But later that night, Gojita woke up again. She cursed and rolled over, trying to find her sleep again, but found this time it wouldn't work. She knew why she couldn't sleep though. As much as she hated to admit it to herself, she was afraid. She was scared of the party that was going to happen the next day. Kisama! What the hell is wrong with me?? She wondered. Why am I so worried? Why am I so scared? Why am I so nervous? Gojita then sat up when she realised that it wasn't only her that was feeling nervous. Tousan. She remembered the psychic link. Tousan must also be feeling nervous. This is the first time we'll be apart for a night. Gojita sat up, staring at the door. To any normal ningen chibi, they would've been able to see Jack-shit in front of them. But because Gojita was a full-blooded saiyan, she could see everything. Her extra-sensory vision allowed her to see her room as though it was day. Gojita then made up her mind. She hopped out of her bed and trotted out her room to the room next door, Vegeta's room.
Vegeta didn't need to turn around when she entered, but she knew he was awake and he knew she was too. They could both feel each other's nervousness, even though it was for different reasons. Gojita stood still by the door, waiting for her tousan to acknowledge her.
"Gojita." He whispered as he sat up and turned towards her. He didn't ask what she was doing there, as he knew. Ordinarily, he would've pushed her away and told her that a true saiyan does not sleep by the parent. But how could he say that when he needed his child near him too? And he could feel that she was trying to suppress her child-like frightenedness, but she was struggling terribly. He was also very nervous himself. The next day, Gojita would be leaving to spend a night away at her friend's house. In a way, it felt like she was leaving forever. Even though it wasn't so, it very much reminded him that the day when she'd be leaving the house came into mind.
Vegeta mentally shook his head, clearing himself of all the thoughts that were making him and her feel worse. He couldn't deny his need. He held out his arms. Gojita didn't need any telling that he wanted to hold her, and she wanted him to keep her safe too. She jumped onto the bed and lay in his arms. He lay back, putting her head on one of the pillows of the double bed. Once again, her tail came up to his wrist and wrapped round tightly, as though she was clinging to him for dear life. She nuzzled her face deep in his auburn locks, and because of all the familiar comforts, fell fast asleep. Vegeta, however, lay awake a little while longer. What's going to happen? He wondered. If Gojita's acting like this now before the sleep over, how will she act on the night of the sleep over? Vegeta also knew that he would also have a sleepless night, but he could handle it. Gojita was still a saiyan chibi, and she needed all the sleep she could get during the night. But in the end, he convinced himself that Gojita would somehow work things out. He wouldn't blame her if she wanted to come back home. But he knew her pride was far beyond of that, and that was what worried him. Noticing Gojita squirm, he silenced his worried thoughts, and promptly fell into a deep slumber as well.
The next day, Pan stood outside the class, waiting eagerly for her best friend. She was very happy that her tousan had allowed her to come, and was very eager for school to be over and done with so that she could see Gojita in her costume. I know that Gojee is gonna look great in her costume! She thought happily. Truth was, she wanted two costumes. But in the end, she only liked the one. The other she knew she could give to Gojita, 'cos she wouldn't care if it was a reject or not. That was one of the things she liked about Gojita…she didn't care. If someone didn't like the colour of her hair, she didn't care. If they didn't like her drawing, which they'd have to highly insane not to, she didn't care. And if they said her tousan was a stupid, worthless weakling…well, she did care actually. In fact, she cared so much; she'd go all out and give every kid who said that a nosebleed! Wups! Speak of the kawaii oni! Gojita came trotting around the corner with Trunks. Lately, Pan had noticed that Gojita and Trunks were nearly inseparable. In a way, it made her kind of jealous to see the younger midnight haired firecracker make friends easier with the tall, handsome lavender haired ouji that she had been trying to befriend for ages. But that was also one of the other things that she liked about her.
"Ohayo Gojita!! Ohayo Trunks!!" she greeted them.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Pan." She replied coolly, masking her nervousness very well; a habit she had installed from her father's side.
"Ohayo Pan." Greeted Trunks. "Do you know where Goten is?"
"Uh-huh. Goten said he had some project on something to do with the die-jestive sistem." She said. Gojita snorted and rolled her eyes.
"Baka. It's digestive system." She said.
"That's what I said." Gojita grunted as Trunks glanced down at the Vegeta-alike.
