Finally, after many more minutes of sitting and being tortured by the wonderful aromas that were drifting from the kitchen, Rogue called everyone to eat. We gathered at the table and dug in with relish. It was delicious.
"Rogue! This is great! Better then Chichi's cooking!" Kakarot announced, bits of food spraying around him. Krillin was still occupying the restroom.
"Thanks!" Rogue grinned and ducked a large chunk that was coming toward her face.
"Rogue," I said around a large mouthful of ribs, "you better come over more here often to cook."
"Yeah!" Zar agreed, piling more onto his plate.
"Hey Piccolo!" Mike piped up, "You're looking a little more green then usual. Anything wrong?"
Piccolo took a small sip of his water, "Barbeque… does not agree with me."
"Are you insulting my cooking?" Rogue growled dangerously.
"What is with you two and cooking?" Chibi Trunks asked.
Mike looked up from his plate and then he opened his big mouth, "Cooking is a very important part of their psychology. For females, being able to cook well is like a security blanket. If they do everything else wrong, they always can fall back on cooking to-" Mike noticed every girl at the table was glaring at him.
"Do you wish to stay in our good graces?" I growled.
"Eh… yes?"
"Then shut the hell up." Bana snarled. Mike paled and returned his gaze, and mouth, to his food.
The rest of the meal was uneventful and soon everyone was helping to clean up the mess. Well, everyone but the chibis. The boys were bouncing around, laughing and chattering on about the zoo. Vicky had latched herself onto Mirai Trunks' arm and would not let go. I felt almost sorry for the purple-haired warrior. It wasn't his fault that he was hot. He was just born that way and the whole horrible future thing also made girls feel sorry for him.
"How long do you guys want to stay at the zoo?" I asked the boys.
"Till it closes!" Zar announced.
"That's at eight o'clock, Zar. Nuh uh. You're coming back at five, okay?"
"All right…"
"Okay then. Bana, you want to take them there?" I asked her.
"No, your turn."
"Okay. Where's Piccolo?" I asked, looking around.
"Right here," I looked over and Piccolo was standing right beside me.
"Ooookay… you just kind of… snuck up on me." I looked at Piccolo. Creepy… "All right, this train's moving out!" I yelled. The boys dashed off to the car and Piccolo followed at a much more dignified pace. I looked around for Vicky and noticed she was still clinging to Mirai Trunks. "C'mon Vicky!"
"No! I want to stay right here with Mirai!" Vicky growled.
"But I'm going to make you let go of him anyway. If you go with Piccolo and the boys, you can glomp Chibi Trunks all you want because I don't think Piccolo will stop you."
"Really?" Vicky's eyes lit up and she was off like a shot for the car. I chuckled as Mirai rubbed his bruised limb and then made my own way to the car.
I climbed into the driver's seat, checked to make sure the chibis were all buckled in and then started the ten-minute drive to the zoo.
Vegeta watched the car drive away. "Okay Kakarot! It's time to put the plan in motion! Follow me!" he led the way to Bouke's room.
"But Vegeta… she might get mad that we went through-"
"Shut up, baka! If you don't want to do this, then leave!" Vegeta growled, turning around to glare at the taller Saiyan.
"I don't want to, Vegeta. She's been really nice. She's fed us, gave us clothes and everything. So, count me out." Goku turned and walked away.
"Baka…" Vegeta growled to himself as he stormed into the girl's room, "doesn't even deserve to be called a Saiyan."
The Saiyan no Ouji looked around, scanning the room. He noted the notebooks and sketchpads lying around and then his eyes locked onto the computer that Bouke had left on. "What have we here?" Vegeta smirked and sat down in the comfy computer chair. He puzzled over the computer for a few moments as it was horribly primitive but he soon grasped how to work it.
He clicked on the minimized window to bring it up. He skipped over the title and got down to the story itself. After the first few paragraphs, his face was burning up and he re-minimized the window. He definitely didn't want to know more of what Goku and Yamcha did on this camping trip.
Vegeta opened up the next window. This time though, he read the title: How to Rape a Namek. "Gah!" Vegeta minimized that window also, "This girl has issues!" Vegeta opened up the next window, which was a document. He read the PWP that the girl had written and nearly gagged. "The onna, cue ball, myself, Kakarot and his harpy? Together?"
"Oh, hiya Veggie!" Vegeta swiveled around in the chair to face Bana.
"What do you want, gaki?" he snarled.
"Well… do you really wanna know?" she grinned as she asked the question.
"Never mind."
"Whatcha doing?" she looked at the screen, looked over the PWP. She tsked at him, "Vegeta! I'm ashamed of you! Snooping around on other people's computers! Well, actually, I'm not, but still! It's not very dignified!"
"But-"
"Anyway, great fic, huh? I didn't even think that five people was possible till she wrote this. Also, when Krillin starts coming onto Vegeta and then Bulma and Chichi-"
"I don't want to hear anymore!" Vegeta growled and cover his ears. He stalked out of the room, wishing he had never gone in there in the first place.
"What did you find, Vegeta?" Goku asked as Vegeta slid into the chair.
"Believe me, Kakarot. You don't want to know what goes on in that girl's mind." Vegeta rubbed his temples and heaved a sigh.
"I don't?"
"Yes, you don't."
"Okay!" Goku turned on the television and sat down to watch Spongebob Squarepants. (AN: I just realized that Goku reminds me of Patrick!)
I pulled in front of the zoo entrance and the chibis piled out of the car. Piccolo unbuckled his seatbelt and opened his door. "Are you sure you don't need me to come?" I asked the Namek. I kind of feared for his safety. Going to a zoo with four hyper chibis is not exactly good for one's health.
"Yes, I am positive." Piccolo answered and got out of the car.
I rolled down the window and handed him enough money to cover him and the chibis. "Be careful." I said. He nodded and followed the chibis to the ticket place. He bought the tickets and then they entered the zoo.
I watched them go and then started the drive home. I looked in the rearview mirror and watched the zoo grow smaller and smaller as I drove further away from it. I shivered and tried to ignore the bad feeling that was collecting in the pit of my stomach.
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Jeril: Many, many tanx to calikocat for reviewing every chap!! And thanks to everyone else!! Especially the people who left really long reviews! Glomps all around!! *glomp*
*sniffles* I'm going to miss every single one of you! Don't forget about me though! I'm going to bring a notebook with me to write chaps while I'm on the trip. So I'll prolly have a new one up on the 15th or 16th. Well… *takes a deep breath* This is most likely my last chap before I leave. *wipes away a tear* I already said it but I'm gonna say it again, I'm going to miss you all!!
Vegeta: Don't get all teary-eyed on them, baka.
Jeril: I can't help it! *breaks down in tears* I need a hug!
Kakarot: Okay. *hugs Jeril*
Jeril: No, you baka! *shoves him away* Not from you! *cries*
Vegeta: *shakes his head furiously* Nuh uh! No way! *Jeril continues to cry* You can't make me! *Jeril is still crying* I won't! *still crying* No! Never! *Jeril begins to wail along with crying* Okay, okay, OKAY! ONE HUG! *hugs Jeril but Jeril glomps him in return*
Jeril: YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! I GOTS MY VEGGIE!!! AND HE LOVES ME! *grins*
Vegeta: I DON'T LOVE YOU, KISAMA!! *Jeril snuggles Vegeta* GET OFF ME!!
