11:40 AM 6/23/2003

E-mail: lac31685@aol.com

By: Chuquita

Quote of the Week: -from Shounen Jump #7

Veggie: _I_, Vegeta, was right here and they IGNORED me! Did they think I wasn't worth their TIME!

Chuey's Corner:

Chuquita: (grins) Aww, don't worry Veggie! You're worth OUR time! (pats him on the back)

Goku: Yeah Veggie we luv u! (glomps onto Veggie happily)

Vegeta: (twitches, bright red) Th...thanks...Kakarrotto....now-couldja-let-go!

Goku: Heeheehee, maybe, maybe not!

Vegeta: (groans) OHHHHHHH!! (goes ssj and pulls himself out of Son's grasp) BLAH!! (gasping for air)

Chuquita: I'm really enjoying how Veggie's been the main character lately in the dbz comics in Shounen Jump. (grins) He's so

funny!

Vegeta: (narrows his eyes at her) I'm not 'funny'.

Chuquita: Of course you are, just unintentionally.

Goku: (happy) It is what Veggie says and how he says it!

Chuquita: PLUS you're the only one who actually dubs themself something once they hit ssj.

Goku: YEAH! (mocking Veggie) I AM SUPER VEGGIE! FEAR AND COWER BEFORE MY AWESOME LITTLENESS!! (back to normal) (clasps his

hands together) It's so CUTE!

Vegeta: (twitches) Well I worked hard for that. (snorts) I DESERVE a special title for it.

Goku: (still mocking Veggie) I'M A OUJI! I'M IMPORTANT! LOOKAT ME LOOKAT ME! If you don't pay all your attention to my

existance right now then I'm gonna fly off and beat you up for not acknowleding that I exist because I just luuuv feeling all

big and special cuz I'm SUPER VEGGIE!

Vegeta: (snaps) WILL YOU CUT THAT OUT I SOUND NOTHING LIKE THAT!!!

Goku: Heeheehee..yes you do.

Vegeta: I DO NOT!

Chuquita: (tries to deter Veggie's attention) Hey Veggie? Did you know it FINALLY stopped raining?

Vegeta: (still glaring at Son) Really?

Goku: (sticks his head out the nearby window) OH MY GOODNESS IT IS _WARM_!!! 90'F WARM!! (whips off his clothes to reveal a

red swimmy briefs-like thing and is now wearing a pair of sunglasses)

Vegeta: AHHH!!! (covers his eyes in shock; starts shuddering)

Chuquita: O_O Wow...you--you've been waiting for the heat for a while, haven't you, Son-kun? (light blush of surprise)

Goku: (cheerfully) Yes I have! (pulls out his sunblock) Every summer I get a very nice all over tan tanning out in the

frontyard of my house but Chi-chan says that I'm not allowed to tan in public without anything to cover me so she bought this

for me to wear; cuz my swimtrunks give me this funny boxers tan so I only wear them when I go to the beach or to the

themepark; and whenever somebody asks me about these I'm supposed to tell them how nice my Chi-chan was to buy them for me

and how much we luv each other!

Chuquita: (sweatdrops) Well...that sounds, uh, heartwarming.

Goku: (smiles warmly) Yes it is! (pulls out a beach chair and goes outside) If either you or Veggie needs me I'll be out on

the lawn putting some sunblock on and tanning myself!

Vegeta: (twitches in what appears to be pain) (grabs a nearby beach-towel and chucks it at him) (bright red) AT LEAST COVER

YOURSELF ON YOUR WAY OUT!! NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT!!!

Goku: (tilts his head, confused) Huh. (smiles at Veggie) Would Veggie like to come tanning on the lawn with me? I have

another beach chair you know! (looks in his gi's pants pocket) I may even have a spare tanning briefs-thingy.

Vegeta: (glowing bright red) ARE YOU INSANE!? THERE IS NO WAY I'M GOING OUT THERE DRESSED IN ONE OF THOSE THINGS WITH YOU!!!

Goku: (pouts a little) Aw...oh-kay Veggie. (sighs) I will tan a-lone. (perks up) LOOKOUT SUN, HERE I COME! (bounds outside)

Chuquita: (sweatdrops) He rhymned.

Vegeta: (still bright red and now twitching again) KUSO ONNA!!...IF IT WEREN'T FOR HER I WOULDN'T HAVE JUST BEEN...EXPOSED TO

..TO that JUST NOW!!!

Chuquita: (smiles) Oh calm down Veggie! The point is it's FINALLY hot out and there's not a cloud in the sky!

Vegeta: (sputtering now) (partially ignoring Chu) Did--did you even get a LOOK at that article of clothing just now?

Kakarrotto will be lucky if he doesn't get ARRESTED within the next 15 minutes!!

Chuquita: Don't over-react about it, Veggie! It'll be fine!

Vegeta: But he's MY peasant! I can't have my peasants getting arrested because of indecent exposure!...even if I do only have

one. (falters slightly)

Chuquita: Tell ya what Veggie? How about you introduce the next chapter? It'll help you feel better. (smiles)

Vegeta: (sighs) Alright. Here's part 2 everyone.

Chuquita: (happily) There ya go? You feel better now?

Vegeta: A little.

Chuquita: Good! :)

Summary: After Veggie angers an old woman at the supermarket, she places a curse on him. Now everyone Veggie knows visualizes

the ouji as their imaginations portray him. Veggie has 1 week to find the old woman again and remove the curse or else he

will fall victim to the same effects as those around him. Will Veggie be able to get through to an over-eager Goku,

dreamy-eyed Bulma, and terrified/wildly angered Chi-Chi before it's too late? And what happens when the curse starts

effecting Veggie's vision as well?

Goku: (waving at them through large, low-to-the-ground window) (sing-song) HIIIIIII VEH-GEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Vegeta: (looks over his shoulder) AHH! (grabs the windowshade and pulls it down) (hyperventilating) *huff* *puff* *huff*

*puff*

Goku: (sweatdrops at windowshade) What's up with him?

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      " ..real...ly... " Chi-Chi stammered out in terror as she stared up at the large monster that towered over both her

own height and Goku's. She held her bazooka shakily at him.

      Vegeta cocked his head at her, confused, " Onna, you alright? You don't look healthy. " Vegeta chuckled.

      " STAY BACK! STAY BACK OR I'LL SHOOT!!! " Chi-Chi shrieked.

      Vegeta stared at her for a moment, his eyes widened when it suddenly hit him, " ...you're scared. "

      " I AM NOT! "

      " You ARE. " an amused smile curled Vegeta's lips, " You're scared of ME. ::Onna must be seeing things just like

Bulma, Bura, and Kakarrotto. This should prove VERY interesting:: " he took Chi-Chi's bazooka from her and held it up.

Chi-Chi watched as the huge creature easily snapped her weapon in two, " Heh, I've always wanted to do that. " Vegeta

smirked, then dropped the two halves of the bazooka to the ground, " It's not very nice to walk around aiming DANGEROUS

WEAPONS at people you know. "

      " Ah......ah.... " Chi-Chi backed up nervously.

      Gohan stared at her in shock and confusion, then back at Vegeta, who, to him, looked the same has he had earlier this

morning. He tilted his head at the grinning ouji, then back to Chi-Chi, " Kaasan are you feeling alright? "

      " Gohan, may I talk to you for a moment, PLEASE? " Chi-Chi said through nervous gritted teeth. Gohan shrugged and

followed her around the corner of the house, " Alright. Now listen to me. Did you see the Ouji back there just now? "

      "  Uh, yeah Kaasan, I did. " Gohan said, confused and worried for her at the same time.

      " Does he look a little, BIGGER to you than usual? " Chi-Chi asked.

      Gohan looked back around the corner at Vegeta, " No, not really-- "

      " --DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME, GOHAN! THIS IS _NOT_ THE TIME TO PLAY GAMES! " Chi-Chi exclaimed, grabbing him by the

collar.

      " I honestly don't know WHAT you're talking about, Kaasan. " Gohan yelped.

      She dropped him, " Come on Gohan! The Ouji over there just grew another foot and a half in under a minute! And just

look at those FANGS! And the CLAWS!! I _KNEW_ there was something odd about him! I KNEW he was a monster!...I just didn't

know he was an ACTUAL one. "

      " Huh? " Gohan cocked his head in bewilderment.

      " THE OUJI! HE TRANSFORMED INTO A GIANT MONSTER THAT'S NEARLY PICCOLO'S HEIGHT!!! JUST LOOK AT HIM!!! " Chi-Chi

screamed. Gohan did so, still not seeing any change in the little ouji.

      " Oh Kaasan. " he looked down at her in concern, " Don't worry Kaasan, I'm sure it's just the heat. "

      " What? " she blinked.

      " And, and if it's not we can get you some help. V--Videl has a cousin who works in psychiatric counciling. And I'm

sure she could-- "

      " --I'M NOT GOING _INSANE_ GOHAN!!! " Chi-Chi screamed, then glared at him, " Do you mean to tell me you don't see

that large evil monster over there! "

      " It's just Vegeta! "

      " SAME THING! "

      Gohan sighed, " Of--of course Kaasan, yes. I see the large six foot tall monster over there. "

      " You're lying to me. " Chi-Chi folded her arms.

      " Uh... " he stepped back, dumbfounded

      " You really DON'T see it! I bet the Ouji looks NORMAL to you, doesn't he! " she snapped.

      " ...yes. " Gohan whimpered out.

      " Well in that case it must be some sick Ouji MIND GAME of his! " Chi-Chi stomped over to Goten, then bent down to

his height, " Goten honey, do you see anything out of the ordinary about the Ouji? " she asked him sweetly.

      Goten stared up at Vegeta, who looked exactly the same as normal with the exception of the "I-know-how-to-make-those-

-chocolate-chip-cookies-Goten-likes-to-eat" t-shirt on. Goten grinned at him, " Can you make some now? " he asked eagerly.

      " Eh? " Vegeta tilted his head slightly, " Make what? "

      " THE COOKIES! " Goten cheered.

      " OH. " Vegeta said, as if enlightened, " Yes, I CAN make you some cookies, kaka-spawn #2. But I'd rather wait for

Kakarrotto to wake up first. Wouldn't want him to miss out on helping us bake them, now would we? "

      " I get to help too? " Goten said excitedly.

      " If you want. "

      " Can Trunks help too? " the chibi grinned.

      " Sure. "

      " YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY! VEGGIE-SAN RULES!!! " Goten cheered, running inside towards Trunks's room.

      " Heh. That I do. " Vegeta smirked boastfully. Chi-Chi walked up to him and slapped him across the face. Vegeta

blinked for a moment, confused.

      " D--don't you think for a minute that you've got me f--fooled! That trick of y--yours won't work on ME! " Chi-Chi

growled while shaking nervously at the same time. The ouji flashed her a toothy-grin, which to Chi-Chi showed off the huge

saiyajin's large pointy fangs. Chi-Chi paled at the sight.

      " Trick? Why Onna, I don't know WHAT you're talking about. " Vegeta chuckled.