"Great. That means I'll find him in the library." He grinned at both of them as he ruffled Gojita's already messy and spiky hair. "See ya later!"
"Ja ne, Trunks!" waved Pan.
"Ba Tunks…" she whispered. Pan turned to face her.
"Huh? What did you say?" Gojita just stared at Trunks's retreating form before smirking and walking into the class.
"Oh, nothing." Pan moaned as she followed her younger friend.
"Ooooh! You never tell me anything!" she whined.
"I do!" she snapped. "It's just that you have a memory span of about two seconds! You forget whatever I tell you!"
"Oh…right." She chuckled; leaving Gojita to rolled her eyes as she sweatdropped. "So? Are you coming home with me?" she asked. Gojita promptly fell over (anime style ^u-).
"Baka!!" she yelled at the brown haired demi-saiyan. "What do you think??!!" Pan jumped back at this.
"Uhh…hai?" she sweatdropped. Gojita said nothing. Instead, she whipped out her crayons, paper and began to draw. Pan just stared at her with a frown on her face. Man! How is it that a chibi as small as her, and younger than me, can be so much smarter, beterer, prettier and more vicious than any other chibi around here? She wondered. But she shrugged it off when she thought that's just how Gojita was. Just then, Jousan Ami walked into the class. Pan took her seat next to her proud and arrogant little friend. She grinned as she looked over to her. Oh! This is gonna be the bestest party of all!
Goku stood by the gates again, looking nervously to the crowds. He was quite nervous the night before the party, but now it seems like that had been increased ten-fold. He was looking forward to Pan's party, but the idea of seeing Vegeta again split his emotions into two. If he saw the kawaii ouji again, he was sure that his heart would jump with joy. But he was also nervous because he knew the ouji still had a grudge against him, and he might spill the beans! Even though he knew that Vegeta wasn't a vengeful person in that way, he'd still try and find some way to make Goku feel the same pain he did when he broke up with him.
Just then, as always, the four trooped out from the doors. Gojita riding on Trunks's shoulders, but this time, Pan wasn't riding on Goten's shoulders. Goku gave a brief grin. Hehe…Goten probably got tired of Pan fidgeting around on his shoulders.
"Konnichiwa grandpa!" greeted Pan.
"Konnichiwa Mr Son."
"Konnichiwa tousan." Goku just nodded his head, keeping his grin plastered to his face. Even though his jaw was aching, he didn't want them to see him so nervous. But he then noticed that Gojita was also nervous too. And he knew why. Poor Gojita. She'll probably have a sleepless night tonight. He thought. Maybe I should do something to cheer her up. Goku silently pondered for a bit, not noticing that Pan was asking him something.
"Hey! Dad!" called Goten as he waved his hands in front of Goku.
"Huh? Oh, gomen guys." He muttered sheepishly. "I was just busy was thinking. What were you asking Pan?"
"Well…I was just asking if we should…er…you know…do what birds do." Goku blinked before realising that Pan didn't know that Gojita was a saiyan chibi and that flying wasn't something new to her. But he wasn't going to tell them of course.
"Daad!" Goten moaned as he waved his hand once again in front of Goku.
"Oops!" he yipped as he snapped back into reality once again. "Gomen, I was thinking…again."
"Gee, Mr Son." Sniggered Trunks. "You've got your head in the clouds today." That last sentence gave Goku an idea…a very good one at that!
"Gomen. I think we should be going now." He said. He bent down and picked little Gojita up. Gojita held no objections and just went along with it, if not acting a little eager. Trunks, Goten and Pan were pretty amazed at the immediate closeness the two were showing, and Goku could see it written on their faces. "Well? Do you want her to get lost in this big and busy town?" They shrugged it off and followed the two. Gojita had to admit it was kinda nice to be riding in the arms of her suspected kaasan. Hell, she was enjoying every second of it! And it sure beats trying to keep up with him! She thought as she looked down and caught a glance of the long strides he was taking. Pan had trouble keeping up with him already, and Gojita was much smaller. I'll prolly have to run to keep up! But later, she saw that Goten, Trunks and Pan were tiring out.
"Hey dad," asked Goten. "Why are we taking the long way?"
