Mistletoe Madness!

by Chuquita

Christmas time is here again. While Goku and ChiChi go present shopping for Veggie, the ouji himself is doing his best to rid his home of every mistletoe inside it, which will be quite difficult since Bura keeps finding different places to pop them up in.

1. The gift that keeps on giving,mistletoe!

6:34 PM 12/15/2003

E-mail: lac31685@aol.com

By: Chuquita

Quote of the Week: -from DuBZ ep#235

Veggie: Kakarrotto...why must you haunt me so!

Chuey's Corner:

Goku: (grinning and wearing a sheet over his head) Because I am the ghost of Christmas future! WHOOoooOOOo!

Vegeta: (twitches, annoyed) (yanks the sheet off his head) Baka.

Goku: Ac-tually, THIS is the ghost of Christmas future! (points to a Possible-future-Goku sitting next to him in the saiyajin

oujo costume)

Future Goku: Hi.

Goku: And this is the ghost of Christmas past! (points to chubby little 2-year-old Goku sitting on the desk in a diaper and

sucking on a pacifier)

Past Goku: Wawah!

Goku: (points to himself) And I am the ghost of Christmas presents! (beams, holds up wrapped gift) (hands it to Veggie) Here

u go!

Vegeta: ... (stares at present, dumbfounded) (flatly) (to Chu) You really go all out for the Christmas Specials, don't you?

Chuquita: (grins) Yup! The last one actually lasted a full 5 chapters! (thinks outloud) Not that I know how long this one'll

be...

Vegeta: (glances over at Gokus, all of whom are smiling at him in their own ways) ....I'm offically creeped out. (twitch)

Goku: (grins) Open the present Veggie!

Vegeta: (rips open wrapping paper, opens lid of box to see his life-sized Kaka-plushie "Kaka-chan" sitting there in a red and

green Christmas gi with a Santa hat on) ... (looks up blandly at Goku) You're trying to drive me insane, aren't you?

Goku: (tilts his head sweetly, though confused) :)

Vegeta: (suspicous) Uh-huh....

Future Goku: (smiles contently) We have presents for you too, V-sama. (holds out a much more neatly-wrapped gift than Present

Goku's)

Past Goku: (pulls a bite-sized, partially-eaten candy-bar out of the side of his diaper and grins toothily at Veggie) Gabba!

Vegeta: ... (eyes bug out of their sockets) My head hurts...

(Past and Future Goku put their gifts near Veggie)

Vegeta: Well, I'm not sure I wanna eat THAT, (points to the candy bar that's been in Past Goku's diaper) but I'm sure what's

in this one will surely tramatize me. (points to Future Goku's gift)

Future Goku: (sweetly) Please open it V-sama, it's very nice and I picked it out especially for you.

Goku: (chirps) Yeah Veggie open it!

Past Goku: (holds candy-bar up to Veggie's face) Cadeee Vehdgee! (grins)

Vegeta: (twitches in fear) (grabs the sheet Goku had used earlier and promptly pulls it over his head) Please...please make

them go away...

Goku: (pulls sheet up so Veggie can see) (excited grin) Hey Veggie! Look what I found! (holds a little green bush with white

berries up) MISTLETOE!

(all three Gokus grin)

Vegeta: (yanks the sheet back down) (shuddering) FASTER! MAKE THEM GO AWAY FASTER!!!

Chuquita: (sweatdrops) Maybe we should start the fic soon.

Goku: (hanging the mistletoe up over where Veggie is sitting) (cheerfully) Maybe!

Past Goku: (sniffs candy-bar, starts drooling, gives into the craving and begins gumming on it himself) Mmm! Yummy!

Future Goku: (slides his chair back behind Veggie and starts rubbing Veggie's shoulders) Heeheehee~~...

Vegeta: (body starts to relax)

Chuquita: (watches) Wow you're good at that.

Future Goku: (smiles) Thank you. (rubs Veggie some more)

Chuquita: (to audiance) Anyways, today's fic is a Christmas Special, which'll probably end up a belated Christmas Special

by the time I finish with the 3 to 4 chapters it may have. (perks up) But that's oh-kay!

Goku: (grins) Cuz it's gonna be fun! (hops down) (yanks Veggie's sheet off of him)

Vegeta: (dazed from Future Goku's rubbing) Whaa~~?

Goku: (giggling, points upward) Hey Veggie? Mistletoe!

Vegeta: (freezes in place, glances at Past Goku, who has his tongue sticking out; Present Goku, who's got his puckered-up

face on; and Future Goku, who has the same puckered up face as Present Goku only is wiggling his eyebrows at Veggie) ...

*twitch*. (at the top of his lungs) GO THE FIC!! GO TO THE FIC ALREADY!!!

Chuquita: (snickers at him) Alright. (to audiance) Here's Part 1 of "Mistletoe Madness!", everybody!

Summary: Christmas time is here again. While Goku and Chi-Chi go present-shopping for Veggie, the ouji himself is doing his

best to rid his home of every mistletoe inside it, which will be quite difficult since Bura keeps finding different places to

pop them up in. Meanwhile a confused Raditsu has to deal with his first snowstorm and snowball fight curtesy of Goku, Vejitto

, and Gogeta. But what happens when the snowstorm turns into a blizzard and traps both Goku and Vegeta outside of Capsule

Corp and unable to get back in? Will the two saiyajin be able to find some way to teleport back inside? Or will they end up

having the get through the night sharing each other's body-heat?

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) As if sharing the room with THREE Kakarrottos wasn't enough?!

Chuquita: (to audiance) Also! If you have any lil Raditsu-humor-ideas (I'm still sorta new w/working with his character and

I know at least 2 or 3 reviewers from the last fic had ideas) feel free to e-mail or give me a suggestion in the review! :)

Vegeta: Ah, yes. Raditsu's even more naive to the bizarre goings-on of this planet than I am.

Goku: (taps Veggie on the shoulder)

Vegeta: What! (turns around only to be smooched on the cheek)

Goku: (giggles) Heehee, MISTLETOE!

Vegeta: (bright red) (squeaks out) Please start the story....

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      " HO HO HO HO HO!! "

      " WHEEEE~~! " Goku cheered while Chi-Chi laughed victoriously as the duo sped down the eisle of the store, Chi-Chi

standing in the shopping cart and grabbing everything on her list off the shelves with a quick eye while Goku pushed the

cart at a speed just fast enough to keep her from flying out of the cart and into one of the nearby shelves and shoppers.

      Gohan sweatdropped and walked behind them at a normal pace, Goten propped ontop of his older brother's shoulders and

wearing a santa-hat.

      " I just love Christmastime, Gohan! " Goten chirped.

      " Me too. " Gohan smiled, then twitched as the cart whizzed back by them again, sending up a huge dustcloud, " I just

wish they wouldn't do that. "

      After the Janemba incident Chi-Chi and Goku agreed that the large saiyajin would hide all her weapons, such as the

bazooka, somewhere where she would never look to find it. That in agreeance with sparring more often which relieved quite a

bit of Chi-Chi's stress, and a quite scarce sighting of Vegeta within the past week or so, had put her in a very good mood.

Goku was just excited it was the holiday season, meaning snow, presents, and--

      " --MISTLETOE! " Goku grabbed a semi-large plotted plant, " Isn't it pretty, Chi-chan? "

      Chi-Chi adjusted her ponytail, which was in the style she would wear to the tournament they met Uubu in, " Goku

that's for if you're actually going to plant it outside, we can't hang a potted plant from the ceiling. " she sweatdropped.

      Goku pulled out an empty hanging-plant pot and grinned.

      " ... "

      " :D "

      " Alright, you can have it. " Chi-Chi shrugged.

      " HOORAY! " Goku cheered, then lightly glomped his plant and put it along with the other pot in the cart.

      " Just remember to water it alright. " Chi-Chi warned.

      " Mmm-hmm! " Goku nodded happily.

      " So, " Chi-Chi leaned agains the side of the cart as she flipped through the list of things they had to buy while

Goku glanced about the store, " What do we have next to buy? "

      Goku teleported above her while hovering upside-down, " Something for VEGGIE! " he beamed.

      Chi-Chi's bottom left eyelid twitched by pure reflex, " Ahh, let's see now.. " Chi-Chi looked down through the list,

then smirked, " Yes, a gift for the Ouji. We're still going along with are plan, aren't we, Go-chan? "

      " Hm? " Goku tilted his head, now suddenly standing right next to her.

      " You know, my let's-use-your-Goku-germs-to-dum-down-- "

      "  -"KAKA-germs". " Goku corrected her.

      " Yeah! " all the little germs on him shouted at once, creeping Chi-Chi out.

      " ... " Chi-Chi sweatdropped, a little frazzled, " Oh-kay...my let's-use-your-kaka-germs-to-dum-down-the-ouji-so-he-

-can't-warp-your-fragile-little-mind-and-instead-we'll-warp-his-so-you-can-keep-him-as-a-pet-instead plan. " she said.

      " Yup! " Goku chirped.

      " That's quite a long name, don't you think, Kaasan? " Gohan sweatdropped.

      Chi-Chi rubbed her chin in thought, " Point.. "

      " Let's call it Project Kaka-Pet! " Goku grinned, " A "Kaka-Pet" is what Veggie would call himself if he WERE my

pet. Veggie ALWAYS adds "Kaka" to the beginning of things that are re-lated to ME. " he tugged on his gi, " "Kaka-clothes",

Kaka-boots, " he held up one of his feet, " Kaka-hair. " he grabbed onto part of his bangs, then let his arms and hands let

go and go back down to their sides.

      " Ah, ironically dub the plan that will seal the Ouji's fate by naming it in a Ouji-like fashion. " Chi-Chi snickered

, rubbing her hands together, " I like it. "

      Goku blinked, " But Chi-chan what do you mean by sealing Veggie's fate? We are not going to HURT Veggie, right? "

      " Hm? Of course not! Hahaha! " Chi-Chi laughed nervously, " Infact I bet the Ouji will LIKE being your pet; after the

kaka-germs convince him of course. And after all that almost-losing-the-Ouji-to-being-given-the-Uubu-treatment-by-Enma, you

want to make 'extra-special' sure that the Ouji is SAFE, correct? "

      " I will do my best and all within my power to protect my little Veggie from harm's way! " Goku stood up straight and

determindly saluted her, then slouched cluelessly back into place.

