" Goku sat down on the bed. "I can't take it anymore!!" He wailed. But Vegeat and Bulma refused to come home. "No." Vegeta said. "Just because you think you can dump my own kid off on me doesn't mean you'll succeed. Me and Bulma are going to finish our vacation, if it kills you or not!!!"
"I might just have to burn him alive!!" Goku snapped, spittle flying everywhere. "Burn him alive and I'll bake your goldfish!!" "Trunks already did!" Goku screeched so loud the building shook. "Well at least my kid's tough! Your boys are wusses!!" Goku looked offended.
"You little preppy Prick!! I'll show you!!" Goku screeched, and slugged Vegeta across the face. Vegeta layed down, dazed. "Kakarott..." He whined. Goku opened Vegeta's Diary and began reading out loud. "This is what Vegeta's been writing in his diary!!" He called out to Bulma. 'Dear Diary, I love your pink and purple colors, decorated with delecate blue flowers and a touch of evening mist. Your as beautiful as a bouquet of flowers in the morning. Your magnificent self takes my mind off the ugly paperboy. Your a wonderful book. I like you. I read lotsm of other books. Just today I read one called Cujo. It scared me greatly. Now I think dogs are evil and nasty. I surely hope nobody ever confronts me with one. It might just have to--' Vegeta Ki Blasted it out of his hand. "He's making it up!" He claimed, diving down from the air to get the book. Bulma grabbed it and he skidded across the floor to a stop. "No, this is getting interesting." She said, tossing it to Goku. "Read on!!" "How could you!!" Vegeta said. "My own Wife!!" And he hit Goku with his strongest Ki Blast. The diary was incenerated. "Ow!!" Goku yelped. His hair was on fire and his lip was bloody and he could barely fly. "Well, I know your weakness!!" He said to Vegeta, and flew out the window. "Thats the end of that." Vegeta said. But then Goku came back in a little later with his dog. Vegeta was horrified!! It was a Pit Bull, and that made it worse!! Goku sat the dog down. Vegeta climbed up the drapes, whining like a baby. "Get it away, Bulma!!" He yelled. "Kick it!! Kick it!!" She just looked at it. "Hello, puppy." She said. It wagged it's tail. Goku pointed at Vegeta. "Attack, Bones!!" The dog didn't do anything, but Vegeta started to cry. "Go away!!" Bulma said, and she threw Bones at Goku. "Fine." He said, and they flew out the window. Vegeta was so scared he fell down and bashed his head on a brick that was in the middle of the floor.
Vegeta woke up later on the couch in his living room. "Where am I?" He asked. He wondered why they weren't at the resort anymore. "Vegeta!!" Bulma said. "Your awake!! Do you remember me?" He nodded. "Your Bulma. Why would I forget you? What happened and why am I home?" "You bashed your head on a brick." Bulma said. "Sometime yesterday afternoon. You got knocked out, then they evicted us out of our room for attempting to kill Patty. She was furious about it. The doctor said you might not remember me or anything else, but I was so releived when you did." Vegeta tried to process what she just said, when something walked in. "Hi Trunks!" Bulma said. "Say Hi to your daddy!" But Vegeta was horrified. "Get it away !" He yelled and shot a KI Blast at Trunks. Trunks hovered out of the way. "Mommy!!" He whined. "Daddy tried to kill me again!!" Bulma told Vegeta to behave. "Whats wrong with you?!" She asked after he shot at Trunks at least a dozen times. "Stay away from it, Bulma!!" He said. "It'll eat you!!" "What will eat me?" She asked. "Our son?"
"He's not our son!! He's a raging animal! Where's Goten? WHERE's GOTEN!!" "Why do you want Goten?" Bulma asked. " Because Goten is our REAL son!! Not this DINOSAUR!!" "Dinosaur?" Bulma said. "You think Trunks is a--" Vegeta jumped into the air and shot Ki Blasts at Trunks. He dodged them all. "This is the fastest Dinosaur I've ever seen!!" Vegeta yelled. "But I don't think that He'll be able to avoid THIS one!!" He began powering a HUGE Galick Gun on his open palm. Bulma saw it. "No, Vegeta!!" She said, and she dove onto the couch and grabbed his arm. She held his arms back so he coulden't make another one. "Vegeta, listen to me." She said. "That 'Dinosaur' over there is Trunks. Trunks is our son. He's half Saiyan, half human. Goten is half Saiyan also. Goten is Kakarott's son, or Goku's. Trunks is not a dinosaur. Do you get the picture?" Vegeta shook his head. "Get off me so I can rid us of this menace!!" "No,no." Bulma said. "I will not get off of you until you give me your word that you will not harm our son again." Vegeta stared up at Bulma with his eyebrows raised. "I'm warning you, woman, get off me NOW!!" Bulma got off. He got up and stared at the 'dinosaur'. It was crying. "Tell me, why is this dinosaur crying?" He asked. "I didn't know Dinosaurs could cry." Bulma was motioning something to Trunks, who was nodding and saying things under his breath. "Why are you communicating with this beast?" Vegeta asked. She just continued. Trunks side stepped around to the back of Vegeta and slammed a metal pan on his head, knocking him out. "Maybe that knocked the memory back." Bulma said. "But I wonder why he thinks your a dinosaur. You dont LOOK like one. Or maybe thats just my opinion." "I know!!" Trunks said, and he pulled out an encyclopedia. "Show daddy a Picture of a real Dinosaur, then a picture of me. Maybe he'll get it right?" Bulma thought this was a great idea, so she pulled out the fmaily photo album.
