What Life Throws
Chapter 4:Talks of the past
It was 7:30 A.M. and Goku had just arrived. Vincent and he were helping me carry stuff out to the spaceship. Vegeta, like usual, was training. I forgot that Goku would be on the ship with us, and I was trying to figure out some way I could get Vegeta and me alone so that I could ask him and Stella. *I could make Goku food...but then Vegeta would, undoubtedly, want some too. What could I say to him? I could be straight forward and just tell him that I wanted to have a private conversation with Vegeta for a minute. Yeah, that's what I SHOULD do. It's the more mature thing to say.*
I walked up to Goku and told him that when we took off, I'd have to have a couple of words with Vegeta when we got on the ship. I'm glad he didn't take it personal. I would've felt really bad. They finished packing up the ship and Vincent went to his pod and opened it. I called for Vegeta and he walked out with a towel over his shoulders. I took the towel and threw it in the house.
"Mom! There's laundry!" I screamed as we all went into the ship.
Vincent was in his pod and we were in ours. We waited for him to leave first and he did. We felt the vibration of the earth shake when his pod launched. I was still a little nervous to go to outer space because of what happened last time, but it wasn't that bad anymore. We took off right after him. We broke through the atmosphere. I had to have Vincent help me reprogram the computer to where Planet Vegeta was because when it was built, there was no planet in that coordinates. We were off of Earth and headed towards the saiyans home planet, Planet Vegeta.
"Vegeta?! Where are you?!" I yelled. Goku took this as his que to go to another room.
"Right here. What do you want, woman?" He said, obviously irritated.
"Can I ask you something?" I tried to sound sweet and innocent, but the truth was, it was really bothering me and I didn't know why. It's not like I like him like that or anything, but when it was only us around it felt comfortable. I never even wondered about his ex's. Not like it matters because it's not even like that between us, and she's off limits because she's dating Vincent, but just precautions.
"What?" He asked.
"Do you know anyone by the name of Stella?" I tried to break the ice softly. I'm not sure if it worked or not.
"I did once. Why do you ask?" He said curiously.
"Well, Vincent and me were talking last night and he said that you and Stella were like brother and sister. He also said that you were to wed, but she thought differently. Vincent and Stella are going out now and I just wanted to see what your feelings toward her were." *Here it comes. He's going to yell at me and tell me to mind my own damn business and I'm gonna wanna cry and he's going to cause me psychological damage...*
"...I did love her, but that was when we were young. Now I have no feeling or desire, but to get stronger. I'm glad she found happiness with an elite soldier. Even I have to admit, that Vincent guy seems decent."
"...Thank you. That does answer my question." *Why do I feel so...relieved. I don't know what I'd say if he'd told me that he still loved her. I didn't think I liked him like that, but now I'm not so sure. I think this is going to be more than just a game for me. I wonder what it is to him?*
We arrived at Planet Vegeta about 10 days later. Vegeta just trained the whole time and acted as if I'd never asked him that question. Goku and me just talked about everything we could think of. He'd been spending most of his time with his family since he's been back.
"We're here." Vincent said as he popped up on the video transmitter.
We all exited the ship and met Vincent outside. We saw two large saiyans enter the ships and bring them into a large doom type structure.
"King Vegeta will want to see you three immediately." Vincent said seriously.
"Where's Stella?" I asked.
"Teaching a class. She'd be in the martial arts room right now. I'll take you guys to go see her right after we check in with King Vegeta." He said with a smile.
We walked into the palace which was 10 times bigger than capsule corps. *I could REALLY get used to this* We walked down this one dark narrow hallway that was a dead end except for the fact that there was doors on each and every side. Vincent told us that they didn't lead to anywhere, that they were just bedrooms. Vincent opened the last door that was facing straight ahead of us when you first turned into the hallway and it was a huge room with columns that went from the floor to the ceiling and it had a long sixteen seater table. A man that looked very similar to Vegeta was sitting at the end of it. He had dark brown hair instead of black, had a long goatee, and looked more aged and mature than Vegeta, but you could definitely tell they were related.
"King Vegeta, I present Prince Vegeta, Princess Bulma, this is whom Vegeta has mated, and Kakarott or Goku as he prefers to be called."