"Oh, we're not." He replied as he looked back to his son. "We're just going to the edge of the town so we can take off." Trunks and Goten looked to Goku with worried frowns on their faces, silently asking Goku if that was okay. Pan, however, seemed pleased. She wanted to actually show Gojita her fighting skills. It wasn't that she was bragging about it, but she wanted to show the sprite super smart chibi that she could do something she couldn't.
They continued to walk until they came right to the edge of the city where there was absolutely no one around. He looked around and nodded to them.
"Right, you guys can take off first." He said. Goten and Trunks were hesitant, but Pan didn't waste a second. She took off immediately, flying around in the sky. She grinned and waved at her wide eyed firecracker friend. Goku knew that Gojita wasn't wide eyed because she saw Pan fly…well, that was actually it. But it wasn't like it was the first time that she had seen someone fly. She probably has only seen Vegeta and Trunks fly. He thought. Goten and Trunks took off after that and the three of them flew off to Capsule Corp. Gojita stared into the sky with a fascinated look transfixed in her eyes. But Goku saw that it was replaced with that challenged smirk. That same challenged smirk his koibito used to wear in battle. He smiled as he thought of how much she was like her tousan. Gojita stood up in his arms, getting ready for take off when he grabbed her by her waist and held her down. She whipped around and gave him a confused look.
"Nah, we're not going to travel that way." He smirked at her. "We'll be traveling by IT."
"IT?" she asked with a curious quirked brow. "What's that?"
"Oh, it's a shortened version for 'Instant Transmission'." He explained. She nodded and then smirked. I always knew my kaasan was a smart and great warrior! She thought proudly.
"Saa…so? How do you use it?" she asked curiously. Goku smiled at her as he brought two fingers to his forehead. He flashed her a grin before he used the IT. Gojita blinked, and then she saw that she was no longer by the outskirts of the city. She was still in Goku's arms, but they were now in a huge grassy area. In front of them, a huge domed building with 'Capsule Corp' scrolled across the side. Goku looked down to see Gojita looking madly around her before she glared up at him. "Where in the hell are we??!" Goku wasn't taken back by this. Vegeta had raised her after all, and he knew that whenever the ouji came across something he didn't know or understand, he'd get all huffy and defensive about it.
"Saa…my Instant Transmission is like…umm…teleporting." He explained. Gojita's scowl disappeared, but she still wore a pout.
"Oh. So, are we by Capsule Corp?" she asked. Goku nodded with a confused look on his face. This is strange. Gojita's acting like she has never seen Capsule Corp before…
"GOKU!!!" came a high, screechy voice. Goku jumped and Gojita nearly fell out of his arms with fright if he didn't catch her. Gojita looked up to see a old woman with black hair tied in a bun, the hair away from her face, come charging at them like a bull to a red rag. She looked like the sort of person you wouldn't want to cross. "WHERE IN THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN??! I'VE BEEN COOKING FOR HOURS!! AND YOU HAVE THE INDIGNATY TO RUN OFF AND LEAVE ME HERE TO WORK ALL BY MYSELF…"
"But…you had Bulma to help you…"
"THAT'S NO EXCUSE FOR LEAVING ME LIKE THAT!"
"I had to pick up Pan and Goten…"
"YOU SHOULD'VE DONE IT FASTER YOU WORTHLESS, LOW DOWN, BOOT LICKING…" But Chichi didn't get to finish. As she was starting with her long lost of insults, Gojita gave her one swift right hook. Because Chichi was so busy ranting at Goku, and he was a little too busy trying to defend himself, neither of them noticed just how pissed off Gojita was getting.
No one speaks to my kaasan that way…She thought as she powered up. NO ONE!!!!!! Even though Gojita knew she was taking a big risk, punching the old hag in the face was one of the most satisfying things she had ever done that year. Chichi dropped to the ground, knocked out unconscious with a bloody broken nose. When Goku blinked, he realised what had just happened. Gojita had stuck up for him. Feeling touched by this, he almost forgot what she actually did. He quickly picked her up and ran for the house, hoping no one had seen what just happened. I think it's more of what they didn't see that's gonna worry them! He thought.
Bulma stood over the table, putting out the paper plates and bowls of crisps, sweets and other sorts of candy. Videl was busy at the other table and Gohan was standing by the front door, waiting for Goku.
"Do you see them yet, honey?" asked his wife. Gohan shook his head.