      " Heh-heh-heh, " Chi-Chi chuckled, then patted him on the head and smiled happily, " Good boy! "

      " EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! " a high-pitched squeal came from deep inside the PetSmart at the King of Prussia Mall.

      " Oww. " Chi-Chi flinched, her hands over her ears as she walked over to where the excited noise came from.

      " Oh Chi-chan LOOK! " Goku held two large fuzzy things in her face, " They are matching SWEATERS! For me and Veggie!"

he grinned as he held up the large fuzzy orange sweater and the small orange fuzzy sweater, " Do you think little Veggie will

like it? " the large saiyajin giggled coyly, his cheeks a light pink.

      " Vegeta's not the biggest "orange" fan in the world, Toussan. " Gohan sweatdropped, trying to keep some logic of

what was happening to its maximum and the insanity of Chi-Chi's plot to a minimum.

      " Will it scare the pants off the Ouji? " Chi-Chi asked curiously, taking the sweaters from Goku.

      " OH! I do not want to SCARE Veggie, Chi-chan. " Goku gasped, worried.

      Chi-Chi flipped the sweaters over on the back to see the smaller one read on the back "BEST" while the larger one

read on the back "FRIENDS" in big white letters. Chi-Chi snickered at the terrified look that she was sure would be plastered

onto Vegeta's face the moment he saw them, " MWAHAHAHAHAHA! " she laughed maniacally.

      " ...umm, Chi-chan? " Goku tapped her on the shoulder.

      " HAHAHAHAHA--ah? " Chi-Chi blinked, snapping out of it. She looked up at a worried Goku, then at the disturbed

fellow shoppers in the store and closed her gapingly open mouth. Chi-Chi calmly handed the sweaters to Goku, " Here you go

sweetie, I'm sure the Ouji will love them. "

      Goku giggled, " YEEEEE! " he glomped the two sweaters tightly.

      Gohan slid over to Chi-Chi, " And you're sure this isn't an evil plot? " he said skeptically.

      " Gohan, it's only an evil plot if it HARMS the Ouji. " Chi-Chi said proudly, " What I'm doing is HUMANE. No harm

comes to the Ouji with this plan. I'm merely handing over all the reigns of this 'relationship' between Goku and the Ouji to

Goku, thus allowing him to bring the Ouji over and play with him as much as he likes--only the Ouji's brain will be a big

goopy ball of mush that Goku has full supreme control over. No harm there. " she grinned.

      " Uh-huh. " Gohan said flatly, " And all the kaka-germs are instantly going to switch over from

Get-Toussan-his-oujo-title to Turn-Vegeta's-brain-to-mush-so-he-can-be-Toussan's-pet HOW? "

      " ... " Chi-Chi blinked, " Well....I don't know that part yet! " she snapped, " Maybe if we try and plant the idea

in Goku's head he'll eventually forget about the whole "OUJO" thing, and because Goku will forget it, his germs automatically

will as well! "

      " I dunno....Vegeta won't let you get away with it THAT easy. " Gohan pointed out.

      " Maybe...we can just beat him over the head with a blunt object, that's how Goku became all sweet and..Goku-ish,

right? " Chi-Chi offered.

      " You just said you weren't going to use weapons against him. "

      " Gohan-chan, a blunt object can be ANYTHING. " Chi-Chi nodded.

      " OOOH!! CHI-CHAN CHI-CHAN LOOK WHAT I GOT! " Goku dashed over to her excitedly and dropped a pile of puppy and kitty

toys and products at Chi-Chi's feet. Mostly squeaky-toys, more matching-clothes, pet-diapers, little accessories.

      Chi-Chi picked up one of the objects and twitched, " Goku, we're not getting the Ouji a litter-box. "

      " But why not? " Goku blinked.

      " BECAUSE I'm not having you walking around the house and then you turn in to the living room or the kitchen and

THERE'S the Ouji standing in the middle of the room doing his BUSINESS with his PARTS exposed!! "

      " Then Veggie shall use the toilet! " Goku nodded happily.

      " I'M NOT LETTING THE OUJI USE OUR TOILET!.....we'll put the litter-box in an empty closet or something. " Chi-Chi

decided and set the pink litter-box down.

      " And I shall clean it! " Goku chirped.

      " You're not touching the Ouji's WASTE! He'll clean his litter box himself. " Chi-Chi said as-a-matter-of-factly.

      Gohan slapped himself on the forehead, " I'm not sure if this is a sign that she's growing more SANE or INsane. "

      " What about squeaky-toys? " Goku asked as he squeezed a teddy-bear-shaped doggie-squeaky-toy.

      " I wuv u! " the squeaky-toy squeaked.

      " Heeheeheeheehee~~ " Goku giggled.

      " This is going to be such an entertaining Christmas! " Chi-Chi cheerfully clasped her hands together.

      " Chi-chan? "

      " Huh? "

      " Chi-chan? " Goku tapped her on the shoulder, then held out a rubbery pink collar and leash, " Do you think they

could ingrave "Veggie-chan" on here in big bubble-letters like the old one that's sorta worn out. "

      " THAT'S what you intend to use to hold the Ouji back with? " Chi-Chi frowned.

      " Hai! In't it CUTE? " Goku hugged it.

      Chi-Chi shook her head, " Goku Goku Goku, if you want the Ouji to be SAFE, and in turn, be safe FROM the Ouji, you

need something more secure--like THIS! " she whipped out a huge painful-looking black collar connected to a huge chain

connected to a large nail-shaped stake, " See! It even comes with the stake to hammer into the ground so you won't lose him

while we put him out for the night. "

      " *GASP*! " Goku gasped.

      " That's it. I'm outta here. " Gohan said bluntly and walked out of the store, " Come on Goten, I'll go buy you some

ice-cream, or a cookie. "

      " Hooray! " Goten exclaimed, following his older brother out of the petshop.

      " Oh Chi-chan what are you saying! I cannot keep little Veggie OUTSIDE during the night where all sorts of evil

scary monsters can just attack his poor soft little body all chained up to that big scary chain and collar! Veggie needs a

nice and comfy place to sleep where he can feel safe and secure and luved! " Goku gushed, worried.

      " And just WHERE to you expect him to sleep at night? " Chi-Chi folded her arms, agitated.

      Goku smiled warmly, " My bed! "

      " WAHHHH!! " Chi-Chi fell over, then lept to her feet and slammed a hand down on either of Goku's shoulders, " PLEASE

tell me you did not just say what I thought you just said! " she demanded.

      " But Chi-chan I have seen on tv and commericals where people have their doggies and kitties curled up on the top of

their bed to keep the people company at night. " Goku pointed out.

      " WE'RE NOT LETTING THE OUJI ANYWHERE NEAR YOUR ROOM!! " Chi-Chi exclaimed, then calmed down, " You'll give him the

wrong idea if you drag him into your room at night and tell him to share the bed with you. " she twitched.

      Goku tilted his head, confused.

      " If you want him to sleep INSIDE, then we'll just get him one of those doggie-beds in eisle 3. "

      " Can I pick it out? " Goku perked up.

      " Sure. You go grab a bed for the Ouji and I'll just go pay for all these. " she started to put the items into the

cart only to freeze up as she held a clothing article in her hands, " Ah...Goku-san? " Chi-Chi squeaked out.

      " ? " Goku blinked.

      " What is...this? " she shakily held the item out. It looked like a red pair of briefs with a hole in the middle.

      " Oh! That is doggie-underwear! " Goku held up the tag, " It even has a bottom flap! " he unbuttoned it, then

re-buttoned it again.

      " Then why is there a HOLE in-- "

      " --so doggies can go potty. They do not have opposable thumbs to pull their undies up and down you know. " Goku

smiled, proud of himself.

      Chi-Chi stared at the item, creeped out, " ...and exactly WHAT happened to you and the Ouji when you were in

otherworld? "

      " ? " Goku blinked again.

      Chi-Chi looked back at the "doggie-undies" and shuddered, " Ehhhhhh... " she quickly tossed them over her shoulder

and off into the background.

      " I guess that means...no doggie-undies? "

      Chi-Chi sent the confused saiyajin a death glare.

      " ...in that case I'll go get a few more pet-diapers! " Goku said happily and skipped off.

      Chi-Chi sighed, " Sometimes I really wish he had a sense of clothing-modesty somewhere in that brain of his. "

      " But I am happy with my body Chi-chan and Veggie is happy with his. " Goku said, bewildered and suddenly next to

her.

      " Didn't you leave already? " Chi-Chi sweatdropped.

      " Oh yeah! I did! " Goku grinned. Another Goku poked out from around the eisle Goku had gone down.

      " Hi Goku! "

      " Hi Goku! "

      " ... " Chi-Chi's eyes bulged out of her head. She turned to Goku only to find him no longer standing there, " Ah...

yeah. " Chi-Chi took the remaining items and headed towards the cash register, trying to clear her head. She froze as she

near-passed an item on one of the walls. Chi-Chi turned towards it.

      " 'The Invisible Fence Pet Disipline Unit: For the family who doesn't have a fence in their yard.' " Chi-Chi took it

off the wall, " WE don't have a fence in our yard. " she flipped it over to read the back, " 'Includes two units, smaller

unit hooks onto pet's collar while the larger is to be planted where your fence would be. When pet steps outside the

controlled fence length, collar-unit distributes a mild shock adjustable for size of animal.' Hmm...adjustable... "

      :::" Here Vedge'ums! Here little Veggie! " Goku called out eagerly as he bent down with open arms toward the little

ouji who was standing out in the middle of the Sons' backyard, " Come give Kakay a nice big cheek-smoochie! "

      Vegeta glanced over at Chi-Chi, who was at the other side of the yard glaring at him. Vegeta smirked evilly at her,

then started 'happily' running full-speed at Goku only to be suddenly electrocuted 2 inches before he reached the peasant,

then fell to the ground, fried.

      Goku gasped, " Oh Veggie! Here lemmie give you a hug! " Goku grabbed the ouji and squeezed him only to have the

collar electrocute Vegeta again, causing him to twitch about screaming.