      " YOU DO TO YOU LIAR! THAT--THAT GIANT FREAKISHLY EVIL-LOOKING FORM OF YOURS! YOU USED SOME SORT OF EVIL OUJI-POWER,

OR, OR SOMETHING FROM BULMA'S LAB TO, TO SIMULATE THAT YOU TURNED INTO A HUGE TERRIFYING MONSTER!!! " Chi-Chi screamed at

him.

      " A monster you say. " Vegeta snickered at the thought while rubbing his hands together. The ouji turned to pace into

the livingroom towards where Goku was napping, " Why don't we give Kakay a little nudge and see what he thinks about all

this. I'm sure he has something 'intellegent' to add to this stimulating conversation, don't you think? " Vegeta sat down on

the couch next to the sleeping saiyajin.

      Chi-Chi blinked to see Vegeta somehow now back to normal. She rubbed her eyes, " I knew it was a trick, I knew i-- "

she looked again to see the ouji, while back to normal, now was wearing the same outfit his future counterpart from 100 years

in the future who had visited them wore; the black and gold saiyajin armor with the red cape. Chi-Chi narrowed her eyes in

fury at the mere reminder and weighed whether or not she should go over there and give the saiyajin a piece of her mind or if

she should stay back, worrying that if Goku woke up while she was yelling at Vegeta that he would see her has the villain in

this particular showdown.

      " Kakay. Kakay wake up. " the little ouji said soothingly. The larger saiyajin giggled and smiled, " It's time for

all the good little peasants in the kingdom to get themselves up so they can come help their ruler make some delicious

chocolate-chip cookies. " Vegeta smirked, then glanced at Chi-Chi, " Or MAYBE the 'huge terrifying monster' will decide to

bite his giant fangs into your soft peasant flesh and tear you apart. "

      " Hahaha, Veggiesilly. " Goku laughed, yawning. He stretched and sat up, scratching his back. Goku lazily opened his

eyes to see Vegeta sitting at the other end of the couch; still looking like he had before Goku took the nap; in extra-little

, big-sparkily-eyed, kawaii-like form. Goku's eyes shot open so he could stare at the plushy-looking saiyajin, " Heehee..hee

hee hee. "

      Vegeta paled, " What's so funny? "

      " Veggie still looks super-cute... " the larger saiyajin said w/big sparkily eyes, his hands shaking eagerly in the

ouji's direction.

      Vegeta's eyes nearly flew out of his head, " Wh-wha-WHAT!? BUT YOU GOT SOME SLEEP! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ALL BETTER

NOW!! "

      " Oh Veggie come to me... " Goku mused happily, getting up and crawling across the couch towards him while Vegeta

backed up and Chi-Chi looked on in confusion, " Please little Veggie, just one hug? "

      " NO WAY! Who knows WHAT you're capable of like this! " Vegeta snapped defensively, approaching the armchair to the

couch.

      " What did you do to him, Ouji! " Chi-Chi yelled at him.

      " NOTHING! I didn't do nothing! " Vegeta yelped pleadingly while keeping his attention on Goku, who was starting to

drool, " He's hallucinating things! Just like you and Bulma are! It's the HEAT! Or, or SOMETHING! " he scrambled to the top

of the armrest.

      " Whadda you mean, "something"? " Chi-Chi put her hands on her hips.

      " I DON'T _KNOW_! OH-KAY!!! " Vegeta screamed.

      Chi-Chi glared for a moment, then grinned evilly at the position Vegeta was in, " Really? "

      " Re--REALLY. " Vegeta answered back. Chi-Chi walked up to Goku.

      " Goku? "

      " Yes-Chi-chan! " Goku replied quickly, his whole body shaking in excitement now.

      " Goku, why don't you be a good boy and go give your favorite 'little buddy' a nice big slobbery hug? " she

innocently proposed.

      " YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!! " Goku let out a high-pitched squeal of joy, then rocked at Vegeta and

knocked them both across the room and into the wall, " VEGGIEVEGGIEVEGGIEVEGGIEVEGGIEVEGGIE_VEGGIE_!!! MYVEGGIE!!! " he

latched on tightly, grinning ear-to-ear while smushing Vegeta between himself and the floor. Vegeta was shivering and

twitching in all sorts of frightened contortions from all the drool and sweat flowing ontop of him thanks to the large

saiyajin above him.

      " Ah..ahh...WWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! " Vegeta

screamed in terror.

      " Ahh, that felt good. " Chi-Chi smirked victoriously.

      " Kaka-germs.....all over..me..... " Vegeta shuddered in terror, " KAKARROTTO GET OFF OF ME!!! " he screamed, trying

to push Goku off. Vegeta took a look at his now soaking-wet hand, " Oh dear God, what is THAT? Is that DROOL?! "

      " Yes it is! " Chi-Chi said happily.

      " From his MOUTH!? "

      " Where else would come from? "

      " AHH AHH AHH AHH!! " Vegeta shook his hand wildly, trying to free it from the slobber that engulfed it, " STOP IT

STOP IT STOP IT!!! " he burst into ssj only to have the larger saiyajin reply by bursting into ssj2, " KAKARROTTO CUT IT OUT

ALREADY!! "

      " I can make him stop. " Chi-Chi smirked.

      " _I_ THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T EVEN LIKE HIM TO HUG ME IN THE FIRST PLACE!! " Vegeta exclaimed.

      " I USUALLY don't. But USUALLY you "enjoy" those stupid hugs. Since this is for torturing purposes and the way

Go-chan's hugging you right now happens to give you uneasy and unpleasant feelings; I will allow it. " Chi-Chi said contently

      " Well USUALLY when Kakarrotto's hugging me I'M STANDING UPRIGHT INSTEAD OF SLAMMED AGAINST THE FLOOR!! " Vegeta

snapped back at her.

      " Oh Veggie.... " the larger saiyajin let out an oblivious giggle, squeezing tighter. Vegeta let out a nervous yelp.

      Chi-Chi bent down on her knees and happily tilted her head sideways so she could see Vegeta properly, " I _CAN_ get

him to let go of you, Ouji. BUT you'll have to agree to a few "conditions" first. " she pulled out the piece of paper she had

scribbled on on her way out the door to her house.

      " Hmph! The great and powerful saiyajin no ouji does NOT bargain with humans, ESPECIALLY certain humans who

repeatedly attempt to kill him! " Vegeta snorted.

      Chi-Chi tapped Goku on the shoulder, " Go-chan, honey, the Ouji looks a little sour at the moment. Maybe you should

try to turn his evil little frown upside-down, ne? "

      " IwannahelpVeggie! " Goku grinned, staring deadlocked on the soft, plushy-like saiyajin he saw beneath him.

      " THEN GET OFF OF ME!!! " Vegeta cried out.

      " Hm? " Goku blinked.

      Chi-Chi tugged on Goku's sleeve, bringing his attention over to her, " Hey, why don't you make the Ouji feel better

with a BIG, WET, SMOOCH-- "

      " --NOKISSINGNOKISSINGNOKISSING!!! " Vegeta screamed in horror at the top of his lungs.

      " THEN LISTEN TO MY DEMANDS AND MEET THEM ACCORDINGLY, YOU SICK LITTLE OUJI! " Chi-Chi threatened.

      Vegeta growled at her.

      Chi-Chi read her list outloud, " Rule #1: You are NOT allowed come to my house without permission from ME! Rule #2:

You are NOT allowed to get within a FOOT of MY Go-chan. Rule #3: You are NOT allowed to touch or hug MY Go-chan, EVER in any

way possible! And Rule #4: You are NOT allowed to smooth-talk to Go-chan in your sick attempts to steal him away from me! "

she then rolled up the paper and stuck it back in her pocket.

      " THAT'S INSANE! " Vegeta complained.

      " Yeah well you can take it or I leave Goku smushed ontop of you for the next hour or so. " Chi-Chi nodded

determindly, " And with YOUR ego and the state he's in at the moment I doubt you'd last very long on the bottom like that. "

she snickered at the thought.

      " Baka Onna! Your rules are stupid and useless and pander only to your own whim without any consideration for Kakay's

feelings. " he snorted, then turned to Goku, " Isn't that right Kakay? "

      " Vehhhhhhhhhhhhhh-gee. " the dazed saiyajin replied.

      " See, he agrees with me wholeheartedly. " Vegeta nodded boastfully. Chi-Chi stared at him skeptically.

      " He didn't agree with you, he slurred out your name like he was drunk off his gourd!! " she exclaimed.

      " Ah, to the untrained ear it may have SOUNDED that way, but to the sensitive and highly developed hearing

capabilites of a saiyajin, that was a 'yes Vegeta, you are absolutely right'. "

      " You're absolutely crazy, that's what YOU are. " Chi-Chi muttered.

      " I could say the same about you, Bazooka Joe. " Vegeta smirked.

      " Are you compairing me to a cheap 25ยข piece of candy! " she glared at him.

      " Maybe. " he motioned to her broken bazooka that lay in the doorway to the house.

      " OOH, I'LL KILL YOU! " Chi-Chi grabbed a kitchen knife and aimed it at Vegeta's neck.

      " NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! " Goku suddenly shrieked in horror. He smushed himself tighter

against Vegeta and blocked the sides of the ouji's neck with his hands, " NOBODY KILLS VEGGIE!!! "

      " Son-kun what are you talking abou--AHH! " Bulma gasped as she finished ascending the stairs to the lab. Goku was

laying smushed ontop of Vegeta with a panicked, worried look on his face while Chi-Chi held one of the knives from Bulma's

kitchen at Vegeta's neck, " Oh dear God... " she slapped herself on the forehead, " WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE!! "

      " HE'S EVIL! "

      " CHI-CHAN WANTSA KILL MY VEGGIE!! "

      " THEY'VE BOTH LOST THEIR MARBLES BECAUSE OF THOSE BAKA HALLUCINATIONS!! "

      It didn't take Bulma long to figure out who had screamed what. She sweatdropped at the trio, then tapped Goku on the

back, " Son-kun do you mind getting off Vegeta, I think you're squashing his ribcage. "

      " I am HURTING little Veggie's body? " Goku's eyes widened.

      " YES, Goku. You are. " Bulma sighed. The large saiyajin instantly got up and pulled Vegeta to his feet.

      Vegeta turned to Bulma flatly and opened his mouth.

      " --no need to thank me. " she interupted him before he could even speak. Vegeta shut his mouth, looking slightly

peeved.

      " Remind me not to insult you for the rest of the fic. "

      " Agreed. " Bulma smiled, then turned to Chi-Chi, " I'm sorry can I have my kitchen knife back please? "

      Chi-Chi stared at her, then glared at Vegeta and chucked the knife at his head. The ouji easily dodged it and the

knife landed in the door to the closet behind him.

      " Tsk tsk, why Onna, just LOOK what you've done to the coat-closet door. " he mock-gawked. Bulma yanked her knife out

of the door and marched it back to the kitchen.

      " At this rate I'm going to have to put a lock on every drawer to the silverware! " she groaned, then returned,

dusting her hands off, " AND DON'T CHUCK KNIVES AT MY HUSBAND!!! " she snapped.