"Iie, and please stop asking me!" He whined. "Pan will get here soon enough. I mean, it's her birthday party!" Videl nodded as she continued to place out the things for the party. Bulma glanced up and smiled at the happy couple. Sure, maybe they weren't trouble free, but they still loved each other. Thinking about other couples made her heart ache, as she remembered the day she had pushed her true love away until he finally gave in and really did go away. Vegeta, why did I do those things to you? She asked silently. Then she snorted at herself. I know why; because I wasn't heart broken like this before you left. I never fully appreciated you until you were gone. She suddenly felt the tears return and quickly went back to preparing the table to distract her mind from his love. But she found it was difficult, as Vegeta was everywhere! Even Trunks was still in pain from the loss of his father.
"Hey there dad and…" Bulma and Videl looked up when they heard Gohan greet his father. They had expected him to arrive with Pan, Trunks and Goten, but instead he was holding another chibi in his arms. Bulma looked and saw that she looked something like Goku. She had the same deep black eyes, the same spiky fringe and the same 'forever curious' look on her face.
"Oh, konnichiwa Goku." said Videl as she walked over. "Where's Pan?"
"Oh, Pan's flying home with Trunks and Goten." He replied with a smile. "They should be here any minute now."
"Konnichiwa Goku!" called Bulma as she walked over. Goku felt the sweat start to breach from his pores, and he could feel the colour drain from his face.
"Uhh…konnichiwa Bulma-san." He replied, putting on his best 'Son-grin'. Oh boy! If she asks 'why am I with Vegeta's kid', I'm certainly gonna be in trouble! Hell, I'm already in trouble for 'punching' Chichi in the face…though I wish it really was me…
"Who's the kid?" Goku was…surprised by this question. He had expected her to actually greet Gojita. Maybe…maybe Vegeta hasn't shown her to anyone yet…but how's that possible?!
"My name's Gojita." She replied politely.
"Oh! You must be Pan's best friend!" exclaimed Videl. "Pan has told me all about you, there's not one moment that goes by that she doesn't speak of you!" There's not one minute that goes by that she doesn't shut her pie-hole!! She thought with an amused smirked, flattered that the powerful ningen admired her. She just blushed modestly. "Come on! Pan said that you didn't have a costume, so she wants you to have the one Bulma made for her." Gojita glanced over to the pale pink and frilly princess dress with fairy wings that was sitting on the counter and visibly paled. "Oh no dear!" she giggled. "Not that one. It was another one. She didn't like it as she said it was too boyish. But she said you might like it." Gojita nodded. "Come on! I'll show you a room where you can change." Gojita hopped down from Goku's arms and followed behind Videl.
After they had left the room, Bulma and Gohan turned to Goku.
"Is that Pan's best friend?" he asked.
"Yeah," shrugged Goku. "Why?"
"Have you seen the way she walks??"
"What about it?"
"She struts like Vegeta!!" Goku blinked a number of times before putting a pretend smile on his face.
"Yeah, she does, doesn't she?" he turned to Bulma. "Right Bulma?"
"Oh, yeah." She said as her eyes still followed the tiny saiyan chibi. She had to admit that this tiny stranger did walk a lot like Vegeta; her arms were crossed in front of her and she took one regal step at a time. But I don't think she'll look anything like Vegeta when she puts her costume on.
Videl walked slowly so that the tiny chibi could keep up. She glanced back and she could see why Pan would always talk about her. She was indeed a kawaii little sight, but the aurora around her said 'do not mess with me'. She smiled sweetly down at Gojita to get a grin in return. She walked down a number of corridors before she came to rest in front of a door.
"You can change in here." She said. "Do you need any help?"
"Iie, but dom arigato anyways." She said politely. Videl smiled sweetly again. And so independent too.
"Okay. Your costume is lying out on the bed." With that, she walked away. Gojita opened the door and entered the room. On entering, she stopped dead in her tracks. The room seemed…familiar…to her. She did know how, but it felt it was as though she had been here before. Strange…but I must've. 'Cos I felt like this when I walked down the other corridors. How, I don't know…maybe I was here when I was just a baby. Gojita shrugged off the thought and walked over to the double bed. Even the bed seemed very familiar. Then, she stopped dead in her tracks again when she saw the costume on the bed. Yes, it was a very boyish costume…a very tight boyish costume!