"Come in and sit down." King Vegeta said. His voice was loud and stern. I knew he meant business, so I decided to leave my smart remarks for later.
"Vegeta, it's been a while, so how have you been?" Vegeta's father asked him.
"Can't really complain. You?" Vegeta said.
"Heh, well, I've been dead and it doesn't get too much worse than that. Does it?" King Vegeta seemed to be in a good mood and something about him made me feel more relaxed and at home.
"Well, as you know, I want to retire from my throne and pass it on to you. But, I want you to have an heir first. So, I see you already have a mate, all you need to do now is have a baby." King Vegeta said as if it was the easiest thing in the world.
"....I was informed that all I needed was a mate and then I'd be throned and I didn't NEED an heir until afterwards!!!" Vegeta was mad now.
"Well, I decided to leave that part out because I knew if you'd found that out, you'd never would've come." King Vegeta said trying to defend himself.
"Well, what now?!? I can't JUST have a baby!? I'm too busy training to be worrying about a family and that stuff now!!" Vegeta was gonna lose it. His face was all red from yelling.
"We'll discuss this in private. I don't want to be rude to our guests. Why don't you show them around, Vincent? Vegeta, you go train and work off some of that steam and come back and talk to me when you can be civilized..." King Vegeta has had the last word. Vegeta stomped out of the room and slammed a door out in the hallway, which I was guessing was his room. Vincent, Goku and me walked down the long hallway and turned to go see Stella, I guess.
"She should still be here." Vincent said as he peeked into a large room that had padded walls around every side of it.
"Is she insane?" I asked. It looked like a room you put the clinically insane in and I'd just figure I'd ask.
"No. It's not..."
I jumped around to see who'd said that. They scared the poops out of me! I saw an average height woman, about 5'5". She looked like she had a slim cut build just like Vincent. Not pudgy, but not like a twig. She had Jet black hair that spiked straight down from all angles, but with little blonde streaks in with the black. She had large blue eyes and long curled eyelashes. She was, to sum it up, really pretty. She just stared at me with this weird look for a while and then she cracked a smile.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intimidate you, if I did. I don't REALLY want you to think I'm crazy. Ha! And just in case you were curious, the room is padded like that to break falls when the students go flying into them." She stated plainly.
"Why is it so plain?" I asked, still a little cautious of this new woman.
"It can't be all fancy and decorated or the students will get off focus. You need a room that will bore people so that the one and only thing on their mind is the exercise that they are completing at the time." She said. She sounded very intelligent and like she had a deep and in depth understanding of the art of fighting.
"Hello, dear." She said as she pecked Vincent on the lips.
"Wait, THIS is Stella? Why didn't you say something?" I asked Vincent feeling like I was out of the loop. Well, I can't complain because I knew more about what was going on than Goku did. He was just standing there listening, but he had no idea what was going on.
"Sorry. I didn't want to ruin your first impression of her by butting in!" Vincent said as he laughed it off.
"It's ok."I said. What more could I say?
"Where's Vegeta?" Stella asked.
"He threw a hissy fit and went to his room after his father told him everything about the throne deal." Vincent said plainly.
"Shall we retrieve him?" She asked with concern.
"Are we feeling daring today?" Vincent asked her.
"As a matter of fact, I think I am." She said as she started to walk out of the room.
Chapter 4:Talks of the past
It was 7:30 A.M. and Goku had just arrived. Vincent and he were helping me carry stuff out to the spaceship. Vegeta, like usual, was training. I forgot that Goku would be on the ship with us, and I was trying to figure out some way I could get Vegeta and me alone so that I could ask him and Stella. *I could make Goku food...but then Vegeta would, undoubtedly, want some too. What could I say to him? I could be straight forward and just tell him that I wanted to have a private conversation with Vegeta for a minute. Yeah, that's what I SHOULD do. It's the more mature thing to say.*
I walked up to Goku and told him that when we took off, I'd have to have a couple of words with Vegeta when we got on the ship. I'm glad he didn't take it personal. I would've felt really bad. They finished packing up the ship and Vincent went to his pod and opened it. I called for Vegeta and he walked out with a towel over his shoulders. I took the towel and threw it in the house.
"Mom! There's laundry!" I screamed as we all went into the ship.