      " Yeah Onna, ya big meanie. " Vegeta stuck his tongue out at her.

      Bulma took a deep breath, " Well, now that that's off my chest, " she turned to Vegeta, " I checked through various

other tests and data and I still can't find anything that could trigger these....uh...hallucinations, Vegeta. " she paused

for a moment, looking him up and down again.

      " Attractive hallucination, aren't I? " he boasted.

      " That's not the point! " Bulma sweatdropped, " Urm, Vegeta, I think it would help me out a lot if you went over

everything that's happened to you today. Because whatever this is it's obviously out of the ordinary. "

      " So is everything else around. I'm an alien prince partially married to the planet's richest beautiful genius whose

best friend happens to be my sole remaining peasant whose wife is trying to kill me because I happen to have a slight intruge

with said peasant. So what else is new. " Vegeta shrugged.

      " Just humor me, oh-kay? " Bulma said flatly.

      " Alright. " Vegeta smirked and sat down on the couch. Goku plopped next to the ouji and stared at him with big

sparkily eyes, " Let's see, when I woke up this morning it was in me and Kakay's cabin on the cru-- " Vegeta paused and

turned his head slightly towards Goku, who was now only two inches away from the ouji's head.

      " ....eeEEEee..... "

      " ... " Vegeta sweatdropped, " Do you mind moving to another piece of furniture, Kakarrotto. I can't recount my

entire day here with your huge peasant eyes BORING into my head! " he twitched.

      Goku backed up 3 inches. A larger sweatdrop appeared on the side of Vegeta's head. He cleared his throat and

continued.

      " As I was saying before I was so rudely interupted by Kakarrotto literally breathing down my neck; I awoke in the

guest bed in me and Kakay's cabin on the cruise. The ship was only 5 hours away from port so I decided to wake Kakarrotto up.

Which I did. "

      " In seperate beds, right? " Chi-Chi said intently.

      " ... "

      " In SEPERATE BEDS, _RIGHT_?!! "

      " ...the details are really unimportant to the story as a whole. " Vegeta nodded intelligently, then continued.

      " YOU WERE IN SEPERATE BEDS, _RIGHT_!!!! " Chi-Chi shouted while grabbing the dazed Goku by the collar and shaking

him back and forth frantically.

      " Anyway, I woke Kakarrotto up and we went to the resturant to eat at the buffet. We both enjoyed our meal and

decided to take one last trip around to the various luxuries the liner had to offer. Poor Kakay was so sad when we reached

port again. He just loved his little trip and begged me to stay on the ship with him for another week. However, life can be

cruel sometimes and so can my wallet seeing as I only brought enough money to sustain us for only the one week. I delivered

my saddened-yet-longing-to-take-another-breathtaking-cruise-with-me peasant to his small little Kaka-hut. While saying our

goodbyes and having to rip my sobbing peasant of my body, I recieved a call from you on my cell-phone asking me to go get

you some groceries as long as I was nearby. So I did so being in the content mood I was in. Unfortuantely for me my

day-dreaming seemed to have annoyed several baka humans in the eisle of the store and they demanded I get out of the way.

My mood slightly dampened I did so, purchased the products you had asked for, and left the building. I was then confronted by

yet another mood-dampening human. And old woman who demanded that I give her money! For no good reason! She boasted she was

psychic or something so I grabbed whatever change I had in pocket and gave it to her to shut her up. For some reason she was

angered by whatever little I gave her and yelled something like "I place a curse upon you for not letting me help you so now

everyone will see you the way the imagine you to be and soon you will be under the effect yourself unless you apologize to me

bye the end of the week, woooooo". Then I shut my car door and drove off until I got stuck in traffic. Then Kakay called

asking me about-- "

      " --oh dear God you got yourself CURSED!! " Bulma groaned.

      " ...eh? " Vegeta cocked an eyebrow at her.

      " THAT would explain why you look different to all of us! " Bulma exclaimed.

      " What?! You actually BELIEVE I was "cursed"? " he stared at her incrediously.

      " ... "

      " Ah, KUSO! You DO think I'm cursed! " Vegeta snapped his fingers. He narrowed his eyes at her, " But you're a

scientific genius! Aren't you supposed to discredit 'curses' and stuff like that? "

      Bulma sighed, " Vegeta, between aliens, super saiyajins, you getting possessed, the earth blowing up and getting

restored, and people being brought back from the dead there is NOTHING I can truely rule out right away. "

      " Alright, alright. " Vegeta grumbled, " So now what do you suppose we do? "

      " I "suppose" we drive back out to the supermarket and get this old woman to remove whatever type of curse she put on

you. " Bulma explained, getting out her keys, " Now get your coat on. "

      " WHAT?! Why do _I_ have to come!? I just got back! "

      " Because YOU'RE the one the curse is on in the first place, stupid! Besides if you weren't such a stubborn person

then maybe she wouldn't have cursed you in the first place! "

      Vegeta got his dark brown leather jacket out of the coat-closet Chi-Chi had indirectly assaulted a few minutes ago,

" But Bulma it wasn't my fault! I was the victim of circumstance! I wouldnt've met her if you hadn't sent me out there! And

I wouldn't have gotten in such a bad mood if those baka humans in the eisle hadn't gotten mad at me for NOT being in a hurry

like the rest of them! And-- "

      " --Vegeta just get in the car. " Bulma sighed, stepping over Chi-Chi's bazooka.

      " Imcomingtoo! " Goku said quickly.

      " Oh NO you're NOT! " Chi-Chi held him back by the collar. Goku let out a yelp, " You've had enough "Veggie-time" to

last you the rest of the month, mister! "

      " Wahhhhh... " Goku whined.

      " Goodbye my peasant. But do not fear for I shall soon return for you to gaze upon again. " Vegeta gave an

overdramatic bow only to be yanked out the doorway.

      " You better hope she's still there, Vegeta. " Bulma said, annoyed, " Because if she isn't, you're in big trouble. "

      " Believe me Bulma, I'm positive she's still there. That old onna didn't look like she was going ANYWHERE fast. "

      " She's GONE!! I can't believe she's GONE!! " Vegeta gawked as he lept out of the car infront of the supermarket.

      " Are you sure this is where you met her. " Bulma said, looking around as they walked around the store.

      " YES THIS IS WHERE I MET HER! SHE WAS STANDING RIGHT HERE! " Vegeta walked to a certain spot near the exit doors and

stomped down on it.

      " Maybe she went inside. " Bulma suggested.

      Vegeta sighed, " Highly unlikely. If she was begging for change then she probably didn't have enough money to even

buy some decent groceries. " he leaned against the wall, " I should've just given her a pack of gum or something. You can't

go wrong with gum. " he said, then chuckled, " Probably wouldn't have done her any good though. She didn't look like she had

many teeth left either. "

      " Vegeta. " Bulma groaned, " Look, maybe she went around to another side of the supermarket. "

      Vegeta glanced around the side to the store to see several trash bins and a dumptruck. He sweatdropped, " I doubt

it. "

      " Or home maybe. "

      " Or maybe another supermarket. Or maybe infront of a resturant, or a drugstore. FORGET ABOUT HER, BULMA! " Vegeta

exclaimed, " Sure she didn't look like she could move very fast but it's been quite a few hours since I was here last time!

Can't you just take the spell off yourself! " he nearly pleaded.

      " Ugh! I'm a scientist, not a magician, you idiot. Besides I'm not the one who got himself cursed now, am I? " she

pointed out.

      " Well there's got to be someone else who can. " Vegeta grumbled, " I'm not going through the rest of my life with

Kakarrotto throwing himself at me, you staring at my imaginary butt, and Onna going through anger/fear mood-swings around

me. "

      Bulma rubbed her chin for a moment, then snapped her fingers in victory, " Dende! "

      " Eh? "

      " Of COURSE! Dende can use his meditative powers and crystal ball to find where the old woman went! And if that fails

then I'm sure he's got something to counteract the spell among all those old spell-books left by the previous Kamis! " Bulma

said, proud of herself.

      " Ingenius. " Vegeta smirked with slight envy, " I can teleport us along with the car there within seconds. " he

walked back over to the vehicle. They both got in and Vegeta put his fingers on his forehead.

      " You know, I am sort of gonna miss that haircut, height, and rippling biceps of yours. " Bulma joked.

      " Aw, shuddup. " Vegeta twitched, annoyed, then teleported them out of the parking lot and up to Dende's lookout.

      " Oh oh oh oh, stayin alive, stayin alive. Oh oh oh oh, stayin aliiii-iiive. " the small radio blasted next to

Mr. Popo while the genie sang along; watering the garden as he did so.

      " Mr. Popo is a-movin to the groovin. " he shook around, his sunglasses jiggling slightly.

      " Uh-huh, whatever you say Popo. " Piccolo; who was laying on a lawnchair in red swimtrunks, sunglasses, and a

sun-reflector held under his neck; said to him.

      " Piccolo does not care about Mr. Popo's feelings. Why does NO ONE ever care for Mr. Popo's feelings! " the genie

exclaimed, then plugged the radio into his headset, " There. For being such an uncaring person, Mr. Popo shall depribe

Piccolo of Mr. Popo's radio and the music it plays. " Mr. Popo said stubbornly.

      Piccolo yawned, half-asleep due to the heat, " Yeah, sure. "

      " *BEEEEEEEP* *HONK*HONK*HONK*!! "

      Piccolo shot up out of his seat while Mr. Popo turned around and Dende ran out from inside the Lookout's building.

All gawking at the car that was suddenly sitting in the middle of the lookout.

      " Piccolo, Dende, Mr. Popo! Hi! " Bulma said cheerfully, getting out.

      " Why hello Bulma, Mr. Popo asks how is Bulma doing this fine summer day? " Mr. Popo smiled.

      " Oh, I'm fine. It's Vegeta you see. "

      " Oh God he's in there isn't he? " Piccolo groaned, lifting his sunglasses back over his eyes and laying back onto

the chair.

      " Yeah, he, umm, got himself..cursed. " Bulma sighed.

      " Really? " Piccolo chuckled, " What happened to him, get an elephant trunk? Get changed into a bug? Loose his

eyeballs? "

      " No. This is more of a "mental" curse. "

      " He went crazy? "

      " NO! " Bulma exclaimed, " He got an old lady at the supermarket mad and apparently she was psychic and put a curse

on Vegeta that makes everyone who has a clear mental picture of what they believe he looks like, appear that way. "

      Piccolo grabbed a beach-towel and cleaned his sunglasses, " Oh this is gonna be good. "

      " It's not funny! " Bulma retorted, then thought a moment, " Oh-kay, maybe it is funny, but Vegeta's been through a

lot of stress and pain lately because of it! "

      " Name one reason I should feel sorry for the stupid little pain-in-the-butt. " Piccolo said.

