Be Silent
Disclaimer: I made Nanaki. She is mine; don't take her. But I don't own DBZ.
Chapter 2: Waking hours
"She's such a cute little thing," Chichi commented as she watched the now- awakened Nanaki toddle around the floor as Goku tried to play with her. The little girl babbled something in her native tongue and Vegeta grunted.
"What did she say?" Bulma asked.
"She says she's hungry," he answered. "And if you don't feed her something she'll tear your hair out."
"She said she'd tear my hair out?!" Bulma exclaimed.
"That's not what she said, that's simply what she'll do," Vegeta explained with a shrug. "It's how a Saiya-jin child gets food. If they're not fed, they fight to eat. So I suggest you get her something."
"What will she eat?" Chichi wondered.
"The same thing as any other brat," he said. With that, Vegeta walked towards the door.
"Oh no you don't! You have to stay here and translate what she says," Bulma said, grabbing him by the back of the shirt as she scooped up the child. "Let's get you something to eat, Nanaki dear."
In the kitchen, Trunks and Goten were at the table playing with some of Trunks' toys. When the others came in, Trunks frowned. "How come I can't find anywhere where she doesn't go?!" he pouted.
"What'd she do to you?" Goten asked. He hadn't been exposed to the girl yet, since Trunks had dragged him away as soon as he arrived.
"She showed up," Trunks grumbled.
"Give the girl a chance, she's not bad," Bulma said. "But she is hungry. Vegeta, you watch her." Suddenly the Saiya-jin Prince found himself holding the little girl.
"I don't want it!" he protested. His pleas were ignored by everyone but Goku.
"I'll take her!" he offered, and gladly took Nanaki. While Chichi and Bulma busily cooked, Goku spun and twirled the Saiya-jin toddler joyfully.
"She doesn't like you, Kakkarot," Vegeta pointed out.
"What makes you say that, Veggie?" Goku asked, stopping his play. Vegeta pointed to Nanaki's tail, which was lashing back and forth angrily. "Aw, she's just having fun," Goku said. He brought the little girl to his face and talked baby talk to her. He was rewarded with a punch straight to his nose. Nanaki chattered something while waving her little fists in the air.
"She says to put her down, Kakkarot, and I recommend you do as she says," Vegeta instructed. Goku willingly complied, and Nanaki toddled over to where Trunks and Goten played at the table, again saying something in the Saiya-jin tongue.
"What's she want dad?" Trunks asked irritably, purposefully not meeting the little girl's gaze.
"She wants to play with you," Vegeta translated.
"No. Way," he answered, going back to his toys. Nanaki looked to Vegeta, who did a quick translation. With a screech, the toddler jumped on the older boy and pounded him with fists and feet. "MOM! GET HER OFF!" he screamed. Goten laughed so hard he fell off his chair.
"Nanaki, no!" Bulma said as she pulled the toddler off her son. "Bad girl!"
The Saiya-jin girl struggled against her captor, wiggling in attempt to break free. Bulma set her down in a chair and placed a plate of food in front of her. In an instant, Nanaki's worries were forgotten as she ate.
"How will you manage to keep up with this child, Bulma?" Chichi asked as she picked Goten up and put him back on his chair.
"I handled Trunks as a baby, I can handle this girl," she answered, putting more food on the table for Nanaki's insatiable Saiya-jin appetite.
"Full Saiya-jin children are very different from half," Vegeta said. As if she was trying to prove his point, Nanaki picked up one of the action figures Trunks and Goten weren't playing with at the moment and began to examine it. She bit its head off and spat it across the table, hitting Trunks squarely in the forehead.
"Hey, that was one of my favorites!" Trunks whined. "Little bitch!"
"How many times have I told you not to use that language?! And it's not like I couldn't easily buy you a new toy," Bulma said.
"She's a brat. I hate her," he maintained. "She'd better not be staying around here."
