Yamucha's eye twitched as his hand weakened, allowing his helmet to
fall on the ground. Bulma simply smiled and leaned back into the other
guy's chest. "Oh," the taller young man said holding out a hand from behide
Yamucha's girl, "you must be a friend of Bulma's. Any friend of hers is a
friend of mine," Yamucha looked at the green hand as if it was poison.
Piccolo let Bulma go and stepped to the side of her, letting Yamucha see
the number #13 printed on his chest. Flashbacks came to both players as
they remembered how easily Yamucha was attacked by Piccolo. Chichi,
Krillin, Goku and Vegeta came running up behide the two just in time to see
Yamucha turn around and walk away, and Marron following behide him like a
little lost puppy. "YAMMY BABY WAIT!!" the cheerleader called, before
shooting Bulma a nasty glare
"Told ya it would work," Krillin said and burst into laughter.
Chichi, Goku, and Bulma laughed along with them. Piccolo and Vegeta just
smirked. "You guys are nuts!" Bulma said finally getting over her laughing.
She had to admit, screaming at Yamucha and biting his head off would have
caused her to be happy, but that look on his face when Piccolo grabbed her
was PRICELESS! Now THAT was a kodak moment, Bulma said to herself
"Um Piccolo.." A tiny voice called out. Everyone turned around to see
the cheerleader that was on 18's team. Her fluffy violet hair curled up
around her cheek bones, and the bright lights made the tint pink even more
visible that stained her cheeks. Piccolo looked down at the girl and raised
an eyebrow.
"Yea, what's up Launch?" He said pulling his baseball cap out of a
bag. The girl looked up into Piccolo's eyes before quickly looking back
down to the ground, shaking her pom pom's nervously.
"Well, ummm...Me and some of my friends where heading out to my house
for a victory party. We...well I just wanted to know if you..umm...you
know...uh..wanted to come?" she said biting her bottom lip. Piccolo thought
about it for a while, twisting up his handsome features while he decided if
he should go or not.
"Nah, that's okay Launch," he said stuffing his hands in his jacket.
"I'm pretty tired, I just wanna get some sleep." He turned to the group he
was with and they all nodded in agreement.
"Oh...all right then." Launch said standing there for a moment.
"HEY LAUNCH COM' ON!" her team mates called out. She looked behide her and
smiled up at the gang of teens. "Well, okay. See ya later then, great game
guys!" she said before running off.
The teens turned around and walked off into the parking lot, nothing
really saying anything. "Hey," Bulma said breaking the silence. "Do you
guys need a ride?" she said leaning up agasint someone's car.
"Nah that's okay. I gotta ride," Goku said smiling. Bulma, Chichi and
Krillin looked around for Goku's 'ride.'
"I don't see it Goku.." Chichi said looking over her shoulder. Goku
scratched the back of his head.
"Well, 'cause it's right here," he said standing next to a rusted old
car that looked like it had been through Hell and back. He patted the hood
proudly, "Yep. Ooolll' Patty. She may not be flashy or nothin' but she sure
gets use where we need to go!" he said grinning like a proud father of a
new born baby. Bulma looked off to the side to keep from starring at the
broken down car. Krillin looked down and spotted white things in the middle
of the wheels.
"Hey see, I think ya got something on ya wheels there Goku," Krillin
said narrowing his eyes to get a better look at the white objects. Goku
looked confused for a second before understanding Krillin.
"Ooohhh, no see those are paper plates," he said explaining, making
Piccolo cover up his face and shake his had. "See, Piccolo was complaining
that I needed some hubcaps and I didn't have enough money. So, I just
improvised."
"Ooooohhh.." Krillin, Chichi and Bulma said all at the same time.
Goku got inside of the car and started it up. For a while it just made a
knocking sound, shaking side to side violently.
"Uhh..Goku is your car okay?" Bulma asked pushing herself off the car
she was leaning on. Goku waved with his free hand.
"Oh yea, it's just warming up," he reassured them. "Oh.." Bulma said
leaning back onto the car. After 2 minutes of warming up, the car cut out,
Goku tried to start it back up. It just cut out again. He got out of the
car scratching his head.