      Chi-Chi pointed and laughed at him, " MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! ":::

      Chi-Chi grinned wildly, hugging the package, " I'll TAKE it!!! "

      Meanwhile, back out in West City, in a certain gigantic building baring the words "Capsule Corporation" on it, on

the first floor in the kitchen at the kitchen table sat Vegeta Oujisama, nervously drinking a cup of hot cocoa.

      He was starting to fear for his sanity. Ever since that mysterious wink the larger saiyajin had given him before

teleporting home, Vegeta had been having nightmares. Nightmares that were continuously getting worse. He had shared a few of

these nightmares--in a much vaguer form, with Bulma--who, now thanks to the combination of her scientific knowledge and the

knowledge of Vegeta's nightmares along with her own imagination, had begun having her own nightmares; resulting in them both

trying to relax by drinking enough hot cocoa to calm down, yet not enough to fall back to sleep.

      " So? Umm, how has your day been, so far? " Bulma asked the little ouji, trying to break the ice.

      " Fine. " Vegeta looked up tiredly, then took another sip of his drink and began to nod off only to suddenly shriek

as another vision passed through his mind and he sat back up straight, " It, should pass, you know. " he said, trying to

convince them both.

      " Maybe if we just confront Son-kun about it we'll find out it was just a harmless little wink and we won't have any

reason to worry about it. " Bulma explained.

      " But, what if it isn't? "

      " ... "

      " Well? " Vegeta said.

      " Vegeta I'm sure it's nothing. " Bulma nodded, frazzled, then got up, " After all, this is GOKU we're talking about.

He hasn't got an impure bone in his body! Why would you possibly think that wink was-- "

      " --a secret message? Some kind of frightening kaka-flirtation device? "

      " Exactly. " Bulma said flatly.

      " BECAUSE he wasn't just acting his usual kaka-mushy self around me once I found him, it was some sort of EXTREME

kaka-mushiness!! " Vegeta exclaimed, " And--and now thanks to that I'm having nightmares about the big baka! "

      Bulma sighed, " Listen, if you call Son-kun over to the house later, I will have a talk with him. You won't have to

do anything--listen in through a door or something if you'd like, just call him up. That's all I'm asking you. "

      " I will...call Kakarrotto. " Vegeta sighed, " But not until he gets home. According to where I sense his ki he's off

at the mall somewhere. "

      " Alright then. Until he gets home, you can help me decorate. " Bulma decided, then entered the living room only to

gasp. There were Vejitto and Gogeta, stringing all sorts of candy and snacks onto her large christmas tree. Bulma

sweatdropped at the sight of it, " Uh, guys? "

      " We are helping, Bulma-san! " Gogeta chirped.

      " We saw the candy-canes and the popcorn on the tree so we decided--why just have two kinds of snacks on it when we

can have 10! " Vejitto said proudly as he hooked another puffy cheese-doodle onto one of the branches.

      " Won't the lights just melt all that candy? " Vegeta teleported to where the fusions were and tapped a chocolate bar

near one of the many multi-colored lights on the tree.

      " Well we'll just move them away from the lights then. " Vejitto took the chocolate bar and put it up a branch, away

from the bright red light-bulb.

      Bulma looked the snack-ridden tree up and down, " Well, I suppose it helps it look more, ah, festive. "

      " I was gonna say edible. " Vegeta muttered, sweatdropping.

      " Can't help it! " Vejitto said, " Christmastime is coming--our kaka-genes are in FULL FORCE. "

      Gogeta swiped a candy-cane off one of the branches and started to nibble on the candy happily.

      Vegeta glanced over at the younger fusion, " I noticed. "

      " Toussan, come help us put more candy on the tree! " Gogeta said, his voice muffled through the candy-cane in his

mouth.

      " Yeah Mommy! You can do the branches higher up, we haven't gotten to them yet. " Vejitto tossed Vegeta a bag full of

candies and stringed snack-foods.

      Vegeta pulled out one of the strings, " ...potato chips? "

      " Hai! " Vejitto said, " You don't know how hard it is to string those! They crack so easily! "

      " Mmmm! "

      Vegeta looked over to see Gogeta had the other end of the string of potato-chips in his mouth and was staring at the

ouji innocently, " Ugh. " Vegeta groaned, slapping himself on the forehead. He pulled out a pair of scissors and snipped the

string just a few inches past infront of the fusion, then took the string of potato-chips back towards the tree. Gogeta

sucked the remaining chips on his end into his mouth like a vacuum cleaner, then went back to helping Vejitto and Vegeta.

      " Hmm, this branch looks a little heavy to me. " Vejitto observed as he stared at a branch holding a king-sized

chocolate-bar, then snatched the candy off and started to happily eat it while he hovered by the tree, " MMMmm~~ ! "

      Vegeta flew up to the top of the tree and blinked, " Hey Bulma! " he called down to her.

      " What? "

      " Don't we have a star or something that goes on the top branch? "

      " It's still in storage with the ornaments! I have to go find it. " Bulma called back.

      " What about Mirai and Trunks? "

      " Oh, I have them wrapping presents upstairs! "

      " Ah-HA! " Mirai said proudly as he looked at the paritally-neatly wrapped present, " Well, there's one. " he looked

behind him at the many other gifts and twitched, " Only 134 more to go... "

      Living in a house with a total of 9 people, Mr. and Mrs. Briefs, Bulma, Vegeta, Mirai, Trunks, Vejitto, Gogeta, and

Bura, meant there would obviously be a very large number of presents to buy and wrap.

      " Hmm...hmm? " Trunks inspected one of the wrapped boxes Bulma had wrapped earlier on as a demonstration. The chibi

held the box up, then promptly shook it only to the loud shattering sound of something inside it break. Trunks looked around

nervously, then set it back down on the floor, " I hope that wasn't one of MY presents. " he sweatdropped.

      " That was one of Grandma's. " Mirai said flatly.

      Trunks groaned, " OHHHHHHH.... "

      " You really think that's a wise decision? " Vegeta sweatdropped at her.

      " Of course, they'll be fine! " Bulma brushed it off.

      Vegeta shrugged, then reached up only to hit a sudden blob of plantlife on the ceiling. He blinked, then glanced up

only to nearly have a heart-attack at what he saw. Mistletoe. The ENTIRE CEILING of the living room in his home, was covered

in MISTLETOE.

      " Toussan! How do you like it! " a voice came from a few feet away from him. The now-pale-and-in-shock Vegeta turned

towards the sound of the voice, which was infact Bura on ladder, " Isn't it pretty? I just KNOW that Kakarroujo will LOVE

it! "

      " Ehhhh... " Vegeta let out a little noise which sounded like a strangled whimper.

      " Ah, Bura? " Bulma sweatdropped, " I know it looks nice, and it is very festive, but your Toussan and I are having a

little bit of emotional stress over Son-kun. Maybe you should just limit it to ONE mistletoe, alright? " she said nervously.

      Bura pouted, " Oh alright. " she started, " I can always release my creative talents elsewhere! " the chibi began to

take the mistletoes down, then suddenly paused, " "ONE" mistletoe....hey! " she grinned, " I like THAT idea! "

      " Ahh! Well I think this has been a successful shopping adventure so far! " Chi-Chi said happily as the family sat

down at one of the tables in the food-court.

      " *sigh*. " Goku let out a little sigh.

      Chi-Chi sweatdropped, " Now what? "

      " I was thinking... 'bout Veggie. " Goku said, his head plopped sideways on his folded arms on the table.

      " We already bought stuff for him, Go-chan. " Chi-Chi said.

      " I know but....I'd like to MAKE something for Veggie. Somethin' special... " a light pink blush crept across the

bridge of his nose.

      " Goku you're no good at making things, you know that. " she sighed, " Why don't you just have a Christmas Sparring

Session with the Ouji if you want to do something in addition to the gifts? "

      " But I wanna give Veggie something that I made, somethin special just for Veggie, somethin you can't buy at a

store. " Goku pouted as his eyes wanted around at the many shoppers in the mall. A chibi walked by wearing a homemade sweater

. Goku's eyes widened and he suddenly smiled, " I'll sew something for Veggie! "

      Chi-Chi nearly spit out her soda, " HAHAHAHAHA! Oh Goku! You don't know how to sew! "

      " Chi-chan can teach me? " he said hopefully.

      She shook her head, " Goku-san, SEWING requires one to use NEEDLES. " his eyes widened in fright, " And we all know

how you're afraid of needles. " she took another sip of her soda.

      Goku looked worriedly at his fingers, " But I've seen Chi-chan sew up my gis when they tore. It, couldn't be that

scary.... " he paused for a moment, then looked up, " What if I wear gloves? "

      " They'd only make your fingers bulky. " she sighed, " Believe me, I've tried it. "

      " Then, what if I'm really really careful? "

      " ... " Chi-Chi thought for a moment, " Fine. I'll show you a few things when we get home. BUT, you have to promise

me you're not going to completely freak out the moment you see the sewing needle. "

      Goku beamed, " Oh I promise Chi-chan! "

      " So? What are you planning to sew for the Ouji? " Chi-Chi asked, curious.

      " I...don't know yet. " Goku twiddled his thumbs, embarassed.

      " Oh that's alright. You have plenty of time to think about it. "

      " It is BEAUTIFUL! " Gogeta said in awe as he, Vejitto and Vegeta stared at the Christmas Tree. The snack-decor, the

lights, the ornaments; everything was perfect. All except that one star that went on the very top of the tree--which Bulma

was still in process of trying to find.

      " I can't wait until Christmas morning when we all wake up and come down here and there's loads of presents under the

tree for us from everybody else AND the ones that Santa is going to drop off on Christmas Eve night. " Vejitto sighed

happily. He turned to Vegeta, " So Mommy? What are you getting Toussan for Christmas? "

      " Since we obviously can't ask what you are getting for us bee-cause you wouldn't want us to know ahead of time! "

Gogeta chimed in.

      The little ouji's face went blank, then deep in thought. He sighed, " I don't know. "

      " Don't know! " Gogeta gasped.

