Vegeta drummed his fingers lightly on his thigh as he listened to the
constant chopping noises coming from the kitchen. What was taking her so
long? If he were with the damned scientist she would have already thrown a
slab of some sort of food at him, if you wanted to call it food.
This waiting was making him anxious. It was bad enough to be sitting in the home of his sworn enemy but to fraternizing with his mate? Sickening. Not to mention, there was something about the whole damned environment of this room that was making him uncomfortable. It was so disgustingly peaceful.and clean. Did the onna clean the house twice an hour or something? Most notably to him, the room smelled of obnoxious cleaning fumes that made his head ache and his eyes burn. His overly acute senses had been nothing but a nuisance to him on this planet. He balled his hands into fists, fighting off the rage he felt at his deceptive senses.
Looking to his right he noticed on the oak mantle a picture taken a few years earlier of the onna, Kakarot and their brat. Odd.they all looked so happy. He remembered when he had been forced into the same sort of picture a few months earlier with Trunks and that damn headache of a woman, the outcome was quite different however. He had turned himself totally away from the picture calling it 'sentimental garbage'. Bulma was turned yelling at him and Trunks was wailing like some banshee, he had read about in those ridiculous Earth legends. Why he had even agreed to such a photo he didn't know and why Bulma insisted on hanging the awful thing on the walls of the compound was even more confusing. The damn thing didn't look good; none of them were even looking at the camera.
"If I had known this is what I'd be reduced to when I was younger." he whispered to himself, closing his eyes ruefully. Never in his life had he felt so stuck than he had being there. Even when he was under Frieza he still some semblance of freedom at least then he could leave a planet whenever he saw fit without regret or reason. Here he needed to explain every little thing he did to someone.
He chuckled to himself at the thought of comparing Frieza and the woman. They were both spoiled brats who always got their way and had been given far too much power by their fathers. The only difference was the onna wasn't in the habit of destroying galaxies when she didn't get her way and the food on Frieza's bases was digestible.
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Chi-Chi hummed softly to herself as she painstakingly chopped up the vegetables for her stir-fry. She turned and looked out the window momentarily as she washed a few carrots under the sink.
Cooking.her only escape from the reality she was stuck in. When she was preparing a meal she felt all her cares melt away as she threw all of her emotions into her food. She had prepared so many meals for Gohan and Goku under this roof. Her eyes lowered, and how many had they missed under this roof? She went back to the stove and added the final ingredients. She wondered if they'd return tonight, it looked as though it might rain and the thought of her Gohan out there in a storm. She shuddered and silently cursed Piccolo and Goku for willing putting her son in this danger, for putting her through this hell of not knowing.
Turning from the stove she set the table, which Goku had put in front of the stove strategically so she wouldn't have to walk so far with the large amounts of food she was forced to cook almost hourly and so it could get to him and Gohan faster. She set four places.for her, Vegeta and..
She stared at the plates, dazed.
"Is the damned food done yet woman?" came Vegeta's voice from the opposite room.
"Hai." She responded after a moment, still dazed as memories of her husband and son filled her thoughts.
Vegeta sat there for another moment before loosing his patience, "Well, where the hell's the food?"
"."
"Hello?! Woman!?"
"I'm not bringing it into you, in my household we eat at the table and the table's in here." She answered finally, breaking her earlier musings.
She grunted impatiently as he grumbled to himself something about her being a pushy beast of a woman. Gritting her teeth she gripped her frying pan, coaxing herself to remain calm. She didn't want to go alienating more people, even if the person with her was an arrogant self-serving bastard.
"Well come on woman, I'd like to get out of here sooner than later." He commanded as he sat down like he was something important. How she would love to throw the food she had in her pan right in his face. If just see the look on his Royal Highness's face after it. She chuckled to herself at the idea. Turning swiftly, she slammed the food onto the table much to Vegeta's amusement.
"Temper.temper.." Her reprimanded playfully.
"Temper, temper." She repeated in a high pitched, mocking voice as she sat down across from him.
Studying the food he commented finally, "It smells like a decaying beast of burden."
Chi-Chi's face visibly turned a darker shade of red. "Weren't you ever told not to play with your food, prince."
"Hmph, I would hardly call this food." He responded with a challenging glint in his eye.
"Oh is that so? Well I would hardly call you a prince." She answered shooting daggers at him, "Princes are gallant and well mannered."
He glowered, staring at her as he brought the fork to his mouth and tasted the food. His eyes grew slightly bigger for a moment but quickly recovered their earlier glare. It was delicious to his surprise. Never in his life had he eaten anything with so much life or flavor in it. 'So that's why Kakarot puts up with her., he thought to himself.