"She is, and you will have to get used to it," his mother scolded. "And if I hear one more word you'll be grounded for a week!"
Nanaki looked at the headless action figure she held in her hand. "Bitch," she said happily as she snapped off its arm. Vegeta chuckled.
"Looks like we had better teach her to speak English before she picks up too much on her own," Chichi said.
"I don't know enough of her language to really teach her," Bulma said. "Looks like it's up to you, Vegeta." Her husband glared at her with an expression that said, 'in your dreams.' "Either you teach Nanaki English," she warned, "or you go one month with no home-cooked meals, no gravity room, and no bed. You'll have to sleep on the couch."
"Damn woman," Vegeta grumbled.
"Damn woman," Nanaki repeated loudly.
"And get those words out of her vocabulary," Bulma added.
He glared at Nanaki. "Come on, brat, the sooner we get started the sooner we'll have this over with." He picked her up out of her chair to carry her out, but she didn't like that idea. She sunk her teeth into his hand- hard. "Damn! Insolent brat!" Vegeta shouted before rattling off a long string of Saiya-jin. Nanaki's lip quivered and she burst out crying. Bulma quickly snatched her away.
"Hush, Aki dear, Mommy's got you," she cooed.
"Mommy?!" Trunks choked. Nanaki continued to cry, either angered or scared by whatever Vegeta had said. She didn't stop until Goku began making ridiculous faces at her. She didn't laugh; she punched him in the nose again. But she stopped crying.
"What did you tell her Vegeta?" Goku asked as he rubbed his nose.
"I told her that if she did that again I'd pull her tail right off her smart little ass," he answered, his face pulled into a tight frown. With her crying done, Nanaki shouted another phrase at him. "Why you little..." he sputtered.
"English? NOW?!" Bulma said.
"You don't want to know, woman," Vegeta snapped.
"I recognized some of those words!" Trunks announced. "I've heard Dad use them when he's mad."
"She knows that kind of language?!" Bulma exclaimed. "That's it, Vegeta, you're starting those English lessons right away!"
"She doesn't want to," he grunted. "She's made that very clear."
Bulma thought for a few minutes as she watched Nanaki pick up the action figure from before, this time snapping off a leg. "I think I know what we can do," she finally said. She walked to the cabinet and pulled out a bag of cookies.
"We had cookies and you didn't tell me?!" Trunks shouted. "That's not fair!"
"If you took the time to look you would have found them. Besides, you don't need the sugar. Neither does Aki, actually, but this is the only way I know of to get her to pay attention." Bulma took the cookies in one hand and scooped up Nanaki with the other, taking both into the living room. "Come on Vegeta!"
Nanaki set quietly, for once, as her attention was focused on the cookie in Bulma's hand. "Will she be able to learn at this age?" Bulma asked doubtfully.
"Saiya-jins are able to learn languages at an early age. We are all required to," Vegeta answered.
The lessons were fairly simple. Vegeta would give Nanaki a word or phrase in English, then its meaning in Saiya-jin. She would repeat the English and tell what it meant. When she got it correct, Bulma rewarded her with a cookie. After a while, Chichi and Goku came in to watch. The boys remained in the kitchen with their toys. Soon Nanaki was speaking basic English, no longer entirely dependent on Vegeta to translate her every word. Then she yawned loudly.
"Looks like it's time for Aki to go to bed," Bulma said. "I haven't had time to set up the nursery yet... TRUNKS! Come help me!"
"I think it's time we went home, Bulma. It's almost time for dinner, and Gohan will be home soon and hungry!" Chichi said. "Goku, Goten, let's go."
They exchanged hurried goodbyes as Bulma made Trunks and Vegeta set up the crib in the nursery. Nanaki wiggled sleepily into the covers when it was finished, and Bulma kissed her forehead goodnight. "Sleep tight, Aki dear."
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More?? You know the drill. 5 reviews, I post another chapter. They're already written, so it'll be submitted as soon as I see the 5th review.