      " But Mommy! Christmas is right around the corner! " Vejitto said, worried, " You HAVE to know! Or at least have a

list he must have given you. "

      Vegeta shook his head, " The entire "Janemba" incident threw us clear off-track. Kakarrotto hasn't had TIME to make

up a list to give me, or if he has he's forgotten that I don't have a copy. "

      " Well, what do you want to give him? " Gogeta asked.

      Vegeta smirked and looked over at them, " I want to give the big baka a present so spectacular it'll 'knock his socks

off'. AND cause Onna to writhe with jealousy at how much Kakay will adore my gift to him. "

      " That must be SOME gift then. " Vejitto grinned.

      " And it will be, " Vegeta said proudly, " ...once I, find it, that is. "

      The fusions sweatdropped.

      " I mean, I know what Kakarrotto's BEEN wanting since FOREVER-- "

      " --to be your oujo! " Vejitto chirped. Gogeta cheerfully clapped for him.

      Vegeta sweatdropped, " ...hai. But becoming a saiyajin no oujo is a very difficult thing to accomplish--that is, if

you weren't born saiyajin royalty. Besides! It's supposed to be a female title and Kakarrotto doesn't even fully understand

what an oujo does the work involved and-- "

      " --but Bejito-sei is gone so there would be no work. " Gogeta looked confused.

      " I mean the WORK involved in the process. " Vegeta said flatly.

      " Ee. " Gogeta squirmed, uneasy.

      " Yeah that could easily drive an awkward stake in you and Toussan's relationship. " Vejitto glanced away, flushing

just as uneasy as Gogeta.

      " Exactly. " Vegeta nodded, then thought outloud, " There just has to be something out there that I could buy for

Kakarrotto that'll get him just as excited as the idea of being my "oujo"...or at least HALF as excited. "

      " Ah, but where would Kaasan find such a gift? " Gogeta grinned, tilting his head to one side.

      " Maybe someplace that contains a m? " Vejitto tilted his head to the other side.

      " And happens to have it all? " Gogeta added.

      Vegeta rubbed his chin for a moment, then bolted to attention and snapped his fingers, " TO THE MALL! " he pumped his

fist in the air.

      Both fusions cheered, " HOORAY! "

      " Oh Chi-chan it feels so since and soft and fluffy! " Goku said in awe as he snuggled the mound of fluffy material

in yarn form against his cheek. It was the same tint of white as the little ouji's gloves and boots, " I just know Veggie

will LUV it! "

      " Ah, hahaha. " Chi-Chi laughed nervously. The group had just emerged from a fabic store in the mall, " You decide

what you want to make with that material yet, Go-chan? "

      " Mmm, something nice that Veggie will LIKE! " Goku giggled.

      " Well, as long as he doesn't like it TOO much, " Chi-Chi's eyes narrowed, " I guess it'll be oh-kay. "

      " I wonder what I could make with this warmy fluffy stuff that little Veggie would enjoy? " the large saiyajin said

innocently, " Mittens, socks, a lil hat...? " he froze in place when he saw something move out of the corner of his eye.

Goku whipped around only to have his pupils widen 3X over. There was Vegeta, window-shopping as he walked down the eisle of

the mall; Gogeta and Vejitto not far behind and busy taking in all the holiday-ish decorations the mall now adorned. Goku

glanced back the other way to see Chi-Chi was walking off with her back to him in the other direction while talking to Gohan

and Goten. Goku let out a little giggle of naughty-ness and tip-toed off towards the little ouji.

      " Hn.. " Vegeta looked around and sighed, " Oh I don't know what to get him! " he exclaimed as his threw his arms in

the air in frustration. The ouji suddenly froze as a large lump plopped itself ontop of his head and against his back while

two larger arms suddenly appeared out from behind Vegeta and were now hugging him tightly.

      " Mmmmmm~~~ heeheehee. "

      " Oh God... " Vegeta twitched, his face starting to flush bright red. He glanced up to come nose to nose with the

person he was shopping for himself, " Kakarrotto. "

      " Hi ~*Veggie*~... " Goku said warmly, giving an extra squeeze. He teleported infront of Vegeta, " So? Who's Veggie

shopping for? "

      " Ah, " Vegeta shook the redness from his face and shifted uneasily. The peasant's expression seemed even warmer than

usual--which made him slightly nervous. Vegeta glanced away from him, " You, actually. "

      " Meeeeeeeeeeee~~~ ? " Goku's eyes widened to enormous sparkily proportions as he started to hover towards Vegeta,

who began to back up away from the larger saiyajin.

      " Yes. You. " Vegeta said, uneasy, " I, ah, I'm not sure what to get you. I mean, there's so many stores and so many

possiblities and--IPE! " he yelped as Goku lundged at him and glomped the little ouji.

      " I am sure ANYTHING that little Veggie gets will be a WONDERFUL present which I will luv very very much! " Goku said

happily, " Can I shop with Veggie? "

      Vegeta sweatdropped, " If you did you would know what I decide to buy for you before I get a chance to wrap it and

you to open it and be thrilled! "

      " ...oh. " Goku frowned sadly, " Veggiesright. "

      " Uh-huh. " Vegeta tried to pull the large saiyajin off of him.

      " How will I ever enjoy the excitement of opening little Veggie's present to me if I know what it is a-head of time."

Goku nodded thoughtfully, still gripping on to Vegeta tight.

      " Kakarrotto, will you let go? " Vegeta sweatdropped half-giving-up in trying to pry the peasant off of him.

      " Huh? " Goku blinked.

      " I can't walk around with you holding me like this....besides, people are starting to stare at us. " Vegeta grumbled

, embarassed.

      Goku smiled sweetly, " Oh-kay Veggie! "

      Vegeta glanced back only to see Goku now a good foot away from him. The ouji quickly looked down at himself and at

his hands for an explaination why Goku jumping off of him didn't register on his senses, " Yeah.....oh-kay. " he said slowly,

confused, then watched Goku give a quick hello-and-goodbye hug to Vejitto and Gogeta, then turn back to run and catch up with

his family, " Ah--KAKARROTTO! " Vegeta shouted, causing Goku to pause in mid-step and glance over his shoulder.

      " Yes Veggie? "

      The ouji looked left, then right, then teleported next to Goku, " About that wink. " he whispered.

      " Hm? "

      " You know what I'm talking about. " Vegeta's cheeks flushed red, " That, wink you gave me before you teleported

your human-family back home. "

      Goku nodded.

      " It, didn't MEAN anything, did it? " the little ouji nervously twiddled his thumbs, " I mean, it wasn't a

flirtation device, was it? "

      Goku blinked.

      " What I'm trying to say is, your wink didn't contain any, ah, romantic implications, correct? " sweat dripped down

the side of Vegeta's face.

      " Wha? " Goku looked confused, then glanced up and grinned, " Hey Veggie? "

      " What? " Vegeta said.

      Goku let out a little giggle and pointed upward, " Mistletoe. "

      Vegeta's face instantly went pale as he glanced up to see there was a mistletoe decoration hanging above them. He

twitched and glanced back at Goku, who now had a puckered-up expression on his face, " AHHHAH!! "

      " Smoochie-smoochie? " Goku tilted his head.

      " BYEKAKARROTTO!! " Vegeta shouted quickly, then dashed off.

      Goku pouted, " Ohhh. "

      " Goku? GOKU WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK THERE! " Chi-Chi called out from off in the opposite direction.

      Goku turned back towards her with a sad lil look on his face with his mouth still puckered up.

      Chi-Chi sweatdropped, then walked over and led him back towards Gohan and Goten by the wrist, " I'm not sure I want

to know... "

      " So it's a combination hot-tub AND marshmellow-roaster, huh? " Vejitto said as he looked at the tag while Vegeta

leaned over the side of the empty object.

      " You don't think a hot-tub would be too, intimate, do you? " Vegeta asked studying it.

      " It's personal enough to tick-off Onna. " Gogeta chriped, hopping inside the empty hot-tub and wandering around.

      " And Toussan does like swimming, bathing, fishing-by-diving-into-the-river-and-tackling-the-fish. " Vejitto pointed

out.

      " Hmm. " Vegeta leaned against the side of it, " I suppose as long as I don't enter the actual tub itself it will

easily remain just a friendly platonic gift, right? "

      " Whatever you say, Toussan. " Gogeta said as he plopped down one of the chair-like spots in the empty tub and sat

down.

      " It's definately big enough for Toussan! " Vejitto grinned, hopping inside after Gogeta.

      " I wish you two would agree on the parental titles already. " Vegeta sweatdropped, " It gets confusing after a

while. "

      " It is very hard for us to agree with each other on that. " Vejitto nodded.

      " So, many, issues. " Gogeta chirped while swinging his legs back and forth from his seat.

      Vegeta nearly fell over, " WHADDA YOU MEAN "ISSUES"!? "

      " We mean there are so many different points of who would make the better mommy and daddy between the two of you that

we could literally argue a-bout it for almost a month. " Vejitto pointed out.

      Gogeta nodded cheerfully.

      Vegeta twitched, " Uh, huh.... "

      " So! Are we gettin Toussan the hot-tub? " Vejitto perked up.

      Vegeta smirked, " As a matter of fact, I think we are. " he hopped inside it, " Why, we could wrap all of the other

presents I will eventually buy for Kakarrotto, put them in here, and then wrap THIS up! " he grinned brightly, " That'll

REALLY surprise him! " he clasped his hands together, then turned to the fusions, " PLUS it sounds mushy enough to to bowl

that big baka right over! "

      " Heehee, "mushy". " Gogeta giggled.

      " Maybe we should buy Kakarrotto a bunch of little mushy presents in addition to some water-toys for the hot-tub. "

Vegeta paced inside the empty tub, then paused, " Do they use water-toys in hot-tubs? " he looked over at the fusions, who

only shrugged; just as perplexed as Vegeta was.

      " Umm, excuse me? "

      Vegeta looked upwards to see one of the workers at the store looking down at him, confused.

      " Are you going to buy that tub or walk around inside it all day? " she blinked.