Noticing the look of surprise on his face she smiled, "So you like it do you?"
"Hmmm, it's better than eating dog shit I suppose." He answered looking down at he plate, quickly spooning more into his mouth.
Huffing she sat back and let out a laugh at his audacity, "You are such a jerk."
"And you're a fool for thinking Kakarot will actually come back tonight, really, you actually set a place for him and the boy? That's sad." He answered shoveling more food into his mouth.
She sat up straight and scowled, she knew the game he was playing. She realized it after their first conversation. He would constantly steer a conversation when it came to him talking about personal information or when he felt threatened and sometimes he'd do it just to see what buttons he could press. Well she wasn't falling for it this time, so she decided to fight fire with fire, "Oh thank you for your analysis, tell me how's Trunks doing anyway? Oh that's right! You've seen him what? Twice in the past two months."
His eyes slanted testily, "What does that matter?"
"Oh nothing I suppose it just proves you're a heartless bastard. I mean really, you live in the same house as the kid, you'd think you'd at least take the effort to check in on him every now and then." She replied swirling the food on her plate with her fork. She avoided eye contact with him. She might loose her nerve if they made eye contact.
"Yes, that's right, a heartless, cold killing machine who likes to dine in the home of my worse enemies while they're away and kill their wives." He answered with biting sarcasm, taking the pot she had put in the middle of the table, deciding to eat from that, rather than continuously getting himself more.
She growled softly, he had steered the conversation back to her again, so now she knew Trunks was a touchy topic with him. She wondered if Bulma was too, she looked up thoughtfully, "You know what? I don't know what Bulma sees in you. If I was her."
"If you were her? If you were her, I'd have nothing to do with you because you'd be a disagreeable pushy bitch." He spat.
She smiled so she was an even more sensitive subject. She looked up at him confidently, feeling that she had finally gained the upper hand in their relationship, "It's amazing how much you really believe what you say, if you took yourself anymore seriously, it wouldn't even be funny to me or Goku or Bulma, it would be sad. But luckily we're all still able to laugh at you expense."
His eyes slanted further at her last comment, "Not nearly as much as they all laugh at your expense, you don't fit in with your husbands followers at all."
She slammed her hand on the table, "Oh and you do I suppose?" She cursed for letting herself get angry at his ploy.
"No I don't, but I'm not the one who makes foolish attempts to be accepted or the one who cares, as far as I'm concerned, they can all rot in hell." He sat up and pushed the now empty pot away from him.
She sighed in exasperation and started to clear the table off, "You know what Vegeta, I don't think you're as tough or cold as you think you are."
"We'll see how you feel about my coldness after I kill your husband and son then?" He answered.
Her body stiffened as she stood behind him He smirked waiting for what he expected to be a heated response but instead was treated to an eerie silence followed by a piercing pain on the side of his head followed by absolute blackness.
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Author's Note: Gee what happened to Vegeta? Is Goku back? Hmmm.I don't know. Honestly, I'm not sure how much of a cliffhanger that was but anyway I swear that the next chapter will be a lot better and out way sooner. I already have half of it typed up. Wow! I got a lot of review last chapter, thanks in large part, I'm sure to Bucky's recommendation of my fic., thanks so much and to any of you who haven't had the pleasure of reading one of her fic.s, you really should check them out, all of them are fantastic. So to try something a bit new, I'm going to write notes to my reviewers
SkittleKicks: thanks for the kind words. LoL! Yes, Saiyajins do love their food. I thought that'd be the only way to keep Vegeta at Goku's/.
Bucky: How's the Vegeta fic. coming? ^_^ I'm dying for the next chapter. Thanks for the always-encouraging review. Yeah, Vegeta's an ass and simply because of that I keep having problems trying to figure out how I'm going to make him soften around Chi. And hey I promise two chapters this week. *Wonders if she'll actually pull that off *
Shinigami Angel: Thanks, and about the lemon. I'm still considering it, Actually, I was planning on writing it by Chapter three in my original story but then I got some advise and encouragement from a very wise author and decided I should hold off until I establish their relationship a bit more, but if the demand's high enough I might write one. I'm glad you like the story so far!
Baby Kakarot:yeah, after about mile three I would have given up. I could never lead the life Chi-Chi leads for sure! Thanks for reviewing I'm glad you're enjoying the fic.