"I knew I should have brought my car.." Piccolo mumbled under his
breath, turning away so no one could see the dark purple color spreading
across his cheeks.
"I just don't know what could be the problem.." Goku said to himself
closing the door. He walked to the front of the car and put his hand on the
hood.
"AAHH!! OUCH!! GOT-DANGIT!" he shouted at the car. Krillin watched
the smoke rise up from under the hood as if to say "Isn't it obvious the
car is hot?" Goku, blinded by pain, kicked the bumper. The bumper fell off.
Piccolo turned around at the large KLUNK sound. Bulma raised an eyebrow,
and Chichi stood aside with her hands over her mouth. There was another
KLUNK and the doors fell off, one by one. Then the wheels just sorta rolled
off the axis, and the whole car itself literally 'broke down' in front of
everyone's eyes. Goku turned to Bulma, blushing madly.
"You know what.," he said looking down at his football shoes, "I
think we will take that ride.
"Sure no problem," Bulma said reaching in her pocket, trying to forget the pitiful scene that just unfolded under her very own ocean blue eyes. "Hey.." Piccolo said out loud, causing everyone to look up. "Where's Vegeta?" "I dunno wasn't he just here?" Krillin asked. "He was just behide me and Goku," Chichi added. Just then, everyone saw the bright red colors of Freeza High school come towards them. Vegeta kept his head held high, while 18 was just sort of looking down at the ground. The walked together, their strides almost matching as well as their grace. Bulma's eyes looked away as she felt an unfamiliar emotional sting. It was small, but she could still feel it. Soon the two was standing before the small group. Chichi observed how they made sure their distance was kept, and everyone around her could feel the strange tension they brought with them. She raised a dark eyebrow at Krillin, who clearly felt it too. "You must be Bulma and Chichi." 18 said hugging herself to try and keep warm. It seemed weird that her voice wouldn't be full of spirit like a normal cheerleader's but calm and monotone. "Yeah, how did you know??" Chichi asked. 18 gave a small smirk. "Krillin told me about you all," she said "Well Krillin told us about you too." Bulma said smiling. 18 looked at her and laughed..well...sort of laughed. "I hoped he said something good about me." "Yes, nothing but pleasant remarks," Chichi said, light sarcasm in her words. Luckily no one noticed. Vegeta ran a hand through his untamable hair. "Do you two need a ride too? I got plenty of room ya know," Bulma said holding up a capsule. Vegeta and 18 turned their heads to look at the pile of rusted metal which used to be Goku's form of transportation. "We should have used Piccolo's car."
"Sure no problem," Bulma said reaching in her pocket, trying to forget the pitiful scene that just unfolded under her very own ocean blue eyes. "Hey.." Piccolo said out loud, causing everyone to look up. "Where's Vegeta?" "I dunno wasn't he just here?" Krillin asked. "He was just behide me and Goku," Chichi added. Just then, everyone saw the bright red colors of Freeza High school come towards them. Vegeta kept his head held high, while 18 was just sort of looking down at the ground. The walked together, their strides almost matching as well as their grace. Bulma's eyes looked away as she felt an unfamiliar emotional sting. It was small, but she could still feel it. Soon the two was standing before the small group. Chichi observed how they made sure their distance was kept, and everyone around her could feel the strange tension they brought with them. She raised a dark eyebrow at Krillin, who clearly felt it too. "You must be Bulma and Chichi." 18 said hugging herself to try and keep warm. It seemed weird that her voice wouldn't be full of spirit like a normal cheerleader's but calm and monotone. "Yeah, how did you know??" Chichi asked. 18 gave a small smirk. "Krillin told me about you all," she said "Well Krillin told us about you too." Bulma said smiling. 18 looked at her and laughed..well...sort of laughed. "I hoped he said something good about me." "Yes, nothing but pleasant remarks," Chichi said, light sarcasm in her words. Luckily no one noticed. Vegeta ran a hand through his untamable hair. "Do you two need a ride too? I got plenty of room ya know," Bulma said holding up a capsule. Vegeta and 18 turned their heads to look at the pile of rusted metal which used to be Goku's form of transportation. "We should have used Piccolo's car."