Disclaimer: I made Nanaki. She is mine; don't take her. But I don't own DBZ.
Chapter 2: Waking hours
"She's such a cute little thing," Chichi commented as she watched the now- awakened Nanaki toddle around the floor as Goku tried to play with her. The little girl babbled something in her native tongue and Vegeta grunted.
"What did she say?" Bulma asked.
"She says she's hungry," he answered. "And if you don't feed her something she'll tear your hair out."
"She said she'd tear my hair out?!" Bulma exclaimed.
"That's not what she said, that's simply what she'll do," Vegeta explained with a shrug. "It's how a Saiya-jin child gets food. If they're not fed, they fight to eat. So I suggest you get her something."
"What will she eat?" Chichi wondered.
"The same thing as any other brat," he said. With that, Vegeta walked towards the door.
"Oh no you don't! You have to stay here and translate what she says," Bulma said, grabbing him by the back of the shirt as she scooped up the child. "Let's get you something to eat, Nanaki dear."
In the kitchen, Trunks and Goten were at the table playing with some of Trunks' toys. When the others came in, Trunks frowned. "How come I can't find anywhere where she doesn't go?!" he pouted.
"What'd she do to you?" Goten asked. He hadn't been exposed to the girl yet, since Trunks had dragged him away as soon as he arrived.
"She showed up," Trunks grumbled.
"Give the girl a chance, she's not bad," Bulma said. "But she is hungry. Vegeta, you watch her." Suddenly the Saiya-jin Prince found himself holding the little girl.
"I don't want it!" he protested. His pleas were ignored by everyone but Goku.
"I'll take her!" he offered, and gladly took Nanaki. While Chichi and Bulma busily cooked, Goku spun and twirled the Saiya-jin toddler joyfully.
"She doesn't like you, Kakkarot," Vegeta pointed out.
"What makes you say that, Veggie?" Goku asked, stopping his play. Vegeta pointed to Nanaki's tail, which was lashing back and forth angrily. "Aw, she's just having fun," Goku said. He brought the little girl to his face and talked baby talk to her. He was rewarded with a punch straight to his nose. Nanaki chattered something while waving her little fists in the air.
"She says to put her down, Kakkarot, and I recommend you do as she says," Vegeta instructed. Goku willingly complied, and Nanaki toddled over to where Trunks and Goten played at the table, again saying something in the Saiya-jin tongue.
"What's she want dad?" Trunks asked irritably, purposefully not meeting the little girl's gaze.
"She wants to play with you," Vegeta translated.
"No. Way," he answered, going back to his toys. Nanaki looked to Vegeta, who did a quick translation. With a screech, the toddler jumped on the older boy and pounded him with fists and feet. "MOM! GET HER OFF!" he screamed. Goten laughed so hard he fell off his chair.
"Nanaki, no!" Bulma said as she pulled the toddler off her son. "Bad girl!"
The Saiya-jin girl struggled against her captor, wiggling in attempt to break free. Bulma set her down in a chair and placed a plate of food in front of her. In an instant, Nanaki's worries were forgotten as she ate.
"How will you manage to keep up with this child, Bulma?" Chichi asked as she picked Goten up and put him back on his chair.
"I handled Trunks as a baby, I can handle this girl," she answered, putting more food on the table for Nanaki's insatiable Saiya-jin appetite.
"Full Saiya-jin children are very different from half," Vegeta said. As if she was trying to prove his point, Nanaki picked up one of the action figures Trunks and Goten weren't playing with at the moment and began to examine it. She bit its head off and spat it across the table, hitting Trunks squarely in the forehead.
"Hey, that was one of my favorites!" Trunks whined. "Little bitch!"
"How many times have I told you not to use that language?! And it's not like I couldn't easily buy you a new toy," Bulma said.
"She's a brat. I hate her," he maintained. "She'd better not be staying around here."