Penchy-chan: oh wow thanks. You're review made me smile, I went back and read like twenty times. Yeah, being the Vegeta nut I am, I love writing about his psyche. Really though, thank you thank you thank you, I'm gonna go and read your review again now ^_^.
who?: Don't thank me, I should be thanking you! I find it odd that Vegeta and Chi-Chi are such a hard couple to find too, I just think they mesh well, it could just be me though right? But that's definantly one of the reasons I decided to write this. Thanks for the review!
Sparkle: Thanks! I was glad to get past the writer's block too! Um.I updated sorta soon right? LoL.it's only been two weeks..*cringes * I'm sorry, I'm just lazy
Daniel_of_Lorien: Cool! You're writing a V/CC? Well you gotta tell me when you get it up! Thanks for the review.
ashi: oh gosh! Thanks for reviewing my fic.s I'm glad you like them!
Syaoran's Blossom: Busted! You know, I thought of Kintou'n and I thought to myself.'well no one will think of that.so I don't need to explain it.' but you caught me cutting a corner. So I plead guilty to the charges! Please me merciful!!
evilcarrot: Thanks, I'm glad you're a V/CC fan. Thank you for the kind words.
reina: Thank you for the review! I hope I kept this chapter interesting enough for you! ^_^
'.' :Thanks, ^_^ Gosh, you gotta love Bucky! Thanks for the compliments. Yeah, I agonized over the end of chapter three for awhile before I put it up, I just thought that would be a good scene grabber for the chapter's end. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
cdkobasiuk: Thanks for the review, I'll try to keep it interesting ^_^
Maria_Cline: *stands and gawks * oh wow! I LOVED the Amnesia Saga and We Forgot About Yamcha!! I can't believe you actually read one of my stories.wow!! I'm a big fan!! Thanks so much for the review!
RedLady: you're fic. was sooo good and I'm glad you're liking the story so far ^_^
ChiChi: Thanks for the review, it's nice considering the name and all to have your blessing *giggles * I aim to please
AGalaxiaGoddess: Thanks for the review and by the way you're Krillin/18 fic. was awesome! Oh and hey! You know I hadn't even realized the knight analogy I made until you mentioned that! Cool! Yeah me!
Dew777: I got the next chapter out.soon enough I hope? I'll get the next out sooner! Scout's honor and everything ^_^
SilverStar: thank you for the review. Yeah, I'm TRYING to keep them in character LoL, this fic. is causing a whole bunch of trouble in that department. I'm glad you liked it.
Joanna I'm glad you liked it and ^_~ hey! I posted more!
This waiting was making him anxious. It was bad enough to be sitting in the home of his sworn enemy but to fraternizing with his mate? Sickening. Not to mention, there was something about the whole damned environment of this room that was making him uncomfortable. It was so disgustingly peaceful.and clean. Did the onna clean the house twice an hour or something? Most notably to him, the room smelled of obnoxious cleaning fumes that made his head ache and his eyes burn. His overly acute senses had been nothing but a nuisance to him on this planet. He balled his hands into fists, fighting off the rage he felt at his deceptive senses.
Looking to his right he noticed on the oak mantle a picture taken a few years earlier of the onna, Kakarot and their brat. Odd.they all looked so happy. He remembered when he had been forced into the same sort of picture a few months earlier with Trunks and that damn headache of a woman, the outcome was quite different however. He had turned himself totally away from the picture calling it 'sentimental garbage'. Bulma was turned yelling at him and Trunks was wailing like some banshee, he had read about in those ridiculous Earth legends. Why he had even agreed to such a photo he didn't know and why Bulma insisted on hanging the awful thing on the walls of the compound was even more confusing. The damn thing didn't look good; none of them were even looking at the camera.
"If I had known this is what I'd be reduced to when I was younger." he whispered to himself, closing his eyes ruefully. Never in his life had he felt so stuck than he had being there. Even when he was under Frieza he still some semblance of freedom at least then he could leave a planet whenever he saw fit without regret or reason. Here he needed to explain every little thing he did to someone.
He chuckled to himself at the thought of comparing Frieza and the woman. They were both spoiled brats who always got their way and had been given far too much power by their fathers. The only difference was the onna wasn't in the habit of destroying galaxies when she didn't get her way and the food on Frieza's bases was digestible.
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Chi-Chi hummed softly to herself as she painstakingly chopped up the vegetables for her stir-fry. She turned and looked out the window momentarily as she washed a few carrots under the sink.
Cooking.her only escape from the reality she was stuck in. When she was preparing a meal she felt all her cares melt away as she threw all of her emotions into her food. She had prepared so many meals for Gohan and Goku under this roof. Her eyes lowered, and how many had they missed under this roof? She went back to the stove and added the final ingredients. She wondered if they'd return tonight, it looked as though it might rain and the thought of her Gohan out there in a storm. She shuddered and silently cursed Piccolo and Goku for willing putting her son in this danger, for putting her through this hell of not knowing.