      Bulma let out a sigh, " Goku. "

      Piccolo's eyes widened, " ...oh. Ouch. " he visibly paled, " Yeah, I can see how tramatizing that particular

encounter might have been. After all I WAS Son's "little buddy" before Vegeta and it's NOT a fun title to have thrust upon

you; heaven only KNOWS what Goku throught he was looking at just now instead of Vegeta. "

      " Hai. It wasn't very much fun for him. " Bulma rattled off.

      " NO KIDDING! " Vegeta's voice shouted from inside the car. The group sweatdropped.

      " Does he plan on coming out? " Dende asked curiously.

      " Who knows. " Piccolo replied.

      " Dende! " Bulma brightened up, " You're exactly who we're looking for! " she grabbed him by the hands, " Listen, I

was wondering if you could find this one old lady for us; she's the one who put this curse on Vegeta and.. " she explained

the situation to him.

      " Well, I could try. But I can't guarantee you me finding anything. " Dende replied.

      " That's great Dende! Thank you so much! " Bulma clasped her hands together.

      " But first I need to talk to Vegeta and ask him a few questions about the person we're looking for first. That is,

unless you saw her also. "

      Bulma frowned, " No, I haven't. " she then turned to the car, " Oh Veh-gee-tah. " she said in a sing-song voice,

" Get out of the car! "

      The ouji snorted, " Fine. But I look stupid. "

      " Well you should've changed out of your swimtrunks earlier then. It couldn't have been affecting you THAT greatly if

the thought that you still had only them on didn't occur to you before. " she nodded.

      Vegeta hoppped out of the car. Piccolo's eyes widened to see what looked like a tiny speck, bounce across the floor

to wear Bulma was standing. The tall namekian rubbed his eyes and took his sunglasses off.

      " You gotta be kidding me. " Piccolo murmured.

      " Let me guess, YOU'RE seeing things too, huh? " the tiny creature squeaked out.

      " Uhh, Vegeta? " Piccolo blinked.

      " No, it's the mayor, YES I'M VEGETA IS YOUR HALLUCINATION SO SCREWED UP THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL _WHO_ I AM!? "

the speck shouted.

      Piccolo raised his foot to test his theory to see if he could indeed squash the minute bug that was currently yelling

at him.

      " What the heck are you doing?! " Vegeta paused to see Piccolo's foot raised as if he was trying to kick the ouji's

knee. Piccolo kicked out slightly, then blinked to notice whatever his foot had just kicked was invisible to him.

      " OH...you don't PHYSICALLY change, it's only just in your head. " Piccolo observed, then went back to his lawn-chair

. Vegeta stared at him blankly for a second.

      " YOU WERE GOING TO STEP ON ME, WEREN'T YOU!? YOU THOUGHT I WAS A FLEA OR A FLY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DIDN'T YOU?!"

Vegeta demanded.

      " No. Yes. ....in hindsight I suppose even if I HAD stepped on you it would've been bad for me because I'm the ex,

vice, and former "little buddy" and I REALLY don't want to deal with THAT particular title again anytime soon. " Piccolo

nodded.

      Vegeta snorted, annoyed. Bulma chuckled a bit only to muffle her laughter when the ouji sent a death-glare at her.

      Mr. Popo scratched his head. To him the saiyajin looked exactly the same with a t-shirt in addition to his other

clothes that read "Goku's crazy obsessive little friend" on it. The genie shrugged and went back to his gardening,

" Interesting t-shirt Vegeta has on, Mr. Popo observes. " he said.

      " Uhh, I'm not wearing a t-shirt. " Vegeta blinked, confused.

      " Here Vegeta, I need you and Bulma to come into the house with me so I can concentrate properly. It's too hot out

here. " Dende said, shielding his eyes from the sun and going back inside. The couple shrugged and followed him, leaving

Piccolo and Mr. Popo back outside.

      " So... " Mr. Popo broke the silence, " Was Piccolo really going to squash Vegeta with the awesome power of Piccolo's

large foot? "

      " ..nah. Vegeta keeps Goku's "buddy" attention away from me. Why do you think I moved up here in the first place? "

he said.

      " Well... " Mr. Popo said, deep in thought.

      Piccolo chuckled, " It would've been fun though. "

      " Hahaha, Mr. Popo laughs at Piccolo's often hidden yet entertaining sense of humor. " Mr. Popo laughed as well.

      " Hahaha, yeah. "

      " YOU WANT TO READ MY MIND?! " the ouji yelped, grabbing his head and backing up.

      " Vegeta I don't WANT to, I HAVE to. If I don't know what she looks like then there's no way I can use my crystal

ball to find her! And the only way I can find out what she looks like is to check inside your head since you're the only one

who saw her! " Dende explained.

      " NO WAY! " Vegeta snapped, " NO ONE is allowed the peer inside my royal cranium and go poking around! " he folded

his arms stubbornly.

      " Oh good God! Vegeta, just let him do it! Or do you WANT to be cursed the rest of your life! " Bulma said, equally

as frustrated as Dende.

      " It's not like I'm going to look at any of your private thoughts, Vegeta. I'm just looking for that one thing. A

picture of that old woman who put the curse on you! " Dende pleaded.

      The ouji sighed, then looked over at him suspicously, " Alright. "'

      Dende put a hand ontop of the saiyajin's head; which wasn't hard to do seeing as the young namekian's height had been

rapidly growing and he was getting pretty close to entering the I'm-taller-than-Vegeta club. Dende closed his eyes and

concentrated, then sweatdropped to see a large framed word reading "BLOCKED" in big red letters, " Vegeta! "

      " What! " the ouji snapped back.

      " You put a MENTAL BLOCK over your ENTIRE MIND! Take it off so I can read already! " Dende said, starting to get

annoyed.

      " Fine. " the little ouji snorted and the large "BLOCKED" sign disappeared to reappear as dozens of tiny "blocked"

signs with a few "unblocked" signs written in blue available.

      Dende sighed, " You're unbelievable you know that. "

      " Heh, if I was any more unbelievable I probably wouldn't exist. " the ouji boasted. Dende stared at him, confused.

      " What? "

      " ... "

      " Nevermind. " Dende searched the remaining "unblocked" signs, all of which contained snippits of memories that

had occured during the day. He paused at one of the old lady, " AH-HA! Found it! " he let go of Vegeta's head.

      " ... "

      " Urm, you can unblock the rest of your brain now. I'm done. " Dende said, somewhat uneasily.

      " Oh? " Vegeta opened one eye and cocked his eyebrow, " OH! " every blocked item was instantly released.

      " What do you really have to hide from us that we don't already know? " Bulma asked him, exasperated.

      " I would tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. " Vegeta said in a super-serious voice, " ...and I don't really

want to kill you. "

      " Uh-huh. " Bulma said flatly, " Whatever you say, 007. " she rolled her eyes as she walked past him.

      Vegeta blinked, " HEY! Wait for me! "

      " WOW, Dende you sure know how to design rooms! " Bulma said, impressed.

      " Umm, actually I didn't design any of this, it was probably one of the past Kamis. Even before the one fused with

Piccolo. " Dende explained, " This is the grand ballroom, and back there is the Kami's throne. And THIS is the crystal ball

with which the Kami can see anyone at anyplace at anytime. " he motioned to the abnormally large crystal ball in the center

of the room, " Hey, did you know Son Goku ALMOST inherited this job from the previous Kami? Piccolo told me so the other day.

It was because Kami was getting old and thought Son would be the most-suited to rule as the next Kami of Earth. "

      Vegeta paled at the mere thought of Goku as the Earth's Kami, " All that POWER...in those mush-brained Kaka-hands...

it'd be like the Kakamatrix!!! " he shuddered violently, rubbing his arms as if the air around him had suddenly gotten

unbearably cold.

      Bulma rolled her eyes, " Oh calm down, Son-kun practically begged and pleaded his way out of it. "

      " Oh thank Kami that Kami isn't Kakarrotto. " Vegeta sighed with relief, then thought a moment, " What would that

make him? Kamirrotto? "

      " Don't think too hard Vegeta, you'll hurt your brain that way. " Bulma patted him on the shoulder.

      " Are you insinuating that I'm stupid? " he narrowed his eyes.

      " No--NO! I'm saying that you already have so many different things crammed inside that head of yours that it'd be

nearly impossible for you to fit in any more without squashing something OUT. "

      " I...don't follow you. " Vegeta said, confused.

      Bulma sighed, " Exactly. "

      " Searching, searching, searching.............................uh-oh. " Dende paled.

      " "Uh-oh" Whadda you MEAN, "uh-oh"?!! " Vegeta exclaimed.

      " Vegeta my crystal ball says no one on Earth fits the description of the woman you said put the curse on you. "

Dende explained.

      " WHAT?! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! CHECK AGAIN!! " Vegeta demanded.

      " But my crystal ball is never wrong. The only possible reason I can think of is that Vegeta gave me the wrong data

and if that's the problem I'll have to go back and flip through the pages of his brain to find the right-- "

      " --NO WAY! THERE WILL BE NO MORE PROBING OF MY BRAIN!! BE IT YOU OR KAKARROTTO!!! " Vegeta held his head

defensively. Dende blinked.

      " How did Goku get into this converstation? " he looked confused.

      " He's MY peasant and he can get into any conversation he wants! " the ouji snapped.

      " Uh-huh. " Dende looked skeptical, " Listen Vegeta, if the crystal ball says she's not in existance, then, well I

don't know WHAT to tell you. But there IS something I can do. I can keep a watch from an aerial view of the supermarket

through the crystal ball and if anyone resembling her comes up I'll mentally instant message you so you can teleport down

there and-- "

      " --give her a piece of my mind! " the ouji pounded his fists together. Dende sweatdropped.

      " Yah, something like that. Although I wouldn't use those exact words. " Dende laughed nervously.

      " So you really can't do anything else? " Bulma said, saddened.

      " Well, if you want, you can take a look at the previous Kami's spell-books on the shelf behind you and see if you

can find something to reverse the spell while I keep a lookout through the crystal ball. They're written in english so you

should have no real hard problems with it.

      " "Sappalingdogo Parisomio Laquientana"? " Bulma said skeptically, looking at the cover to one of the books. Dende

sweatdropped again.

      " Well, most of them are in English. OH, and don't read anything outloud; it enacts the spells and you wouldn't want

to accidentally doom us all, you know. " he laughed nervously as he watched her flip through the pages.

      " Alright then Dende! Let's get to work! " Bulma nodded determindly, " Vegeta, you have a very important job in all

this too. "

      " Really? " Vegeta smirked boastfully.

      " Yes. " Bulma replied, " I want you to teleport the car back home and get some sleep! You look like you've hardly

had any since you got back! "

      Vegeta nearly fell over, " WAHHHHHHHH.........YOU WANT ME TO SIT AROUND AND DO NOTHING?! "

      " NO, I want you to SLEEP. " Bulma corrected him, " Then after you've gotten at least a good 5 or 6 hours worth;

more than enough to sustain you for a simple nap; I want you to come back here and help me look through these books. You

already look beat and you'll be of much better use to us if you're well-rested. "

      Vegeta opened his mouth to retort, then let out a yawn and grumbled, annoyed. He stomped over to his car and glared

at them, " YEAH, WELL I BETTER NOT BE ASSAULTED BY AN ONSLAUGHT OF KAKA-GERMS AS SOON AS I GET BACK, THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY! "

he yelled at them, then teleported out of sight.