      Vegeta laughed nervously, " Ah, haha...ha. " he grinned and gritted his teeth, " You are so lucky it's the holiday

season lady or I'd have ki-blasted you by now. "

      " Huh? "

      " Yes I am going to buy it infact. " Vegeta nodded, " Do you guys gift-wrap? "

      The girl cocked an eyebrow, " Giftwrap...a HOT-TUB?? "

      " No, on second though Kakay would be much more touched by the sentimentality of me giving him such a large gift if I

were to wrap it myself...or MAYBE I should forget THIS hot-tub and go buy Kakarrotto a stretch-limo that CONTAINS it's own

hot-tub and fill the limo with presents...a white limo like they use at weddings--and-of-course-platonic-gatherings-as-well."

      The girl glanced over at Vejitto and Gogeta, " What's he babbling about? "

      " Long story. " Vejitto sweatdropped while Gogeta nodded in agreement with him.

      " YES! " Vegeta suddenly announced confidently as he pounded his fist onto his other hand, " I shall buy the

previously-mentioned stretch-limo BUT I will fix it so that only Kakarrotto can lock and unlock the vehicle so Onna doesn't

abuse it's existance and try to destroy it because I happen to be the one who will give such a gift to my favorite peasant! "

he turned back to the fusions, " Vejitto! Gogeta! We shall shop for mushy little kaka-trinkets for now and once we are

finished we shall journey back to Capsule Corp and buy the biggest fanciest stretch-limo Bulma's company MAKES! " he walked

out of the hot-tub, " NOW COME! We have much to do! "

      " HOORAY! " the fusions cheered together, then dashed out after him, leaving the bewildered store worker standing

there. She looked down and sweatdropped at all the grime Vegeta and the fusions's footprints had left on the floor of the

hot-tub and twitched.

      " They don't pay me enough for this job. "

      " Oh MY....it's very...sharp, and pointy. " Goku shivered as he sat in a chair next to Chi-Chi infront of the

sewing-table.

      Chi-Chi sweatdropped, " Goku-san if you're really THAT uncomfortable around a sewing needle then maybe you should

find some other way to make a home-made gift for the Ouji. "

      " NO! " Goku exclaimed, then quieted down, " I want to sew something special for little Veggie. And I want Chi-chan

to show me how! "

      Chi-Chi sighed, then smiled at him, " Alright, now you see this little hole here at the dull end of the needle? I

want you to string the end of the material through there and tie a small knot around it so the material doesn't pull back

right through the hole, alright? " she slowly handed the needle to Goku, who's hand started to instantly shake.

      The large saiyajin whimpered, " Chi--Chi-chaaaaaan... "

      " Goku you need to hold it steady or else you'll poke yourself! " Chi-Chi exclaimed. Goku yelped and instantly held

his hand frozen in place while the rest of him continued to shake, " Now, do you have the tip of the material? "

      Goku nodded worriedly, holding it up in his other hand.

      " Good. " Chi-Chi smiled, " Now put it through the little hole. " she directed and watched as Goku carefully did so,

then quickly tied it and and cheered.

      " HOORAY! I WIN!! "

      " ...no Go-chan, that's only half of what you're supposed to do. " Chi-Chi sweatdropped.

      Goku's face fell, " Aww... " he pouted.

      " Now that you have the needle ready, you start sewing by stringing the needle in and out of the material. When

you're done going in one direction, you turn the material in the direction you want to go next and continue. When you're done

you take tie the end up tight and cut off the tip of material leftover connected to the needle. Got it? "

      " Got it! " Goku said brightly, then watched as Chi-Chi got up and left the room.

      " If you need any help, just call! "

      " Oh-kay, Chi-chan! " Goku beamed, then steaded the needle and slipped it under and through only to let out a yelp as

he hit his finger, " Oww! "

      2 Hours Later...

      " FIVE BANDAIDS! Oh Goku... " Chi-Chi groaned as she applied the final bandaid onto one of Goku's fingers.

      " I am sorry Chi-chan. " Goku hung his head, then brightened up, " But, but I'm trying real hard and I know that if I

try real hard that it'll come out looking beautiful and Veggie will luv it! " he sighed happily, going off into a daydream...

      :::" Oh Kakay I LUV it! " Vegeta exclaimed as he cuddled the mass of whatever object Goku was planning to make with

the material, " You're the most wonderful perfect peasant I've ever HAD! " he gushed.

      " Heeheehee, oh little Veggie that is so sweet of you. " Goku's cheeks flushed bright pink as he let out a parade of

giggles.

      " You know what else is sweet? " the little ouji smirked.

      " What Veggie? " the larger saiyajin's eyes sparkled.

      " Crowning you my Oujo. " Vegeta whipped out the saiyajin oujo crown and plopped it ontop of Goku's head.

      " OH VEGGIE!! " Goku squealed and glomped the little ouji, " I LUV U SOOOOOOO MUCH! "

      " I LUV U TOO!!! "

      " Let's go outside and play in the snow! "

      " Oh-kay! "

      Goku grabbed the little ouji, picked him up in his arms, then skipped cheerfully outside to play in the snow.:::

      " Heeheehee. " Goku giggled, his face nearly radiating bright pink.

      Chi-Chi twitched, " Like THAT is gonna happen. " she said flatly.

      " It MIGHT. You never know. " Goku said as-a-matter-of-factly.

      " Since when does the Ouji GUSH and tell you he "luvs" you? "

      " ... " Goku's face went blank, then into a little frown, " Not very often. "

      " Point in case. " Chi-Chi shrugged, " Your hand feel any better? " she asked, concerned as she looked his right hand

over some more for any tiny puncture wounds she could have missed before.

      " Uh-huh. " Goku nodded, then smiled, " I feel much better, Chi-chan! " he made a fist, then cried out with pain as

he instantly re-opened his right hand, " Well...a little better? " he smiled cheesily.

      " This is seriously going to slow down our gift-wrapping this year. " Chi-Chi sighed sadly, " You're the fastest

gift-wrapper of all four of us. "

      Goku looked at his hand, then thought for a moment, " OOH! I GOT IT! "

      Chi-Chi blinked, " Got what? "

      " Somebody who will probably be just as fast a gift-wrapper as I am so that it will not only even out how fast we

wrap and decorate but make us go even FASTER! " Goku gushed.

      " OH no. " Chi-Chi made a threatening motion, " There is NO WAY, I'm going to have the OUJI over here WRAP-- "

      " --Veggie is busy shopping for beautiful wonderful un-bee-lievably kawaii presents for me, Chi-chan. Veggie's too

busy to help us. "

      " Oh. "

      " I'm gonna go ask my niichan!! " Goku grinned.

      " WAHH! " Chi-Chi nearly fell over, " GOKU YOU CAN'T ASK YOUR BROTHER HE'S DEAD---oh, wait, that's right. You brought

him back at the end of the last fic, didn't you? " she blinked, remembering.

      Goku nodded sweetly and eagerly.

      " He's not still mad at me about accidentally killing you and the Ouji, is he? " Chi-Chi asked cautiously.

      " Nope! " Goku chirped.

      " Good. " Chi-Chi sighed with relief, " In that case I guess you can bring him over to help us. "

      " GREAT! " Goku pumped his non-injured fist in the air, " Raditsu-kun's never had a Christmas before! He can help us

and find out what it is all at the same time! " he turned to Chi-Chi, " See you in 5 minutes, Chi-chan! " he waved to her,

then teleported out of sight.

      " *YAWWWWN!* " Raditsu yawned as he lay in the bed inside his Capsule House, which was located on the other side of

the river near Goku's home. The large saiyajin's internal sleep-clock still hadn't figured out when and how long he should

sleep for being that he had been dead for so long previous to this. Raditsu sat up, stretched, and put the scouter Bulma had

given him on. He still hadn't learned how to sense ki but promised himself he would as soon as his body got itself completely

back on-track with being alive. The scouter started beeping wildly and snapped the large saiyajin to attention.

      " It's a HUGE ki! And it's...right outside the house? " he got up and walked up to the front door, then cautiously

opened it only to be tackled head-on by a large lump almost as big as he was.

      " RADITSU-NIICHAN!! " a high-pitched squeal came from ontop of him.

      Raditsu looked up to see Goku grinning down excitedly at him w/big sparkily eyes.

      " Kakarrotto...hi. " Raditsu sweatdropped. Goku hopped off him and Raditsu got up.

      " Ooh, Niichan, lookin snazzy! " Goku gave him a thumbs-up. Due to the very-cold weather Raditsu had discovered

pants. He was wearing a maroon gi with a black sash while retaining his gloves and boots from before.

      " I can't exactly wear that when it feels like THAT outside. " he motioned to his saiyajin armor, then to the open

front-door Goku had come through which was filled with a freezing wind, " So! "

      " So! " Goku cheerfully replied.

      " What did you come here for? "

      " ... " Goku's face went blank, " I forget. "

      " ... " Raditsu sweatdropped.

      " ...I REMEMBER! " Goku snapped his fingers, then yelped in pain, " Oooh! " he shook his right hand quickly to try

and cool the pain off.

      " How did you--? " Raditsu looked surprised at all the little bandaids on Goku's hand.

      " I'm learning how to sew so I can sew something really nice-n-pretty for Veggie for Christmas but I kept slipping

and poking myself with the needle. " he shuddered on the last word.

      " You still don't like needles, huh? " Raditsu blinked.

      Goku's eyes widened, " OOH! Niichan has a story a-bout a long time a-go when I was a kawaii lil toddler back on

Bejito-sei that relates to my fear of needles! " he grinned and clasped his hands together, " Tell me the story Niichan!

Veggie never tells me stories about when I was a lil toddler! "

      " Vegeta was a chibi HIMSELF when you were a toddler. He couldn't possibly have remembered everything. " Raditsu

thought, " Of course even if he did try and tell you a story about the past he would probably skew it so that he was the hero

all the time. " he sighed.

      " OH WOW! VEGGIE DOES THAT NOW TOO! " Goku said excitedly, " Improvise his memory-stories, I mean. "

      " Improvise? "

      " Yeah, that's what Veggie calls it when he makes stuff up and adds it to the stories, I know that cuz some of them

when they really happened I was there and I don't remember certain things that Veggie says happened happening at that time. "

Goku nodded, explaining.

      " He's creative. " Raditsu sweatdropped.