Turning from the stove she set the table, which Goku had put in front of the stove strategically so she wouldn't have to walk so far with the large amounts of food she was forced to cook almost hourly and so it could get to him and Gohan faster. She set four places.for her, Vegeta and..
She stared at the plates, dazed.
"Is the damned food done yet woman?" came Vegeta's voice from the opposite room.
"Hai." She responded after a moment, still dazed as memories of her husband and son filled her thoughts.
Vegeta sat there for another moment before loosing his patience, "Well, where the hell's the food?"
"."
"Hello?! Woman!?"
"I'm not bringing it into you, in my household we eat at the table and the table's in here." She answered finally, breaking her earlier musings.
She grunted impatiently as he grumbled to himself something about her being a pushy beast of a woman. Gritting her teeth she gripped her frying pan, coaxing herself to remain calm. She didn't want to go alienating more people, even if the person with her was an arrogant self-serving bastard.
"Well come on woman, I'd like to get out of here sooner than later." He commanded as he sat down like he was something important. How she would love to throw the food she had in her pan right in his face. If just see the look on his Royal Highness's face after it. She chuckled to herself at the idea. Turning swiftly, she slammed the food onto the table much to Vegeta's amusement.
"Temper.temper.." Her reprimanded playfully.
"Temper, temper." She repeated in a high pitched, mocking voice as she sat down across from him.
Studying the food he commented finally, "It smells like a decaying beast of burden."
Chi-Chi's face visibly turned a darker shade of red. "Weren't you ever told not to play with your food, prince."
"Hmph, I would hardly call this food." He responded with a challenging glint in his eye.
"Oh is that so? Well I would hardly call you a prince." She answered shooting daggers at him, "Princes are gallant and well mannered."
He glowered, staring at her as he brought the fork to his mouth and tasted the food. His eyes grew slightly bigger for a moment but quickly recovered their earlier glare. It was delicious to his surprise. Never in his life had he eaten anything with so much life or flavor in it. 'So that's why Kakarot puts up with her., he thought to himself.
Noticing the look of surprise on his face she smiled, "So you like it do you?"
"Hmmm, it's better than eating dog shit I suppose." He answered looking down at he plate, quickly spooning more into his mouth.
Huffing she sat back and let out a laugh at his audacity, "You are such a jerk."
"And you're a fool for thinking Kakarot will actually come back tonight, really, you actually set a place for him and the boy? That's sad." He answered shoveling more food into his mouth.
She sat up straight and scowled, she knew the game he was playing. She realized it after their first conversation. He would constantly steer a conversation when it came to him talking about personal information or when he felt threatened and sometimes he'd do it just to see what buttons he could press. Well she wasn't falling for it this time, so she decided to fight fire with fire, "Oh thank you for your analysis, tell me how's Trunks doing anyway? Oh that's right! You've seen him what? Twice in the past two months."
His eyes slanted testily, "What does that matter?"
"Oh nothing I suppose it just proves you're a heartless bastard. I mean really, you live in the same house as the kid, you'd think you'd at least take the effort to check in on him every now and then." She replied swirling the food on her plate with her fork. She avoided eye contact with him. She might loose her nerve if they made eye contact.
"Yes, that's right, a heartless, cold killing machine who likes to dine in the home of my worse enemies while they're away and kill their wives." He answered with biting sarcasm, taking the pot she had put in the middle of the table, deciding to eat from that, rather than continuously getting himself more.
She growled softly, he had steered the conversation back to her again, so now she knew Trunks was a touchy topic with him. She wondered if Bulma was too, she looked up thoughtfully, "You know what? I don't know what Bulma sees in you. If I was her."
"If you were her? If you were her, I'd have nothing to do with you because you'd be a disagreeable pushy bitch." He spat.
She smiled so she was an even more sensitive subject. She looked up at him confidently, feeling that she had finally gained the upper hand in their relationship, "It's amazing how much you really believe what you say, if you took yourself anymore seriously, it wouldn't even be funny to me or Goku or Bulma, it would be sad. But luckily we're all still able to laugh at you expense."
His eyes slanted further at her last comment, "Not nearly as much as they all laugh at your expense, you don't fit in with your husbands followers at all."
She slammed her hand on the table, "Oh and you do I suppose?" She cursed for letting herself get angry at his ploy.