      " Poor guy. " Bulma frowned, " Nice rear-end though. "

      Dende sweatdropped.

      " So? " she asked him curiously, " Which one of these books is in english? "

      " I can't believe this! She thinks she can solve MY problems without MY help! It's absurd! " Vegeta ranted as he

parked the car and teleported inside. Luckily for him, Chi-Chi wasn't anywhere in sight, however neither was Goku. The

little ouji looked around, confused as to why they would both suddenly leave, " Baka Onna, I bet she dragged poor Kakay

straight home as soon as I left. " he sighed, then paused to hear music similar to what was normally played on the deck of

the cruise had been on, coming from the kitchen. Vegeta paled and walked over to the kitchen door to open it, " Something

tells me there's NOTHING that can prepare me for whatever's inside my kitchen RIGHT NOW. " he gulped, then grabbed the

doorknob and flung the door open with his eyes squinted shut and turned over his shoulder. Vegeta paused when he noticed he

had not been attacked head-on by a lundging peasant. The ouji peered inside the kitchen to investigate.

      " Aloha, little Veggie 'o mine! " Goku's voice cheered from behind all the many tropical-esque decorations.

      " Uhh.....Kakarrotto? " the smaller saiyajin said, confused. Goku slid over to him across the waxed floor; back in

the huge-hawaiian-flower-patterned swimtrunks he had worn not even eight hours ago when they were back on the ship. The

large saiyajin also had a red lay around his neck.

      " Bulma left me a note explaining your current situation! " he said as he happily held out a piece of paper that had

been tapped to the lab door. Vegeta took it and read over the lines written in Bulma's handwriting. It explained that the

ouji had been cursed and the effects and to just treat him as they would normally until she had discovered a way to reverse

it, " So it turns out your super-cute extra-little form is all in my mind! " Goku pointed to his head as if finishing off

what the ouji was silently reading. He teleported next to Vegeta, " AND to make up for slobbering and embarassing my little

Veggie I have decided to throw him a party! And we can make COOKIES! " he waved his arms around in the air excitedly.

      " You DO know I was sent back here by Bulma to get some SLEEP, right? " Vegeta folded his arms.

      " Hahaha! Aw Veggie! You can sleep anytime! " Goku cheerfully put his hands on the ouji's shoulders. Vegeta flinched,

" But when's the next time you're going to get to have me help you bake some really yummy cookies in a tropical-decortated

environment. "

      " But I have to-- "

      " --PLEASE little Veggie! " Goku pleaded, " We'll have so much fun! And--and Chi-chan's upstairs playing videogames

with Goten and Trunks so she won't bother or hurt little Veggie at all! "

      " DIE OUJI DIE! BWAHAHAHA!!! " Chi-Chi laughed as the virtual Goku she was controlling on the ps2 repeatedly kicked

the virtual Vegeta in the gut.

      " Wow, your mom's pretty good at this, Goten! " Trunks said, impressed.

      " HEE! " Goten grinned.

      Trunks tugged at Chi-Chi's shirt, " Hey Chi-Chi-san, can I have the controller back after you finish this rou-- "

      " --I'M STILL PLAYING!! " she snapped, then went back to her game.

      Both chibis sweatdropped.

      " Come on Goten, let's go outside and play in the pool. " Trunks grumbled, leaving the room.

      " HOORAY! I LOVE THE POOL! " Goten cheered.

      " I didn't know Onna played videogames. " Vegeta blinked, confused.

      " Neither did I. " Goku shrugged, equally baffled.

      " Hey Toussan! Cool superhero costume! " chibi Trunks said as he and Goten ran by.

      " Why thank you Trunks, I like to wear it from time-to-time while fighting evil. " Vegeta boasted, playing along

while his ego swelled. Goku sweatdropped.

      " I thought we were supposed to treat you normal no matter how the curse made you look, little Veggie. "

      " Eh, a little bit of hero-worship never hurt anybody. " Vegeta brushed it off, " Now what did you want me to make

again? "

      " COOKIES! " Goku chirped excitedly.

      " Oh yeah. Cookies. " the ouji thought outloud. He floated up to one of the cabinets and opened it, " Now let's see..

where's the cookie-dough...? "

      " Right here Veggie! " Goku said. Vegeta looked over to see the larger saiyajin had placed all the necessary

ingrediants and utencils on the kitchen table.

      " ...well.....you're prepared. "

      " Yes I am little Veggie! " Goku saluted him, " OH! First Veggie better take off his jacket though. We wouldn't want

him to get his cute lil brown leather jacket all dirty! " he reached to take it off for Vegeta.

      " Hey--HEY! I CAN TAKE MY OWN JACKET OFF!! I'M NOT A BABY YOU KNOW! " Vegeta snapped, his face turning bright red. He

took his jacket off and put it on a nearby coathanger, " There, you satisfied? "

      " Oh YES, little Veggie, very much! " Goku nodded cheerfully.

      " Uh-huh. " the ouji sweatdropped. He walked over to the table and grabbed an empty bowl, then began to toss in,

dump, and mix various ingredients at a very fast pace. The larger saiyajin smiled, impressed.

      " It always a-mazes me how fast Veggie can create yummy goodies to eat. "

      " Hai. " Vegeta smirked, then glanced over at Goku while continuing to beat the batter, " Kakarrotto if you want to

help I suggest you do it in a hurry. There's only a few things left for me to do before I put this in the oven. " he said.

      " OOH OOH OOH! I wanna help Veggie!!! " Goku hooted.

      " Here, " Vegeta handed him the bowl, " You keep mixing that for me while I get the cookie-cutter sheet out and you

can *sigh* cut the cookies into cutesy decorative shapes of your desire. " he said, going insearch fo the cookie-cutter.

      " WHEE!! " Goku cheered, then went back to mixing, " I'm making cookies with Veh-geee, I'm gonna mix the batter for

him cuz I'm a good lil help-er! " he said in a sing-song voice. Vegeta twitched in disgust with his head under the cabinet.

      " Baka. " he muttered, then grabbed the cookie-cutter along with a cookie-cutter sheet and pulled him head out from

under the cabinet. Vegeta looked back at Goku and nearly fell over to see the large saiyajin was now splattered in cookie

batter. The ouji's eyes popped out of his head, " KA---WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO?! "

      " ...am I a bad lil helper, little Veggie? " Goku said with big teary eyes. Vegeta felt his heart sink.

      " Oh...no Kakarrotto, you're not bad, you're uhh, just dirty, see. Hahaha. " he laughed nervously, flicking a cookie

drop-let out of Goku's hair. " Wuh--why don't you go change and then come back to help me, alright? " Vegeta avoided

eye-contact with the larger saiyajin, then glanced over slightly at Goku and yelped to see the large saiyajin was staring

down at him with big sparkily eyes.

      " Oh Veggie....you're so ~*nice*~ to me. " a little smile curled over Goku's lips.

      " Uh, haha, hahahaha, " Vegeta nervously laughed some more and backed up as he could feel his entire face start to

glow bright red, " A--a, muh-----maybe you should go change your clothes before they get stained permanently, heh-heh, yeah."

sweat dripped down the ouji's face. Goku set the bowl of currently half-full cookie-dough down on the table and gave the ouji

a big hug before happily dashing out of the room. Vegeta looked down at his own now cookie-dough splattered self and

shuddered violently, emitting small terrified squeaky noises every so often, " Nnnnnn...AHH AHH AHH AHH AHH!!! " he waved his

arms around as fast as he could; trying to wipe every piece of cookie-dough that had attached itself to his skin from Goku's,

off.

      " There! All better! " a cheery voice came from behind him.

      The still nerve-shot Vegeta turned around to see Goku now back in his usual gi and looking clean as a whistle; as if

he had never been covered in cookie-dough just a few moments earlier.

      " Well...that was unusually fast. " Vegeta cocked an eyebrow.

      " I am a speedy lil peasant, little Veggie! " Goku said, proud of himself.

      Vegeta sighed, " Alright then. " he poured the cookie-dough out onto the sheet, " Now we have only have enough left

to make a, well, to make about five cookies for each of us. Personally I'm just going to mold mine into normal cookie-shapes.

YOU, on the other hand, can make whatever shapes you li-- "

      " --hahaha! Lookit me little Veggie! "

      " Dare I even try? " Vegeta groaned.

      " PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSE, lil-lil Vedge'ums! "

      " Ohhhhhh, alright. " Vegeta turned around, then cried out in shock, " AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! "

      " It's a VEGGIE-COOKIE! " Goku beamed, holding out the Vegeta-shaped cookie-dough. He held the cookie-dough up to his

ear, " What's that lil Veggie-cookie? You want me to put you in the oven so I can roast you all up nice-n-warm-n-gooey and

then eat your cookietastic Veggie-body? What a delicious idea! " Goku plopped the cookie on the tray with a few other

"homemade" shapes ranging from a fish to a ship and to even one of himself. Vegeta's eyes trailed towards the Goku-cookie.

      " A Kaka-cookie, huh? " the ouji leaned forward with slight intregue.

      " Hahaha! Silly Veggie! That's my cookie! " Goku laughed, pulling Vegeta back, " BUT, if you want, I'll trade him to

Veggie for two of Veggie's own cookies; seeing as it took me two cookies-worth of cookie-dough to make him. "

      " Deal. " Vegeta said bluntly, still staring at the cookie in hunger.

      " Great! " Goku clasped his hands together, " It's a deal then! " he shook Vegeta's hand; the ouji oblivous to it,

" I'm gonna go start putting the rest of the stuff away. " the large saiyajin announced to himself and happiliy started to do

so.

      Vegeta, meanwhile, was still busy staring at the surprisingly well-crafted, smiling Goku cookie that lay on the sheet

, " ...hi there. " a twitching smirk appeared on his face, " You look good enough to eat. " the ouji hypnotically poked the

cookie's belly.

      " Hey Veggie, whatcha doin? " Goku tapped him on the shoulder.

      " Sniffing you. " Vegeta said to the cookie. Goku sweatdropped, then lightly bopped Vegeta on the head, " Veh-GEE!

Snap out of it! "

      " ! " Vegeta stood up, then shook his head clear again. He rubbed the top where Goku had hit and glared at the larger

saiyajin, " HEY! What was that for?! "

      " You were talking to the cookie. " Goku sweatdropped again and pointed towards the tray, " Dontcha think we oughta

put 'um in the oven to cook first BEFORE you start having conversations with 'um? "

      Vegeta opened the oven and promptly put the tray in, " Are you insinuating I was facinatedly talking to a cookie

only because it was shaped like your simple-minded peasant body? "

      " ...yes? " Goku looked uneasy.

      " ... "

      " ... "

      " ..well, I wasn't. "

      Goku tilted his head, confused.