"What the fuck…??!! This costume looks like my tousan's!!" she yelped. Indeed it was. It was the same spandex costume that Vegeta wore, but this was a little different. "Wow…this looks like the royal clothes that tousan said he wore when in present of a ball or some fancy function…" The suit was ink black, but that wasn't what made it a regal uniform. It was the armor, the shoes, gloves and cape that gave it its royal look. Mostly the armor and cape. The armor was shiny silver plated with gold shoulder cones that seemed to protect the shoulders during battle. On the left, was a crest. More specifically, Vegeta's royal crest. Gojita knew how it looked, as it was her crest too. She knew every detail of the crest; she could draw it in her sleep! "How…how in fucking Kami-sama's name did they get this??! Or where??" Gojita didn't know what to think. "Maybe tousan phoned them and told them about it…iie, tousan only found out about the party on the same day I did…yesterday! Maybe Kakarot told them…but how could he know??!" she thought. Even though she suspected him to be her kaasan, she wasn't sure if Vegeta told him about it. Gojita sat for a while, deep in thought. Finally, she gave up and shrugged. It was fifteen minutes after Pan arrived that she began to get dressed. Gojita took off her own clothes and folded them neatly into her bag. After she put on the suit, she lifted up the armor to find that it was heavy. But it didn't make any difference to her. Her own one she wore in training was just as heavy, if not more so. She put on her armor, and then the white, gold tipped boots and the white gloves. She trotted over to the huge mirror that was on the built in wardrobe and took a good look at herself. She gave herself a grin before wiping it off her face.
"Iie, tousan wouldn't smile in this." She told herself. "Nah, he'd smirk!" Gojita thought back to all the times she sat watching Vegeta and Piccolo spar, and she remembered that smirk her always wore. The smirk that said 'I'm gonna get you'. Slowly, that same identical smirk she too wore crept up upon her lips. She smirked at herself before realising that her tail was lazily flitting about behind her. "Hn. I don't think I should show them my tail. After all, tousan told me not to. And besides, I already let Pan have her glory by making her think that she's the only chibi who can fly…I don't want to spoil her fun by showing her that I'm the Saiyan no Oujo, with more power and strength than she'll ever have." She smirked as she wrapped the tail around her waist, practically hidden from view. "Perfect. Pan's probably already dressed by now. Hehehe…have I got a surprise for her!" she smirked as she strutted out the door in a very Vegeta fashion. Well, I am wearing a saiyan regal uniform that tousan wears. Might as well wear him.
Pan strutted around in her royal princess outfit, getting all sorts of 'ooh's' and 'aah's' from all the kids that had arrived at her party. She giggled and did funny twists and twirls around her friends. By that time, practically everyone who was supposed to arrive was there. Chichi was sitting in the medical room with a bloody cloth over her nose, as Bulma had instructed her to stay there until the medicine healed her nose. From the Z Senshi [AN: whom we all know, love and hate…depends on who they are though…] Krillin, Juuhachi-gou, Marron, Yamcha, Tien, Chiaotzu, Gohan, Videl, Goku, Chichi, Bulma, Goten, Trunks and Piccolo were all there. Only Vegeta was missing.
"Hey daddy," asked Pan as she ran
over to Gohan. "Where's Gojita?"
"Oh, she'd upstairs honey." Videl answered as she packed away all of Pan's
birthday presents. "I think she's still putting on the costume."
"OH!" cried out Bulma after hearing this. "I forgot!"
"Nani?"
"The armor of the costume as well as the tips on the boots are real heavy weights!" she exclaimed. Everyone from the Z Senshi sweatdropped, well, except Goku.
"But…that means…she might be stuck up somewhere!!"
"You mean…Gojita's hurt?" asked Pan.
"I don't know sweetie…but we're just going to go up and check." She said. But just before they got to the stairs, they saw a very familiar shape standing at the top. At first, everyone thought it was Vegeta…with the exception of Videl, Pan and Marron. But on closer inspection, they saw it was someone else.
AN: this is an important notice:
Due to this being my exam term, I'm afraid I may not be able to upload as many stories as before. I promise to upload at least one chapter a week and that if I don't…don't blame me. Blame the God damned exams!! (Glares at teachers before stomping off)