"She is, and you will have to get used to it," his mother scolded. "And if I hear one more word you'll be grounded for a week!"
Nanaki looked at the headless action figure she held in her hand. "Bitch," she said happily as she snapped off its arm. Vegeta chuckled.
"Looks like we had better teach her to speak English before she picks up too much on her own," Chichi said.
"I don't know enough of her language to really teach her," Bulma said. "Looks like it's up to you, Vegeta." Her husband glared at her with an expression that said, 'in your dreams.' "Either you teach Nanaki English," she warned, "or you go one month with no home-cooked meals, no gravity room, and no bed. You'll have to sleep on the couch."
"Damn woman," Vegeta grumbled.
"Damn woman," Nanaki repeated loudly.
"And get those words out of her vocabulary," Bulma added.
He glared at Nanaki. "Come on, brat, the sooner we get started the sooner we'll have this over with." He picked her up out of her chair to carry her out, but she didn't like that idea. She sunk her teeth into his hand- hard. "Damn! Insolent brat!" Vegeta shouted before rattling off a long string of Saiya-jin. Nanaki's lip quivered and she burst out crying. Bulma quickly snatched her away.
"Hush, Aki dear, Mommy's got you," she cooed.
"Mommy?!" Trunks choked. Nanaki continued to cry, either angered or scared by whatever Vegeta had said. She didn't stop until Goku began making ridiculous faces at her. She didn't laugh; she punched him in the nose again. But she stopped crying.
"What did you tell her Vegeta?" Goku asked as he rubbed his nose.
"I told her that if she did that again I'd pull her tail right off her smart little ass," he answered, his face pulled into a tight frown. With her crying done, Nanaki shouted another phrase at him. "Why you little..." he sputtered.
"English? NOW?!" Bulma said.
"You don't want to know, woman," Vegeta snapped.
"I recognized some of those words!" Trunks announced. "I've heard Dad use them when he's mad."
"She knows that kind of language?!" Bulma exclaimed. "That's it, Vegeta, you're starting those English lessons right away!"
"She doesn't want to," he grunted. "She's made that very clear."
Bulma thought for a few minutes as she watched Nanaki pick up the action figure from before, this time snapping off a leg. "I think I know what we can do," she finally said. She walked to the cabinet and pulled out a bag of cookies.
"We had cookies and you didn't tell me?!" Trunks shouted. "That's not fair!"
"If you took the time to look you would have found them. Besides, you don't need the sugar. Neither does Aki, actually, but this is the only way I know of to get her to pay attention." Bulma took the cookies in one hand and scooped up Nanaki with the other, taking both into the living room. "Come on Vegeta!"
Nanaki set quietly, for once, as her attention was focused on the cookie in Bulma's hand. "Will she be able to learn at this age?" Bulma asked doubtfully.
"Saiya-jins are able to learn languages at an early age. We are all required to," Vegeta answered.
The lessons were fairly simple. Vegeta would give Nanaki a word or phrase in English, then its meaning in Saiya-jin. She would repeat the English and tell what it meant. When she got it correct, Bulma rewarded her with a cookie. After a while, Chichi and Goku came in to watch. The boys remained in the kitchen with their toys. Soon Nanaki was speaking basic English, no longer entirely dependent on Vegeta to translate her every word. Then she yawned loudly.
"Looks like it's time for Aki to go to bed," Bulma said. "I haven't had time to set up the nursery yet... TRUNKS! Come help me!"
"I think it's time we went home, Bulma. It's almost time for dinner, and Gohan will be home soon and hungry!" Chichi said. "Goku, Goten, let's go."
They exchanged hurried goodbyes as Bulma made Trunks and Vegeta set up the crib in the nursery. Nanaki wiggled sleepily into the covers when it was finished, and Bulma kissed her forehead goodnight. "Sleep tight, Aki dear."
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More?? You know the drill. 5 reviews, I post another chapter. They're already written, so it'll be submitted as soon as I see the 5th review.