      " I was, uhh, infact I wasn't talking to it at all. You were hallucinating that. Remember the curse-thing? You only

IMAGINED it. " Vegeta tried to explain.

      " ...the curse? "

      " NO! Me talking to the Kaka-cookie! " Vegeta snapped.

      " ..oh. " Goku said, then looked over at the little ouji, worried, " Maybe Bulma's right, little Veggie. Maybe you DO

need some rest. "

      " Yeah well I need to at least stay up long enough to wait for the cookies to get out of the oven. SOMEBODY has to

take them out and I sure as heck don't trust YOU to do it. You'll burn your ARMS off!! " Vegeta exclaimed.

      " Little Veggie is worried for my safety? " Goku said in awe w/big sparkily eyes, " Oh Veggie... "

      The ouji's face turned bright red and he backed up until he was out of the kitchen and back into living room. Vegeta

turned around and walked over to the couch. He plopped down and reached for the remote.

      " Here lil Veggie, lemmie get that for you! " a touched voice said from beside him. Vegeta froze and looked over to

his right to see Goku leaning over the arm-rest to the couch and holding out the remote to Vegeta with one hand.

      " Uhh...tha--thanks, Kakarrotto. " Vegeta nervously took the remote from him. The larger saiyajin flashed him a small

warm smile, which, unlike Goku's wacky Son-grin, seriously creeped Vegeta out.

      " You are welcome my sweet-hearted little Veggie. " Goku plopped down next to the ouji, " I have to admit, little

Veggie's extra-kawaii form still is VERY cute. "

      " Hallucination, Kakarrotto. Hallucination. " Vegeta said slowly to refresh Goku's memory while keeping his eyes

locked on the tv to avoid futher views of that little smile. Goku teleported and hovered between Vegeta and the screen, the

saiyajin floating while sitting in indian-style position.

      " Is there anything else I can get my sweet little Veggie who loves me so? " he mused.

      " Uhhhh, blanket? " Vegeta grinned cheesily. Goku hopped down from where he hovered and ran off to get a blanket from

Vegeta's room. He cheerfully returned with it a few minutes later.

      " May I tuck Veggie in? " the peasant asked eagerly.

      " NO! " Vegeta yelped, " I--I mean, ho--how about you go get "Veggie" a few pillows, huh? "

      " Hai! " Goku chirped, then ran back up the stairs. Vegeta used the blanket to quickly cover the remaining empty spot

on the couch as to discourage Goku from sitting back down there next to him again. Vegeta sighed, beat. He froze when he

heard the eager footsteps come rushing back down the staircase, " Pillows for Veggie! " Goku plunked three large pillows

around the ouji, " Now you just lie down and get cozy and I shall retrieve Veggie a snack while he is waiting for our

cookies! " Goku gave Vegeta a thumbs-up, " So! What kind of snack would little Veggies prefer? "

      " Um, some pudding would be nice. " Vegeta said, blushing lightly.

      " Great! " Goku said, dashing off for the third time, " ...now where does Veggie keep the pudding? "

      Vegeta smirked. He was pretty sure he was out of pudding and the new package he had bought earlier had been

completely devoured by himself and Goku. Whatever pudding Goku did find, if any, was gonna definately take a while. Vegeta

yawned and closed his eyes in a sleepy daze, feeling himself drifing off into his own private little dreamland. In the

backround of his fantasy he could faintly hear a pair of cheery steps walking towards him.

      " Veggie? Oh little Veggie do not fall asleep so soon. I found your pudding. " a voice that usually came from his

dreams whispered into his ear. Vegeta mumbled something unaudiable and flipped over on his side, " Veh-GEE? VEGGIE! "

      " Eh-wha? " Vegeta slowly managed to prop himself up. The ouji; if not already half-asleep; would've been shocked to

see how much rest he actually was in need of.

      " There's my little buddy! Hey, look what I found? It's pudding! And I even got you a nice spoon to eat it with! "

the larger saiyajin handed the pudding-cup and spoon to Vegeta, who sniffed the opened package of pudding and smiled. He

took a spoonful and smiled wider, " Aww, don't we look nice-n-comfy now huh? "

      " Mmm, very much so. " Vegeta sighed contently, then looked upward at the peasant, " Thank you Kayka. "

      " You're welcome little Veggie! Have fun! " 'Kayka' waved to him, walking back to the kitchen. Goku paused for a

moment and cocked an eyebrow, confused, " "Kayka"? Isn't that the name of Veggie's imaginary saiyajin oujo from his play? "

he shrugged and left, " Poor Veggie! He's sleepier than I thought! "

      Vegeta lifted the spoon of pudding to his mouth and ate another spoonful of pudding, " Mmm, Kayka is so wonderful to

me, it's such a shame she isn't real. " he mused, only to have his eyes suddenly pop out of his head, " ...'she isn't real'."

Vegeta leapt to his feet, then dashed into the kitchen after 'Kayka' to see her sitting on one of the chairs staring at the

cooking cookies in the oven with a big smile on her face, " Umm, Kayka-chan? "

      " Yes Veggie? " 'Kayka' turned her head towards him.

      Vegeta's face went red, " You're not really Kayka, are you, Kayka? "

      The saiyajin laughed, " Of course not, little Veggie! Even I know that! "

      Vegeta gulped, panic rising within him, " You're, Kakay, aren't you, Kayka? "

      " Does Kayka wear gi's just like mine, Veggie? " Goku asked, tugging at the sleeve of his gi.

      " Actually, yes. " Vegeta answered. Goku let out a low whistle of discomfort and flushed slightly.

      " Do I look like Kayka, Veggie? "

      " Yes. "

      " ... " Goku thought for a moment, then smiled coyly, " If I change my first answer to yes does that mean I get to be

little Veggie's Oujo after all? "

      " NO!! YOUR FUTURE ONLY LIES IN YOU BECOMING MY SERVANT-MAID! NO OUJO-ING FOR YOU, KAKARROTTO!! " Vegeta yelled

angrily.

      'Kayka' got up and walked over to him, then bent down to his height, " But 'V-sama', I'm not Kakarrotto. " she said

in a trusting tone of voice.

      " Don't mess with my head, Kakarrotto! I'm TIRED!! " Vegeta snapped, backing up.

      " I can HELP you get back to bed, li---V-sama. I promise, because I am a good person and care about *MY* ouji-sama. "

Kayka gave him a tight hug. Vegeta's entire body flushed bright red and his brain nearly exploded. Kayka carried him back

over to the couch and set him down.

      The little ouji stared up at her helplessly. Directly infront of him was a slightly confused-looking Kayka. She wore

a gi very similar to Goku's only in her own size. Kayka's eyes were much wider than Goku's and she had four thinner-looking

bangs hanging down inplace of the large saiyajin's wider, floofier ones. Her hair was up in a ponytail in the back with the

exception of the four Goku-ish spikes of hair from the right side of her head which remained inplace. She was only a few

inches shorter than Goku, retaining most of his height. Kayka was also thinner than him, but still appeared as though she had

been training regularly. Her tail hadn't changed at all and was still floating around in the nonexistant breeze.

      " Somebody up there hates me. " Vegeta whimpered, " Or somebody DOWN THERE hates me. WHY MUST I BE A PAWN IN THIS

CRUEL SICK JOKE!! "

      Kayka cocked an eyebrow, " What cruel sick joke? "

      " _I'M_ HALLUCINATING NOW!!! " Vegeta shouted at her.

      " So? "

      " YOU LOOK LIKE KAYKA!!! "

      " So? "

      " BUT YOU'RE REALLY KAKARROTTO!!!! " he wailed.

      " So? "

      " "SO?" "SO?"!!! " Vegeta started getting angry.

      " Veh-GEE, calm down. " Kayka waved her hands infront of him, " You made up Kayka in your head anyway. You know she's

not real! Just like I know you're not really extra-little-n-extra-kawaii! "

      " But, but, but you--she--looks so REAL. " Vegeta calmed down only to start twitching nervously, small tingles

started inside his hands and began moving towards the rest of his body. Vegeta hopped up and then sat back down ontop of his

hands, " AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! "

he wailed up at the ceiling.

      " Veggie? " Kayka said, worried.

      " Ba...KA...... " he whinced, his whole body stiffening up.

      " Veggie, litlte Veggie are you alright? What's wrong? " the larger saiyajin's face paled with fear.

      " I'M...JUST...FINE, KAYKA..... "

      " What are you doing? "

      " WHAT DOES IT....LOOK LIKE?.....I'M-CONTROLLING-MY-SAIYAJIN-URGES-YOU-BIG-BAKA!!!! " Vegeta screamed.

      " To give me a big warm Veggie-hug? " Kayka grinned widely.

      Vegeta looked at her incrediously, " ARE YOU INSANE!! YOU LOOK LIKE KAYKA! THAT MERE FACT MAKES MY ABILITY TO CONTROL

MY SUBCONSIOUS THOUGHTS ON YOU NEARLY 10 TIMES HARDER TO DO!!! "

      " Why is that little Veggie? " Kayka blinked.

      " BECAUSE IT MAKES IT "OH-KAY" IN MY HEAD NOW!! " Vegeta yelled, now shaking violently with his face a bright red.

      Kayka looked more confused than ever, " Poor Veggie. " she said, then smiled warmly, " Here, lemmie give you a nice

big buddy-hug! I'm sure that'll make you feel MUCH BETTER! "

      " NO! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO N-- "

      " *squeak*! " the larger saiyajin gave the smaller one a friendly hug and started to rub his back to calm him down.

      " Hey Veggie, you stopped screaming! " Kayka said happily, " See, what did I tell you. Nothing bad happened. Veggie

didn't lose control and start firing ki-blasts in every-which direction! "

      " ... "

      " Veggie? "

      " ... "

      " Veggie? " Kayka pulled back to see the blank stare on his face. She sweatdropped, " Little Veggie looks

cat-ta-tonic. " she said, then noticed her current excess worrying was causing the ouji infront of her to flicker between her

vision and the real version. Kayka shook her head to clear it, " Veggie? "

      " ... "

      " ... "

      " RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYAIAYAIYAIAYAIYIYIYIYIYIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! "

Vegeta suddenly let out a war-cry at the ceiling. Goku paled, utterly confused. The ouji grabbed Kayka's arms and pushed them

both off the couch and onto the floor.

      " Oww. " Kayka said lamely, twitching. She shook her head and looked up at Vegeta, whose appearance, thanks to way he

had been acting just now, flickered back to normal. She pouted, " Aww...worrying makes all my kawaii-Veggie turn back to

normal Veggie; who by the is still very kawaii by himself. " Kayka smiled, talking to herself. She tried to sit up, despite

the little ouji plopped ontop of her. The larger saiyajin looked up at Vegeta and paled to see him smirking and purring in a

deep tone at her at the same time. 'Kayka' sweatdropped, " Help? "

      " Namba ke misma la purdarde se cosa, Kaykarrotto. " the ouji mused to her in saiyago, " Shampa le mire te puego, nes

pa. "

      " ... " Kayka stared up at him, wide-eyed, " Veggie I have absolutely no idea what you are saying. "

      " Mmmm, hahahaha. " Vegeta laughed lightly.