      " Yes he is! " Goku beamed proudly, " Wanna come back to my house and wrap Christmas presents with us? We can swap

those embarassing-Veggie-stories with each other. "

      Raditsu looked around his house, absolutely nothing going on inside it. He turned back to Goku, " Oh-kay. "

      " HOORAY! " Goku grabbed Raditsu by the wrist, then darted outside, closed the door, and flew off back home.

      " ...so what's "Christmas"? " Raditsu asked curiously.

      Goku looked back at him as they flew and grinned.

      " Ahh, isn't it BEAUTIFUL! " Vegeta sighed, proud of himself as he stood before the new stretch-limo containing a

hot-tub among other super-car accessories. The limo was stuffed full of dozens of wrapped presents for Goku and had a huge

bright blue bow tied around the roof of the car.

      " It is truely a wonder to bee-hold, Mommy! " Vejitto grinned, " Toussan will be floored by it's amazingness! "

      " Vroom-vroom-vroom! " Gogeta sat in the driver's seat of the limo and pretended to be driving it, " Heehee! It looks

like a lot of fun to drive! "

      " Hai, it is. " Vegeta teleported over to him, " However, this particular limo also has a automatic-driving ability.

Meaning Kakarrotto can relax in the plush accommodations of the limo while it drives to whatever destination he desires. "

      " Ooh. " Gogeta said, impressed.

      " I've also had the windows tainted for privacy purposes. " Vegeta added, boasting.

      " Haha! " Vejitto tapped on the window-glass.

      Vegeta opened the door to the side of the limo, then backed away, " So, what do you think? "

      " I think it's a little dangerous to keep a limo in my lab. "

      Vegeta turned around to see Bulma staring at him and the fusions, " Bulma, hello. Like my little present to my large

peasant? "

      " You're, giving Son-kun a LIMO for Christmas?! "

      Vegeta grinned, " Not JUST a limo, " he opened one of the doors to the limo and caused wrapped presents to fall out

of the vehicle; which happened to be stuffed with them, " A limo full of PRESENTS! "

      " ... " Bulma's jaw hung open, " Oh my God you've got to be kidding me. " she slapped herself on the forehead.

      " What? I thought it was ingenius? " Vegeta folded his arms, slightly insulted.

      " It is, creative, it's just that--VEGETA YOU CAN'T GIVE GOKU A HUGE PRESENT LIKE THAT!! " she exclaimed as she

pointed to the limo with both hands, then placed them on Vegeta's shoulders, " Son-kun's so impressionable he can easily take

gifts like this the wrong way! "

      " You sound like me. " Vegeta smirked.

      Bulma sweatdropped, " WELL THOSE NIGHTMARES YOU HAD LAST NIGHT GOT ME THINKING AGAIN ABOUT IT! "

      " I'm over them. "

      " Really? " she said skeptically.

      The ouji nodded, " Hai. I saw Kakarrotto at the mall and with the exception of just a little more warmth in the tone

of his voice he seemed back to his normal cheerful clueless kaka-self. Kakarrotto didn't know his wink looked like a come on.

Not to mention he doesn't know what a come on IS. " Vegeta grinned.

      " Alright. Fine. If you REALLY think that's it, then I guess to avoid the risk of facing the same paranoia you deal

with due to Son-kun from time to time, that I'll have to agree with you. " Bulma sighed, then patted his shoulders once,

" I just don't want to lose you, Vegeta. That's all. And especially not to SON-KUN of all people. " she said, slightly

panicky. Bulma gulped, " I'd have to go back to, YAMCHA. Or your clone. "

      Vegeta did a double-take, " Wha--what? "

      " Nevermind! " Bulma laughed in a fake-cheery way, " I'll ah, I'll see you upstairs for dinner. Just, uh, capsulize

your umm, gift, to Goku and you and the fusions can come up and help me make something to eat. Oh-kay? " she said, turning

to climb up the stairs.

      Vegeta blinked, still confused, " Ah, oh-kay. "

      " ...and that's why you're so deathly afraid of needles. " Raditsu finished, pulling off another piece of tape only

to get it stuck on his fingers.

      " OHHH. " Goku said w/big eyes, listening intently. Raditsu shook his hand up and down and finally yanked the tape

off of one hand only to get it stuck on the other. Raditsu twitched.

      " What about Veggie's kawaii lil Veggie-bangs? " Goku asked.

      " Huh? " Raditsu finally flicked the tape off of his hand and sent it flying into the wall in the living room of the

Son home that the two brothers were sitting in.

      " Veggie has super-kawaii bangs sorta like mine but he always keeps 'um up. Why? " Goku grinned.

      " He thinks he looks more mature with them up. " Raditsu responded, " And he does--well, actually he just looks older

with them up. I keep mine up just to keep them out of my eyes. " he pointed to his own head, then temporarily messed up the

front of his hair causing mulitple bangs to fall down.

      " Haha! Now we look even MORE related! " Goku grinned.

      " And now I can't see. " Raditsu lifted them back up.

      " No no! Wait wait wait! " Goku said eagerly, then burst into ssj2½, " Eh? Whadda ya think? " he beamed.

      Raditsu's eyes bugged out of his head at Goku's hair, which was now the exact same length and shape as his own; with

the exception that Goku's hair was now yellow. Raditsu pushed his bangs back up and gawked at Goku's new form, " Wow...it

looks-- "

      " Just like yours! " Goku chirped, " I know! "

      " ... "

      Goku pushed his bangs back with his hand to reveal a semi-sized widows-peak, " AND I have one of these now! "

      " ...you never had a widow's peak before. " Raditsu scratched his head.

      " Oh, I've had one ever since I de-fused from fusing with little Veggie. " Goku powered back down to normal but still

held his hand on his head to show the widow's peak hadn't disappeared, " Portara fusion is supposed to be the strongest kind

of fusion EVER. Dai Kaioshin always thought it was because since me-n-Veggie were so tightly fused together when we had

Ji-chan that when we de-fused we ended up with some of each other's genes still inside us. "

      " That's....creepy. " Raditsu said.

      " Yes, it is. "

      Goku and Raditsu glanced over their shoulders to see Chi-Chi standing behind them.

      " Uh, hi there. " Raditsu sweatdropped, " I didn't notice you back there. "

      Chi-Chi sat down and smiled at him, " Say, you know everything about the Ouji that Goku doesn't, right? "

      " Ah, I did travel with him in space a LONG time... "

      " --then you must know some of his weaknesses! " she grinned excitedly.

      " Why would I tell you, you accidentally killed him. " Raditsu exclaimed.

      " Yeah! You tell Chi-chan, Raditsu-niichan! " Goku cheered. Raditsu glanced back at him, " ...I'll think up a good

nickname for you, just gimmie a while. "

      " Goodluck. " Raditsu scratched the back of his head, then turned back to Chi-Chi, " I'm not telling you any fears

or 'weaknesses' Vegeta has. I like him. He's a little overdramatic, but I like him. "

      " I like Veggie TOO! " Goku clasped his hands together, " A lot. A whole lot! A whole super-duper

extra-scoop-of-whipped-cream-on-your-hot-fudge-sundae-yes-I'd-luv-some-thank-you LOT! " he squealed, " OH VEGGIE! "

      " ... "

      " ... " Raditsu and Chi-Chi stared at him, then scooted away a few feet each in their own direction.

      " Ya know, if the Ouji played football, and all the peasants were cheerleaders, Goku'd be the head of the squad. "

Chi-Chi said flatly, " Or if the Ouji was a world-famous actor/singer, Goku'd be the leader of his FAN-CLUB. "

      " ...I have no idea what you just referenced. " Raditsu said to her, at a loss for words.

      " I KNOW! " Goku suddenly appeared beside them, then glomped Raditsu from behind, "  It means I luv Veggie very very

very VERY MUCH! "

      " Vegeta must either absorb all this attention like a sponge or be severely creeped out by it. "

      " At first it was the 2nd one but now it is the 1st! " Goku chirped, hugging tighter. He blinked at Raditsu's hair,

then glanced up at his own, " Oh WOW! Our hair's the same color! A-nother thing we have in common! " he let go and teleported

back infront of him.

      " You sure you don't know any of the Ouji's weaknesses you can tell me? " Chi-Chi smiled cheesily at Raditsu, then

whipped out the leash she and Goku were going to wrap and give to Vegeta, " He likes being in charge, right? The Ouji would

be terrified at being dominated, right? " she swung the bright pink leash and collar back and forth.

      Raditsu sweatdropped, " You don't have a thing for him, do you? "

      " WAHHHH! " Chi-Chi fell over.

      " Ah, how much you have to learn. " Gohan groaned, walking randomly by.

      " OF COURSE I DON'T I HATE HIS GUTS! " Chi-Chi snapped, then froze when she heard heartbroken sniffling coming from

beside her. Chi-Chi twitched and glanced to her left to see Goku's eyes welled up with tears. She slapped herself on the

forehead, " Oh good God...I'm not going to try and KILL the Ouji anymore, Go-chan! I'm done with that! " she exclaimed,

::I just want him to experiance a large amount of PAIN!::

      " Oh! " Goku instantly brightened back up, " Oh-kay! "

      " Did Vegeta do anything to get you to like him this much, Kakarrotto? I mean, did he save your life or something? "

Raditsu asked.

      " Ahh! " Goku said, then grinned cluelessly and waddled over to the lightswitch, then reached his hand out to flick

it off only to stop before touching the switch and clap his hands together once. Everything instantly turned dark except for

a spotlight in the middle of the room and a spotlight over the couch. Raditsu looked bewildered while Chi-Chi went to sit

down on the alighted couch. Goku waddled back to where he had stood and coincidentally where the spotlight was and stood

there. The large saiyajin cleared his throught, then grinned at his audiance of two, " Now THAT is a long story which I can

shorten down to a sweet little story, like Veggie! "

      ::My God am I glad we never actually dragged Kakarrotto back into outer space with us. His personality would've never

survived out there...:: Raditsu shook his head.