Vegeta was sitting by Bulma and Trunks on the couch with the photo album in his lap. Bulma turned the page. "There's Trunks when he was just a baby! See, your dangling him by his leg because he won't stop crying. I tried to tell you that would only make it worse but you woulden't listen. And look! Here's when Trunks and I were still in the hospital after I had him. You weren't there, because you weren't the greatest dad in the world!!" She flipped the page. "See! And here's you and Trunks at the zoo!!" Then she got the encyclopedia. "This is a dinosaur." Bulma said, pointing to a T-Rex. Vegeta shook his head. "No, that is our son." He pointed to the picture. "That is a dinosaur. Why don't you go back to Kindergarten and leave me alone. I just want some sleep. My head really hurts." "Um, Mom, I think yall should have stayed on your vacation a little longer." Trunks said. "Me too." Bulma agreed. "But even if he thinks your a dinosaur, he's going to bond with you!! Dinosaur or saiyan/human!!" Trunks wasn't so sure about that. "Vegeta, me and you are going to take Trunks to the park." "Trunks? Who's Trunks?" "Trunks is our son!! Or our 'dinosaur'. We are going to take Trunks to a park and you are going to play with him!!" Vegeta thought. "Will you make me some lunch if I do?" "Ummmm....sure." "Okay." Vegeta said. "For 30 minutes."
"Weeeeeeeeeeeeee..............this is so d*mn fun..................." Vegeta said. He was hanging on the monkey bars and Trunks was too. "Yeah, dad!! It's so D*mn fun!!" "Don't say that Trunks." Bulma said while she was reading the newspaper. Vegeta wished they could switch places. "Let's go and play on the merry go round!!" Trunks said, and he flew off the Monkey Bars and onto the Merry Go Round. Several kids began jumnping off the park equipment trying to fly. "Honey!! I told you not to fly in public!!" Bulma screeched at Trunks. Now the other kids thought he was a geek. He didnt like that. "C'mon Dad!!" Trunks said. "Spin it!!" Vegeta spun it very gently. The Merry Go Round went around so fast Trunks' hands slipped off and he flew all the way across the park. He banged into a tree and sat there, dazed. "Um, are you alright, son?" Vegeta yelled. "I'm okay, dad!! Let's do it again!!" "Dinosaurs are supposed to be tougher than this!!" Vegeta said to Trunks. "But I'm not a--" "Shut up and get on." Trunks got on the Merry Go Round and held on very tight. Vegeta Spun it around. Trunks' legs were flying off and he was hanging on for dear life. "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddddd tttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssss issssssssssssssssssss fuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Trunkds said as he went around and around. The Merry Go Round slowed down and stopped. Trunks didn't look so well. " Mommy.....Daddy.....I think I'm going too...." He bent over and barfed on Bulma's sandals. "Yuck." Bulma said, and wiped it off with a baby wipe. "Stop going so fast!!" She said. "Next it might be my sweater!!" Vegeta shrugged. He thought it was a very ugly sweater. "Twisty slide!!" Trunks said. "Dad, lets go on the twisty slide!!" Trunks pointed to the slide that twisted and was pretty long. "Trunks, I dont know if I will fit in the slide." "Sure you will!!" Bulma piped up. "Your REALLY skinny. I know you can!!"
"Thanks alot!!" Vegeta mumbled to her."But I think we should eat lunch first."Trunks agreed. "Sure thing, dad!! Hey mom, can you pull out the lunch sandwiches and stuff?" "Okay!!" Bulma said. She began getting it out, when Vegeta spotted someone very familiar.
"Kakarott!!" He hissed to Bulma. Chi Chi was holding on to Goku's arm, and Goten was playing on the slide. And there, on a leash led by Kakarott, was the huge, ugly monster-- BONES THE PITBULL!!