      " Umm....you're not gonna hurt me, are ya Veggie? " Kayka asked uneasily.

      " Never. " Vegeta answered truthfully without even stopping to think, " I would never raise a hand to you

Kayka...unless you mean sparring and in that case it's obvious because that's the whole point of the battle. " he rattled

off, thinking.

      " Aww, Veggie that's so sweet! " Kayka smiled, touched. The ouji instantly went back to purring. Kayka sweatdropped,

" Uhh, Veggie could ya get off me now? You're starting to get really heavy and your fingers are digging into my arms. "

      " I'm sorry Kayka. " Vegeta released his hold on her arms, " Here let me make it feel better. " he leaned forward

only to have his nose flicked in the process. Vegeta yelped and clasped both hands over his nose in pain. The ouji whimpered

slightly, then narrowed his eyes, " HEY! What was that fo--- " he stopped when he noticed his hallucination had somehow

evaporated due to his sudden anger; beneath the little ouji was now the same large saiyajin who had 'helped' him with the

cookies not even 10 minutes ago.

      " Hi Veggie! " Goku waved his flicking fingers back and forth. It suddenly hit Vegeta exactly where he was. The ouji

let out the most ear-piercing, tramatized, terrified scream that had ever echoed through the Capsule Corp building. He

lept off from where he was laying as fast as humanly possible. Vegeta's eyes were bulging out of his sockets as he backed

up, screaming and occationally tripping backwards over things until his legs suddenly gave way and he plopped down on his

rump in the middle of the living room while staring into nowhere, his brain and body completely catatonic.

      Goku hopped back onto the couch and peered over to to see Vegeta sitting there in shock, completely still with the

exception of the ouji's bottom right eyelid, which twitched every couple seconds.

      " Uh-oh, I broke Veggie. " Goku gulped, then looked down at his hands, " I didn't know flicking little Veggies noses

could tramatically affect them in this way. " he teleported infront of Vegeta and waved his hand infront of the ouji's face,

" Veggie? Lil Veggie-edge'ums? Veggie-chan? OHHHHHHhhhh...VEGGIE SNAP OUT OF IT!! " he shook Vegeta back and forth until

Goku let out a few giggles. He paused from shaking Vegeta and then went back to it, only shaking in a more rythmic, less

panicky/violent way so that the ouji bobbed back and forth like a bobble-head doll, " Heeheehee! Silly Veggie! " Goku

grinned, " Hey--hey Veggie? Who's your ~*favorite*~ lil peasant? Is it me? " he shook Vegeta lightly and giggled when the

ouji's head and body bobbled forward in a 'yes'-like motion, " Ooh, ooh! And Veggie, am I, am I Veggie's ~*oujo*~? " the

larger saiyajin blushed a bit, then eagerly shook Vegeta again, causing the ouji to once again bobble a nod. Goku let out a

joyful sound, " Oh boy oh boy OH BOY! This is WAY BETTER than those silly magic 8 balls!! "

      " AH-HAHAHA, this is VERY humorous I have to say, wouldn't you agree, Vejitto? " Freeza asked between bursts of

laughter to the saiyajin security guard while he watched the goings on on Earth through one of h.f.i.l's many crystal

balls, " It's a lucky thing these orbs contain recording devices, that way I can easily watch your Toussan's--or is it

Kaasan's--many humiliations as many times as I like. "

      " Oh shuddup. " Vejitto grumbled.

      " I really really REALLY have to go to the bathroom, Jitto. " Gogeta gulped.

      " Well you should've thought of that BEFORE we left, Goggie. " Vejitto sighed.

      " Well I didn't know THIS was gonna happen! " the younger fusion protested.

      Vejitto shook his head, " Well neither did I! "

      The fusions had recently returned from helping their parents regain Vegeta's temporarily scrambled memory.

Unfortunately during the time they were gone, Freeza had organized nearly all of h.f.i.l. to jump the fusions to be used as

bait to lure their 'parents' down to h.f.i.l in his evil scheme to theroughly embarass and humiliate both Vegeta and Goku.

While they had become eons stronger than Freeza over the many years since the icejin's demise there was still no reason

Freeza couldn't exact revenge upon their mental and emotional weakspots while getting in a few laughs for himself along with

the other 'wishing-to-see-Goku-&-Vegeta-completely-humiliated' victims who had met their doom at hands of both saiyajins.

And so they had decided to tie up their two "children" with ki-rings and attach that to a rope hanging upside-down over a

large black pot of boiling liquid.

      " You're not really gonna try to 'kill' us this way, are you? " Gogeta asked, squriming slightly, in need of a

toilet.

      Freeza laughed, " AH-HAHA! Of course not! That would completely ruin the entertainment value of this little

venture. "

      " ...eh? " Vejitto cocked an eyebrow.

      " *sigh*, I'm going to let you hang there while I embarass your "parents" in addition to this 'curse' that Vegeta's

gotten put onto him. " Freeza dismissed them.

      " But...why? " Vejitto said, confused.

      " BECAUSE IF I HAVE TO LIVE IN MISERY BECAUSE OF THEM THERE'S NO REASON THEY SHOULDN'T TOO!! " he yelled.

      " That's a dum reason. " Vejitto muttered.

      " YEAH! You blew up our planet! You DESERVE your mis-ser-ree! " Gogeta snapped.

      " If your "planet" hadn't blown up then neither of you would never have been born, or, fused into creation or,

whatever you want to call your way of being brought into the world. " Freeza smirked, then sputtered a bit at the end in

thought.

      " Actually I think we have the magical portara earrings of the kaios to thank for OUR conception. " Vejitto boasted.

      " Hai, we're maaaaaaaagical fusion-babies! " Gogeta said happily.

      " That we are! " Vejitto chirped.

      Freeza twitched in annoyance, " How I hate that Goku-ish perkiness you both contain. "

      " At least we don't have holes in our heads! " Gogeta smirked, motioning to Freeza's 'ear-holes'. The icejin sent a

death-glare at him.

      " YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE BOTH BAIT OR I'D DROP YOU INTO THE BOILING, boiling, WHATEVER TYPE OF LIQUID IS IN THE LARGE

POT BENEATH YOU, HOURS AGO!!! " he screamed.

      " Aw, you can't kill us! We're practically INVISIBLE!!! " Vejitto grinned.

      " Then how did we get you both tied up there so easily? " Freeza posed them a question.

      " Toussan's child-like naivete?" Vejitto shrugged.

      " Our sleepy and slightly dizzy state from riding many rollercoasters and eating cotton candy in the hot summer sun?"

Gogeta added, musing on the topic as he said so.

      " ... " Freeza twitched, " Oh forget it you empty-headed saiyajin spawn! You've just cost Vegeta an EXTRA ROUND of

humiliation! " he snapped, " then called out angrily over his shoulder, " GINYU! "

      " Yes Freeza-sama! " the large, purple, horned sensei rushed over behind him.

      " Get the rest of the minions to break out the party-favors! We're going to set up a few decorations for our

soon-to-be GUESTS. " Freeza smirked, then pulled out a cell-phone, " Now if you'll excuse me, I have to make a call. " he

walked off.

      " Kuso! " Vejitto gritted between his teeth.

      ::Hey Jitto?:: Gogeta said to him mentally.

      ::What?::

      ::Maybe WE should call for help too! You know, psychically ask some of the other saiyajins for help!:: Gogeta smiled.

      ::I dunno, I don't think Mommy'd like it if a whole bunch of 'um DID get here to help us only to witness whatever

embarassing thing Freeza's going to unleash on Kaasan & Toussan. She'd be so mad at us!:: he sighed.

      " Aw, oh-kay, Ji-kun. " Gogeta pouted, then noticed a dim-witted looking lackey of Freeza standing nearby, " Hi

there! Why aren't you listening to Freeza's orders? " he asked innocently. Vejitto looked at him, confused when it hit him

what his brother was plotting.

      " OH! "

      " Uhh, what orders? " the lackey looked baffled.

      " To move that big pot! It's in the way of everything! AND to cut us free! " he grinned cheesily.

      " I don't remember any orders like that. " the lackey said suspicously.

      " Well you see, Freeza decided to move the pot because he plans on putting a huge banner there instead AND because he

accidentally tied up the wrong saiyajin. He'd look pretty dum if he brought Kakarrotto and Vegeta here and they saw he had

the wrong saiyajins. And you KNOW Freeza doesn't like to be thought of as a mindless idiot. " Vejitto smirked.

      " Yeah! He'll kill you and since you're already dead you'll cease to exist in a world of nothingness! " Gogeta

chirped, " All, bee-cause you did-n't let, us, down. " he said in a sing-song voice.

      " Well....? " the lackey said uneasily, then ran and pushed the pot out from underneath them.

      " HOORAY! " Gogeta cheered. Both fusions grinned victoriously at each other.

      Vejitto tilted his head in a mock-innocent manner, " So! How about untieing us..... "

      " *ring*....*ring*...*ring*.... " every phone rang throughout Capsule Corp.

      " Hahaha, back-n-forth-n-back-n-forth. " Goku said, theroughly entertained with lightly tapping Vegeta so his

plopped-down ouji-self swung back and around like a child's playground swing, " Wow! I should've shocked Veggie earlier if I

knew it was this much fun! "

      " *ring*....*ring*...*ring*.... "

      Goku pouted and stared at the phone, then sighed and got up to get it when he saw no one else answering. Vegeta, now

void of someone to push him, flopped down on his side like a plush toy. Goku smiled happily at him as he picked up the phone;

having gotten rid of his worry, the ouji's appearance, to him at least, had resumed it's extra-little and extra-kawaii form;

making Goku very very happy.

      " Hello? " the large saiyajin said into the phone.

      " Greetings, am I speaking to the father of the household, or would this be the mother? " a very familiar voice said

over the phone. Goku narrowed his eyes in serious-mode.

      " Freeza. "

      " Ah, you remembered! " the icejin mock-laughed.

      " Wait, how did you get this number? " Goku flipped back to perky-mode; confused.

      " Oh your babies told me, coincidentally, if you want to see them one more time before I melt their annoying little

bodies into goo, I suggest you and Mrs. Son hurry down here before it's too late. " he laughed maniacally.

      " You want me to bring Chi-chan? " Goku cocked an eyebrow, " I don't think she'd like goin down to h.f.i.l. "

      " I MEAN VEGETA YOU IDIOT!!! "

      " Oh. "

      " ... "

      " ... "

      " Not a very sharp-wit OUTSIDE of battle, are you, Son Goku? " Freeza said dryly.

      " Hey! You're insulting me! You wait'll I tell Veggie! He'll beat you to a pulp! And then I'll beat you to a pulp!

And then we'll both beat you to a pulp at the same time!! " Goku retorted, " Right Veggie! "

      Vegeta lay there, the blood just starting to flow through him again.

      " Veggie Freeza called and he's bein mean to me! " Goku shouted. Vegeta froze in half-terror at the name.