      " The very first time I can ever remember meeting Veggie was when I reached the battlefield where Nappa was beatin

up all my friends and Veggie was standing there looking clueless and little! " Goku whipped out a piece of paper with a

doodle of a clueless-looking Vegeta wearing his armor from back when he first landed on Earth, " I looked down at the scene

be-low and Veggie happened to look up and we locked eyes and stared at each other. Meanwhile Nappa was being bad and he kept

beating up Piccolo and the others but then Veggie killed him which surprised me because he looked so sweet and harmless!

Anyway then I brought Veggie to a barren wasteland to fight him without anyone else getting hurt and Veggie offered me the

chance to be his partner and come out into outer-space with him, but then I thought for a moment.... "

      " ... "

      " ... "

      " ...Goku? " Chi-Chi snapped her fingers.

      " --Huh? " Goku blinked suddenly, confused, " ...and I decided not to go with Veggie cuz of how he killed Nappa who

was one of his previous partners. So then I fought Veggie and we came out with a tie! I had never gotten so completely

excited in a battle before my battle with Veggie and it just gave me such a THRILL and Veggie was so GOOD that I didn't want

him to get killed so I told Kuririn not to shove the sword into Veggie's lil body. Then Veggie got into his spaceship and

flew off seemingly forever... " he let out a sad little sigh, then perked up, " But it wasn't forever cuz then I met Veggie

again on Namek-sei only he was really hurt so I gave Veggie a senzu and then Veggie was gonna help me fight the bad guys but

instead he flew off. Later on though after I got my body back from being stolen and was at that point really hurt, Veggie

got me into the healing tank or whatever Veggie called it. It was so kawaii how Veggie just smushed his lil face against the

glass and stared at me all confused! Then Veggie got sleepy and sat down against the tank I was in and napped there to keep

me company and safe. " Goku clasped his hands together, then frowned, " But when I woke up, Veggie was gone. " he sniffled,

" When I finally got to where Veggie was he was hurting really bad and Freeza was about to KILL little Veggie. That's when

Veggie told me, when he let it all go and poured his big little Veggie heart right out to me about all the bad things Freeza

did to him and the other saiyajins. Veggie cried so hard for me to help him. I felt so sad because I knew that Veggie & I

could have been very good friends if he hadn't been laying there dying. After Veggie passed away I picked him up and buried

him and I hugged Veggie real tight before putting him down and Veggie felt, NICE to hug. And that made me even MORE sad that

I had just lost him! "

      " Ugh. " Chi-Chi sighed, sickened and slapped herself on the forehead. Raditsu was busy trying to mentally translate

what Goku was saying.

      " But then later on when I was fighting Freeza, Veggie came to me in a vision, naked and cheering me on to victory! "

Goku grinned.

      Raditsu's eyes bugged out of his head, " ..."naked"? "

      " Yeah I still do not get it either. " Goku shrugged, " Anyways, even later on after the vision had passed, we used

the dragonballs to wish everyone Freeza had killed back to life and that included VEGGIE! " he beamed, " I was a ssj by then

and Veggie sensed where I was and flew off to find me and when he did he had the most *adorable* look on his lil

Veggie-face and he floated over to me and he said "Oh Kakarrotto, you're the legendary super saiyajin!" and then Veggie did

it! Veggie reached up to me as far as his lil Veggie-arms could reach, and he hugged me! Oh Chi-chan it was the softest,

sweetest lil hug I EVER HAD! And then Veggie smiled up at me kawaii-like and said he would help me beat Freeza and Veggie

tried to only he got teleported to Earth by the next wish. " Goku whipped around to face them with a musing expression on his

face, " And that's how I knew it. That Veggie was really that sweet down inside, the way Veggie hugged me there. And Veggie

wasn't even my Veggie or little buddy yet at that moment in time either! I have liked my Veggie ever since! It was truely

wonderful... "

      " All because he HUGGED you. THAT was it?! " Chi-Chi exclaimed.

      " Mmmm~~ " Goku sighed in a daze.

      Raditsu rubbed his ears, frustrated that he couldn't completely understand what Goku had said, " I'm gonna have to

get Vegeta's version of all this next time I see him. " he sighed.

      " You can get the Ouji's version of this tommorow when it's Christmas Eve. " Chi-Chi nodded.

      " Christmas...eve? "

      " Ooh! That is the night before Christmas, Raditsu-kun! " Goku pointed out, " It is the day we finish our final

gifts and the night when Santa comes to bring us all presents! " he grinned.

      " Presents...? "

      " Yes, presents! " Chi-Chi said cheerfully, " And now to get back to what we were doing before Goku went off on his

Ouji-daydream. Wrapping presents! " she plunked the waterdish down she and Goku had bought Vegeta and began to wrap it.

      Raditsu turned to Goku, " Do, I get any presents? "

      " Of course you do, niichan! " Goku said happily, patting him on the shoulder, " I bought you a few presents at the

mall! 'Course we can't wrap those until you go back home because you can't see what you got until Christmas Day! "

      " Uh, alright. " Raditsu said, then glanced over to see Chi-Chi wrapping the litter-box, " I wonder what THAT is? "

      " Ah, it's beautiful, isn't it? " Vegeta said happily as he lay belly-down on his bed, staring at the little red

velvet ring box he had put the capsule containing Goku's limo which contained the other presents he was giving the peasant

inside. Attached to the outside of the ring box was a little tag which read "To Kakay, LUV Veggie" in the ouji's still-sloppy

english-handwriting, " Kakarrotto will ADORE it. "

      " Oh, Toussan... " a choked up voice sniffled from the doorway. Vegeta looked up to see Bura standing there smiling

and crying at the same time.

      Vegeta sweatdropped, " Ah, you oh-kay? "

      " Oh Toussan, that's so sweet of you! You're going to ask Kakarroujo to ~*marry*~ you, aren't you! " she clasped her

hands together.

      " WAHH! " Vegeta fell over, then instantly sat back up, " IT'S A CAPSULE FULL OF PRESENTS NOT A RING!! " he snapped,

opening the box to reveal the capsule, his face bright red.

      " ...oh. " Bura frowned, then brightened up, " Is there a ring IN the capsule? "

      " NO!! " the ouji's face grew even brighter red.

      " Whatever you say, Toussan. " Bura grinned knowingly. Vegeta sweatdropped, " Just WAIT'LL you and Kakarroujo see the

presents I got for YOU TWO! " she said, slipping back out of the room.

      Vegeta got up to go close the door to his bedroom, " Yeah, I'll bet. " he said dryly as he stood in the doorway, then

looked up to see messes of mistletoe hung above the doorway to his room. The little ouji twitched, " AAUGH!! " he jumped up

to grab the mistletoe only to sweatdrop once he realized he was too short to reach the plants just by jumping. Vegeta flew

upwards and yanked them off, then tossed the misteltoe into the trashcan in his room, closed the door tightly, locked it, and

placed the present in one of his clothing drawers. Vegeta kicked off his boots and yawned; beat from all the shopping he and

the fusions had done buying things for Goku. He crawled into bed an closed his eyes.

      :::" Heeheehee. "

      Vegeta squinted his eyes shut at the sound of Goku's giggles, then opened his eyes to see the large saiyajin next to

him in bed wearing a wedding dress, " AHHHHHH!! "

      " AHHHHH! " Goku mirrored his sound only with a happy-tone added to it.

      " KAKARROTTO GET OUT OF MY BED!! " Vegeta shouted angrily.

      The larger saiyajin smiled warmly at him, " Oh, Veggie means OUR bed. "

      Vegeta twitched, " No, I mean MY-- " he yanked his arm up only to freeze. The duo were handcuffed together, " WAHH!

YOU CRAZY PEASANT WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING!! " the ouji tried to break the handcuffs, " And what are these made out of?

AND WHERE'S THE KEY?! " he exclaimed only to see Goku gleefully waving 'the key' infront of the ouji's face.

      " Heeheeheehee. " Goku giggled at him.

      " Ooh, you give me that right no-- "

      " Oops! " Goku pulled out the top to the dress and dropped the key inside, then let go and grinned at Vegeta.

      " Ohhhhhh... " Vegeta shuddered, then looked away, twitching while trying to remain calm, " You big BAKA!! AAUGH WHY

I OUGHTA... "

      " ...make me Veggiesoujo now! " Goku chirped.

      " NO! FORCE YOU TO GET THAT KEY AND UNLOCK US! " Vegeta turned back to him only to see Goku occupying himself with

the little case the ouji had put the capsule in, " Hey! That's not for now! " Vegeta exclaimed, " That's your present! You're

going to ruin the sur-- " he watched as the large saiyajin took out a large ring from inside the box, not the capsule Vegeta

had placed in it, " --prise? "

      " Oh Veggie, it's BEAUTIFUL! "

      Vegeta twitched, then fell over, " WAHH--oof! " he paused when he rolled off his bed only to hit a bush. Vegeta

blinked and looked to see there was an entire shield of dark green bushes with little white berries surrounding them,

" Plants? " he tried to adjust his tuxedo as he sat up, " ...wait a second, I wasn't wearing a tuxedo when I went to sleep. "

      " Silly Veggie! " Goku bent down overtop of him, " Those are not plants! "

      " Really, then what are they? " Vegeta said skeptically.

      Goku grinned widely, " Mistletoe. "

      Vegeta's pupils shrunk to tiny little dots as he went into a cold sweat. The ouji glanced around, and, sure enough,

recognized the mounds of bushes surrounding the ceiling and 'walls' as the same thing Bura had been hanging in the living

room earlier, " Mistletoe. " he squeaked out.

      " Mmmm, hee~~ " Goku grinned.

      " There's...something wrong here. " Vegeta blinked, then froze when he saw the larger saiyajin smirking at him,

" AHH! THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG--oop! " Vegeta let out a yelp as Goku touched noses with him.

      " Veggie knows what mistletoe means, right? " Goku said with a puckered-up face, " Mistletoe means kisses for

Veggie! " he leaned closer.

      " WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!! " Vegeta screamed at the top of his lungs, trying to get up, " NO KISSING NO KISSING NO-- ":::

      " --KISSING!! " Vegeta sat up in bed, his eyes bloodshot and his heart beating a mile a minute. He looked around to

see everything back to normal; he was back in his training outfit, he wasn't handcuffed to a wedding-dress-wearing Kakarrotto

, and there CERTAINLY were no mistletoe plants surrounding HIS bed. Vegeta glared at the wall when he realized he had just

fooled himself, " I HATE dreams where I cannot figure out that I'm still asleep. " he grumbled, then flopped back on the

bed, belly-up with his arms folded in a stubborn pout.