"No I don't, but I'm not the one who makes foolish attempts to be accepted or the one who cares, as far as I'm concerned, they can all rot in hell." He sat up and pushed the now empty pot away from him.
She sighed in exasperation and started to clear the table off, "You know what Vegeta, I don't think you're as tough or cold as you think you are."
"We'll see how you feel about my coldness after I kill your husband and son then?" He answered.
Her body stiffened as she stood behind him He smirked waiting for what he expected to be a heated response but instead was treated to an eerie silence followed by a piercing pain on the side of his head followed by absolute blackness.
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Author's Note: Gee what happened to Vegeta? Is Goku back? Hmmm.I don't know. Honestly, I'm not sure how much of a cliffhanger that was but anyway I swear that the next chapter will be a lot better and out way sooner. I already have half of it typed up. Wow! I got a lot of review last chapter, thanks in large part, I'm sure to Bucky's recommendation of my fic., thanks so much and to any of you who haven't had the pleasure of reading one of her fic.s, you really should check them out, all of them are fantastic. So to try something a bit new, I'm going to write notes to my reviewers
SkittleKicks: thanks for the kind words. LoL! Yes, Saiyajins do love their food. I thought that'd be the only way to keep Vegeta at Goku's/.
Bucky: How's the Vegeta fic. coming? ^_^ I'm dying for the next chapter. Thanks for the always-encouraging review. Yeah, Vegeta's an ass and simply because of that I keep having problems trying to figure out how I'm going to make him soften around Chi. And hey I promise two chapters this week. *Wonders if she'll actually pull that off *
Shinigami Angel: Thanks, and about the lemon. I'm still considering it, Actually, I was planning on writing it by Chapter three in my original story but then I got some advise and encouragement from a very wise author and decided I should hold off until I establish their relationship a bit more, but if the demand's high enough I might write one. I'm glad you like the story so far!
Baby Kakarot:yeah, after about mile three I would have given up. I could never lead the life Chi-Chi leads for sure! Thanks for reviewing I'm glad you're enjoying the fic.
Penchy-chan: oh wow thanks. You're review made me smile, I went back and read like twenty times. Yeah, being the Vegeta nut I am, I love writing about his psyche. Really though, thank you thank you thank you, I'm gonna go and read your review again now ^_^.
who?: Don't thank me, I should be thanking you! I find it odd that Vegeta and Chi-Chi are such a hard couple to find too, I just think they mesh well, it could just be me though right? But that's definantly one of the reasons I decided to write this. Thanks for the review!
Sparkle: Thanks! I was glad to get past the writer's block too! Um.I updated sorta soon right? LoL.it's only been two weeks..*cringes * I'm sorry, I'm just lazy
Daniel_of_Lorien: Cool! You're writing a V/CC? Well you gotta tell me when you get it up! Thanks for the review.
ashi: oh gosh! Thanks for reviewing my fic.s I'm glad you like them!
Syaoran's Blossom: Busted! You know, I thought of Kintou'n and I thought to myself.'well no one will think of that.so I don't need to explain it.' but you caught me cutting a corner. So I plead guilty to the charges! Please me merciful!!
evilcarrot: Thanks, I'm glad you're a V/CC fan. Thank you for the kind words.
reina: Thank you for the review! I hope I kept this chapter interesting enough for you! ^_^
'.' :Thanks, ^_^ Gosh, you gotta love Bucky! Thanks for the compliments. Yeah, I agonized over the end of chapter three for awhile before I put it up, I just thought that would be a good scene grabber for the chapter's end. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
cdkobasiuk: Thanks for the review, I'll try to keep it interesting ^_^
Maria_Cline: *stands and gawks * oh wow! I LOVED the Amnesia Saga and We Forgot About Yamcha!! I can't believe you actually read one of my stories.wow!! I'm a big fan!! Thanks so much for the review!
RedLady: you're fic. was sooo good and I'm glad you're liking the story so far ^_^
ChiChi: Thanks for the review, it's nice considering the name and all to have your blessing *giggles * I aim to please
AGalaxiaGoddess: Thanks for the review and by the way you're Krillin/18 fic. was awesome! Oh and hey! You know I hadn't even realized the knight analogy I made until you mentioned that! Cool! Yeah me!
Dew777: I got the next chapter out.soon enough I hope? I'll get the next out sooner! Scout's honor and everything ^_^
SilverStar: thank you for the review. Yeah, I'm TRYING to keep them in character LoL, this fic. is causing a whole bunch of trouble in that department. I'm glad you liked it.
Joanna I'm glad you liked it and ^_~ hey! I posted more!