      " Fr---on the PHONE!? Hey how did I get on the floor? " Vegeta sweatdropped.

      " Tell him off Veggie! Tell him we're gonna go beat him to pieces after you take the cookies out of the oven and we

eat them all up! " Goku shoved the phone in Vegeta's face, starting to get frustrated.

      " What does FREEZA want? " Vegeta took the phone.

      Goku's eyes watered. Vegeta paled, " HE'S GONNA KILL OUR BABIES!!!! "

      The ouji fell over.

      " So I'm safe to assume YOU'RE the superior one in the relationship, Vegeta. You better go calm your oujo down soon

or you'll miss seeing your children's doom. Haha, I rhymned. " Freeza said.

      " Veggie's ~*oujo*~...? " Goku instantly stopped crying and his eyes widened all big and sparkily. Vegeta

sweatdropped.

      " DON'T SAY THAT WORD AROUND HIM!!! " he screamed angrily into the phone. Vegeta glanced back at Goku who know stood

there excitedly wearing an oujo crown, " Wahh! " Vegeta almost fell over. He snarled back at the phone, " I swear to God,

you filthy kuso; if you dare lay one finger on ANY of my children I will exact a revenge so terrible upon you that you shall

wish you had never been born!!! "

      " Oh, don't worry. I'm giving you about 3 or so living hours to create a plan of attack, I wouldn't knock off the

children of 'the great and powerful saiyajin no ouji' that quickly without him around to watch, you know. " Freeza's voice

mocked. Vegeta slammed the phone down.

      " KUSO!! " he cursed.

      " What'll we do NOW, Veggie? " Goku looked at him curiously as Vegeta walked, or in Goku's mind, waddled past him.

      " We're going to eat our cookies and plan a strategy to blast Freeza off the face of the Earth, THAT'S what we're

going to do. " Vegeta grumbled, walking past him, " I KNEW we should've made those baka half-kakas stay here! "

      " HOORAY! Cookies and Veggieplots for me! " Goku cheered an followed him into the kitchen.

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2:20 AM 6/29/2003

END OF PART TWO!

Chuquita: And so ends part 2!

Goku: (happily) Hurrah!

Vegeta: (notices Son is back in his seat yet still wearing the lil red underwear-thingy) *twitch* Uh, Kakarrotto, you ARE

gonna change back into your gi, right?

Goku: (smiles) Hm? Oh, I thought I'd cool off before I went back outside.

Chuquita: So, you're taking a break?

Goku: Yup! :) AND it's REALLY hot outside.....Veggie wanna come back out with me? (smiles at Veggie) You can get all

nice-n-tan toooooooo~~

Vegeta: ..........no-thanks.

Goku: (grinning) Aw, come on little buddy! (wiseman of the mountain) REVEL IN YOUR BODY'S BEAUTY! For you only have but one.

Vegeta: (looks uneasy and trying to decide) Well....

Goku: (eagerly dangles spare tanning lil red briefs infront of Veggie's face)

Vegeta: (flatly) Not a snowball's chance in h.f.i.l.

Goku: (pouts) Aww.... :(

Chuquita: OH! I may have found more subs!

Goku: (perks up) HOORAY!

Chuquita: It's the same place I found the last 6 I recovered; I'm downloading one now but it's in a zip file so I can't tell

for sure if it's sub or dub. It's the normal sub size (12 to 13MB), but they're also usually realmedia files and since this

file's in a zip I can't tell for sure. OH, and I told the webmaster about the 3 files that didn't work, so I MAY be able to

get back from Jitto's first appearance to 272, the ones that were didn't work before (283, 285, 288) and the final episode;

IF I'm lucky and they all turn out to be subs.

Vegeta: (sighs) Yes, there's always the little "if".

Goku: (still holding up lil briefs) Woo woo woo...?

Vegeta: (snaps) I SAID NO!!!

Goku: (whimpers)

Chuquita: Aw, don't be too hard on him Veggie, he just wants you to have a good time in the heat.

Vegeta: (dryly) Not wearing THAT I'm not. (motions to lil briefs)

Chuquita: (snickers)

Vegeta: (grumbles) Yes, I'm sure you found THAT idea quite amusing...

Goku: (covers his mouth and pretends the underwear is talking) But Veggie, I luv u. I am so comfy and warm you will not even

know you're tanning with me on.

Vegeta: IF I WANT TO GO TANNING I'LL GO TANNING IN MY BOXERS!!! AND IF I REALLY WANT SOME BAKA "ALL-OVER" TAN THEN I'LL DO IT

SOMEPLACE PRIVATE WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE ME!!! BUT I'M CERTAINLY NOT DOING IT OUTSIDE ON THE FRONT LAWN WITH YOU AND WEARING

ONE OF THOSE--THOSE _THINGS_!!!

Goku: (whispers to Chu) Poor Veggie, he is not very confident in his lil Veggie-body image.

Vegeta: (hears him) I AM TOO!

Goku: (comfortingly) _I_ think you're kawaii, Veggie.

Vegeta: (bright red) SHUDDUP!!!

Chuquita: Oh, I'm going to try and get this chapter to look non-double-spaced, so if it single space, you'll know I have

succeed :)

Goku: AND in bold and italic!

Chuquita: (to audiance) And now like I promised I'm going to answer only the questions from the reviews; or sentences that

sound questionish. But I still wanna say thank you to everybody who reviewed, you guys are great!

To FrEaKyMe: I dunno if they have wisdom teeth or not, I do like your "Veggie not being able to eat solid foods" idea though;

I may find a way to put that into a future story or make it an actual future story. I loved movie 12. I may actually do a

parody of the movie itself soon (I've been thinkin about it) Poor fat Goggie; his first 30 minutes of existance and he ends

up embarassing himself cuz Veggie wouldn't touch Goku's finger.

Goku: (pats his finger) Don't worry lil pointer finger, I still luv u.

Vegeta: (sweatdrops)

To Nekoni: Ooh, if you do draw them be sure to send me a copy :D It's oh-kay if Ouji Chan couldn't find any sites, I'm happy

someone even tried to look for them. He's probably gonna be annoyed at Veggie's "Kayka" hallucination though; to be honest I

swear I wrote that part before Saturday, it was just irony that you or he (I forget which) brought it up. I didn't mention it

then cuz I didn't want anyone getting mad. Don't worry though there's plenty more hallucination versions of all the

characters (like the way Chi-Chi had 2 versions so far of Veggie) to come in part 3.

To Callimogua: Hai, some of Veggie's thoughts were definately revealed in part 2. I thought it'd be a funny gag to have

Son-kun's personality contrast w/Veggie's version of Kayka's personality; which in his head is sweeter, kinder, and not as

loud as Goku. He still has at least three more different versions of hallucination-Goku in the next chapter; the whole

Kaka-servant-maid and Kakarroujo among others.

To Rissa of the Saiya-Jin: Mirai'll definately see Veggie in part 3, and yeah it is pretty close to chibi Trunks's and Bura's

ideas.

To Tomoyo chan: You know I didn't notice that til you said something (looks at her fics) but don't worry, that comment's

definately made sure that nothing serious or dramatic is going to happen even though Freeza's entered the picture (the

fusions and Goku & Veggie can kick his butt easy anyway). He's going to try and get back at Goku & Veggie for killing him,

but in a humorous way (& don't forget there's still what Chi-Chi's doing, Bulma at the lookout, and the fusions plot to

escape and attack Freeza before he finishes his evil plan)

To VEKURA: Yeah, Bulma's hallucination was based off GT Veggie (infact a one fic a while ago Veggie discovered she had a

cloned, yet genetically altered version of him kept in a dormant state in this big water-filled glass tube who LOOKS just

like GT Veggie)

Chuquita: (smiles) See! That v.02 of my reviewer replies didn't take that long :) My file just finished and it did end up

being a dub, but that's oh-kay! (it's the Vejitto VS Buu one, 269) I'm gonna try a few others tommorow, and see how they

work. Remember the Goku and Veggie dares are still on until all 23 subs are found. And so far I've gotten back 8 so it may be

a while. I also wanna say goodluck to Sholio who gave me back 273 & 274 but's going to take a break from writing fics for a

while (she wrote "Ki-Blind" and "The Dark Prince Saga") so goodluck to her and I hope she comes back to write another dbz fic

some time in the future.

Goku: (using the spare briefs to shoot jawbreakers into the air) We're not takin a break, are we?

Chuquita: Not that I know of.

Goku: (jawbreaker falls down into his mouth) (starts coughing chokingly)

Chuquita: (whaps him on the back with her arm) BREATHE BREATHE BREATHE!!!

Goku: (makes yelping noises)

Chuquita: VEGGIE HELP HIM! YOU'RE STRONG ENOUGH!

Vegeta: (pales) Are you CRAZY! That baka peasant's not getting any cpr from ME!

Chuquita: Not THAT! Just smack him on the back! (sweatdrops)

Vegeta: Why didn't you say so in the first place?! That's EASY! (smacks Goku across the back and causes the jawbreaker to

come flying out of his throat and out into the audiance where it hits the staircase and bounces down to the bottom step)

(boastfully) And all thanks to my LARGE, royal hands.

Goku: (dizzy) Ohhhhh... (turns around to see Veggie and smiles widely) My HERO! (reaches to hug Veggie)

Vegeta: AHH!! GI-ON-FIRST!!!

Goku: Huh?

Vegeta: (panicky) YOUR GI! PUT YOUR GI BACK ON FIRST!! (squints his eyes and turns away, glances back to see Son magically

wearing his orange and blue gi again) ...how the?

Goku: (happy smiles) :)

Vegeta: ....(looks him up and down suspicously) Uh, huh....

Goku: My HERO! (hugs Veggie)

Vegeta: IPE!!

Goku: (touched) ~*THANK~YOU*!~ for saving me, lil'lil Veggie!

Vegeta: (bright red) (twitching) Don't.....mention it....

Goku: But I have to, you *SAVED* my *LIFE*!! (hugs tighter) Aww, Veh-geeee... (thinks) Hey, I should do something to make

it up to Veggie to thank him for saving my life!

Vegeta: (smirks) Hai, what brilliant idea, Kakarrotto. Actually, I was thinking that you could--

Goku: (happy) --make a homemade card for little Veggie to show him how deeply I a-ppreciate his kindness and heroism!

(drops Veggie back into his chair) YEAH! (pumps a fist in the air) I'm gonna go get started on one right away! (dashes off

to find paper, markers, stickers, glitter, glue, and crayons)

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) That's....not what I had in mind when he said he was going to repay me. I COULD OF ENSERVANTIZED HIM

RIGHT JUST NOW!!

Chuquita: (chuckles) Don't worry Veggie, I'm sure it'll be a great 'thank-you-for-saving-my-life' card.

Vegeta: (pales) That's what I'm afraid of.

Chuquita: (waves to audiance) Goodbye everybody! See you in part 3!

Goku: (grins) And now, a Veggie haiku!

Veggie is silly

I like to hug him a lot

He's my best buddy ~*ever*~!

Vegeta: (bright red, yet still somehow pale) Oh God help me...