      " Yeah, that happens to me too. "

      " ! " Vegeta's eyes bulged out of his head which he cocked slightly to the left to see Goku laying there next to him

in his orange and blue gi while waving cluelessly at the ouji, " WAHHHHHHHH!! " Vegeta shrieked again and this time kicked

Goku right out of his bed and into the wall.

      " OOF! " Goku yelped as he hit the wall and slid down onto the floor, " Oww! Veggie what was THAT for! " his shouted,

his eyes watering a bit.

      " ... " Vegeta blinked, " Oh...I guess that means I'm awake. " he sweatdropped, then got up off the bed, " Sorry

Kakarrotto. " he walked over and helped Goku up.

      " No, it's alright Veggie, really. " Goku sniffled, feeling a little better, " But, you know what would make me feel

a lot better? "

      " What? "

      " *BOOF*! " the larger saiyajin smacked the smaller-one back-first into the floor.

      Vegeta twitched, then looked up to see Goku's mouth puckered again.

      " Veggie-kisses! " Goku's tail held a small bushel of mistletoe over their heads.

      " WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! "

      " --HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! " Vegeta sat up in bed, his eyes bloodshot and his heart beating a mile a minute. The ouji

slowly calmed down, then sat back in shock, " THAT was a dream TOO!? " he gawked, then dared himself to look over to his left

. Vegeta gulped and did so only to let out a moan, " Oh GOD, not AGAIN! "

      There was Goku, laying next to him, wearing his gi, and sound asleep. Vegeta eyed the larger saiyajin up suspicously.

      " You know, if YOU'RE a dream AGAIN, I'm going to have to start considering my SANITY. " Vegeta narrowed his eyes,

then nervously started poking Goku, " Kakarrotto? KAKARROTTO! "

      " Hmm? " Goku lazily opened his eyes, " Oh Veggie! " he beamed, " You're awake! WOW I thought you were gonna sleep

FOREVER! You kept talkin to me in your sleep and then you were screaming and screaming and I got worried so I hopped in here

next to you to try and comfort you. "

      " I was having a NIGHTMARE, baka. " Vegeta gritted his teeth, " TWICE! "

      " A nightmare!? " Goku gasped, " Oh VEGGIE! " he sat up with a worried look on his face, " I'm so sorry! Here, lemmie

give you a nice big-- "

      " --you say "kiss" and I'll SCREAM. " Vegeta warned in a panic, holding up his fists defensively.

      Goku sweatdropped, " --hug. "

      " Oh. " Vegeta dropped his fists.

      Goku smiled and laughed at him, " Oh Veggie you're so silly! Veggie knows I am not a-llowed to kiss him! That's why

under the mistletoe I give Veggie SMOOCHIES! " he grinned, then reached over and glomped the little ouji tightly, " There,

doesn't that feel better? "

      " ...I little. " the ouji admitted, then blinked and looked down to see dozens of little tiny red dots crawling

around on his bedsheets. Vegeta twitched, " Kakarrotto? "

      " Hai Veggie... " Goku squeezed tighter.

      " How long have you been here? " Vegeta said dryly.

      " Mmm, about a half-hour. "

      " ... "

      " :) "

      " Heeheeheeheehahaha! " a kaka-germ laughed and hopped off of Vegeta's shoulder.

      The little ouji narrowed his eyes, " No WONDER I kept having those nightmares. " he pulled away from Goku,

" Kakarrotto, will you get off of my, " he whinced, " bed, for a moment? "

      " K! " Goku hopped off.

      Vegeta pulled out a spray bottle and promptly sprayed it all over his bed, then took off all the sheets and put them

in a pile near the door, " It's a good thing I keep a bottle of peasant-away handy. " he set the bottle down on the counter.

      Goku cocked his head cluelessly, then teleported over to the bottle and read it outloud, " "Peasant-Away"; Kaka-germ

dissolving solution. Temporarily dissolves kaka-germs. " he blinked, " *GASP*! It dissolves my GERMIES!! "

      " You got it. " Vegeta said bluntly, " Bulma developed it for me, you know, so I can avoid having my mind taken over

by them. "

      " ...oh. " Goku looked confused.

      " So, why are you here? "

      " Oh, me and my niichan are taking a break from wrapping presents! " Goku chirped.

      Vegeta sweatdropped, " Raditsu's here too? "

      " Yup! " Goku grinned.

      " ...THEN WHY DIDN'T HE STOP YOU FROM GETTING INTO MY BED!! " Vegeta exclaimed.

      " I do not think my niichan knew where I waddled off to or that my body contains lil germies to begin with. " Goku

said, " He has much for me to teach him! " he grinned, " AND I still have to think up a kawaii lil nickname for him! Like I

have my Veggie, and my Chi-chan, and.....Raditsu. "

      " Believe me, it'll come to you. " Vegeta said dryly, then shook the bottle of "Peasant-Away" and sprayed himself.

      Goku sweatdropped, " Was Veggie's nightmare that bad? "

      " It's nightmareS. And YES, it was. " Vegeta shuddered, then turned to leave the room, " Come on Kakarrotto, let's

go find your brother before he does something that puts us all in danger because he's uninformed about the ways of Earth like

I was when I first started living here. "

      " I had SO MUCH FUN teaching Veggie how to use his forks and spoons! " Goku sniffled happily, fondly remembering the

naiveness-of-earth Vegeta once had.

      " A little TOO much fun if you ask me. " Vegeta grumbled, stopping in the doorway along with Goku, who in-turn bumped

into him, then looked up.

      " Hey Veggie? "

      " What? "

      " Mistletoe! " Goku squealed. Vegeta glanced up to see a new one had been placed above his door just intime to get a

huge slobbery smooch on the side of his cheek, " SMOOCHIES! " Goku said, then skipped off.

      Vegeta stood there, his body shaking and shuddering and glowing bright red while a huge mound of drool dripped down

the side of his face down towards his neck and shoulders. Vegeta blankly whipped out the "Peasant-Away", then just ripped the

top off and poured the rest of the bottle down his cheek, then threw the bottle away and waddled off after Goku, still

glowing bright red and squeaked out, " This...is going to be a long, LONG Christmas. "

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2:17 AM 12/22/2003

END OF PART ONE!

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) (to Chu) You gave me a nightmare INSIDE of a nightmare?!

Chuquita: If only to reinforce the reason you and Bulma were nervous when you first appeared in this story. Her

mini-nightmare is in the next chapter.

Vegeta: Ah.

Chuquita: It contains an exploding red blob.

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Still in that I've-had-a-taste-of-what-It's-like-to-write-PG13-and-now-I'm-trying-to-shift-back-to-PG

mode, huh?

Chuquita: Exactly.

Vegeta: ..which, explains the "underwear" with a hole in the middle. (points to story)

Chuquita: Actually that's a real product I've seen at PetSmart. (grins) I laughed pretty hard at it after I realized what it

was.

Vegeta: ... (twitches) You're kidding me.

Chuquita: (giggles, calms down) Those poor animals whose owners actually make them wear, whatever those undies are called.

Vegeta: (shudders) I still have to deal with all those "presents" Onna tricked Kakarrotto into wanting to buy for me though.

Chuquita: Yes but Goku reaches a shocking revelation about the "presents" in either chapter 2 or 3. Depending on how fast or

slow the story goes.

Vegeta: (smirks) Ah, so I'm spared the pink collar and leash, eh?

Chuquita: In a way, yes.

Goku: (smiles at the story) Chi-chan seemed surprisingly *NICE* today!

Chuquita: Hai, she's workin on it, but then again she hasn't seen Veggie in a while and they just missed spotting each other

at the mall. So whatever condition Chi-Chi's in will be revealed in chapter 2.

Future Goku: (glomps Veggie from behind) Oh V-sama.... (sighs happily and squeezes tighter)

Vegeta: (turning blue) Ya know...here's one thing that didn't change about Kakarrotto in the future...

Future Goku: (hops overtop of Veggie's head and onto his lap) (hugs Veggie from infront this time)

Vegeta: (bright red) (smushed against Future Goku's chest) I stand....corrected...

Goku: Aww... (grins) I WANNA HUG VEGGIE NOW TOO! (glomps onto Veggie from the side)

Past Goku: Vehdgee! (hugs the bottom of Veggie's leg)

Vegeta: (glowing even brighter red) ...wah? (slips into unconsiousness) ...

Future Goku: (pulls back) V-sama? V-sama? (lightly taps Veggie on the cheek) Oh no! V-sama is out cold.

Goku: (taps Veggie's almost-burning-up skin) Or out warm.

Future Goku: (giggles a bit) V-sama looks almost like an ornament when he's glowing like that.

Goku: ... (grins) Hey! Let's decortate Veggie like a Christmas tree!

Future Goku: (a little worried) Are you sure V-sama will be oh-kay?

Goku: (happily) Of course! (whips something out from behind him) EVERYBODY luvs Christmas lights! (dashes around where the

glowing-bright-red Veggie is sitting and puts 4 or 5 rings of multi-colored blinking-singing Christmas-lights around him)

(plugs the lights into a socket in the wall)

Christmas Lights: (playing "Jingle Bells" while they blink to the beat)

Goku: (puts a little star ornament ontop of Veggie's top hair-spike) Heeheehee, FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Future Goku: Heehee! (clasps his hands together) How festive!

Chuquita: (chuckles at Veggie)

Past Goku: (hops onto Veggie's lap and grins up at him) Vehdgee!

Vegeta: ... (still bright red, glowing, and in a daze)

Goku: (sighs happily) Yeah, VEGGIE.

Chuquita: Well, seeing as we're not gonna have chapter 2 up before the holidays, we'd like to wish some to you now.

Merry Christmas everybody!

Goku: (grins) "God bless us, everyone!" and Feliz Navidad to you all!

Vegeta: (still bright red) (laughs dazedly) Hahahaha, Merry Christmas~~~...