Vincent was in his pod and we were in ours. We waited for him to leave first and he did. We felt the vibration of the earth shake when his pod launched. I was still a little nervous to go to outer space because of what happened last time, but it wasn't that bad anymore. We took off right after him. We broke through the atmosphere. I had to have Vincent help me reprogram the computer to where Planet Vegeta was because when it was built, there was no planet in that coordinates. We were off of Earth and headed towards the saiyans home planet, Planet Vegeta.
"Vegeta?! Where are you?!" I yelled. Goku took this as his que to go to another room.
"Right here. What do you want, woman?" He said, obviously irritated.
"Can I ask you something?" I tried to sound sweet and innocent, but the truth was, it was really bothering me and I didn't know why. It's not like I like him like that or anything, but when it was only us around it felt comfortable. I never even wondered about his ex's. Not like it matters because it's not even like that between us, and she's off limits because she's dating Vincent, but just precautions.
"What?" He asked.
"Do you know anyone by the name of Stella?" I tried to break the ice softly. I'm not sure if it worked or not.
"I did once. Why do you ask?" He said curiously.
"Well, Vincent and me were talking last night and he said that you and Stella were like brother and sister. He also said that you were to wed, but she thought differently. Vincent and Stella are going out now and I just wanted to see what your feelings toward her were." *Here it comes. He's going to yell at me and tell me to mind my own damn business and I'm gonna wanna cry and he's going to cause me psychological damage...*
"...I did love her, but that was when we were young. Now I have no feeling or desire, but to get stronger. I'm glad she found happiness with an elite soldier. Even I have to admit, that Vincent guy seems decent."
"...Thank you. That does answer my question." *Why do I feel so...relieved. I don't know what I'd say if he'd told me that he still loved her. I didn't think I liked him like that, but now I'm not so sure. I think this is going to be more than just a game for me. I wonder what it is to him?*
We arrived at Planet Vegeta about 10 days later. Vegeta just trained the whole time and acted as if I'd never asked him that question. Goku and me just talked about everything we could think of. He'd been spending most of his time with his family since he's been back.
"We're here." Vincent said as he popped up on the video transmitter.
We all exited the ship and met Vincent outside. We saw two large saiyans enter the ships and bring them into a large doom type structure.
"King Vegeta will want to see you three immediately." Vincent said seriously.
"Where's Stella?" I asked.
"Teaching a class. She'd be in the martial arts room right now. I'll take you guys to go see her right after we check in with King Vegeta." He said with a smile.
We walked into the palace which was 10 times bigger than capsule corps. *I could REALLY get used to this* We walked down this one dark narrow hallway that was a dead end except for the fact that there was doors on each and every side. Vincent told us that they didn't lead to anywhere, that they were just bedrooms. Vincent opened the last door that was facing straight ahead of us when you first turned into the hallway and it was a huge room with columns that went from the floor to the ceiling and it had a long sixteen seater table. A man that looked very similar to Vegeta was sitting at the end of it. He had dark brown hair instead of black, had a long goatee, and looked more aged and mature than Vegeta, but you could definitely tell they were related.
"King Vegeta, I present Prince Vegeta, Princess Bulma, this is whom Vegeta has mated, and Kakarott or Goku as he prefers to be called."
"Come in and sit down." King Vegeta said. His voice was loud and stern. I knew he meant business, so I decided to leave my smart remarks for later.
"Vegeta, it's been a while, so how have you been?" Vegeta's father asked him.
"Can't really complain. You?" Vegeta said.
"Heh, well, I've been dead and it doesn't get too much worse than that. Does it?" King Vegeta seemed to be in a good mood and something about him made me feel more relaxed and at home.
"Well, as you know, I want to retire from my throne and pass it on to you. But, I want you to have an heir first. So, I see you already have a mate, all you need to do now is have a baby." King Vegeta said as if it was the easiest thing in the world.
"....I was informed that all I needed was a mate and then I'd be throned and I didn't NEED an heir until afterwards!!!" Vegeta was mad now.
"Well, I decided to leave that part out because I knew if you'd found that out, you'd never would've come." King Vegeta said trying to defend himself.
"Well, what now?!? I can't JUST have a baby!? I'm too busy training to be worrying about a family and that stuff now!!" Vegeta was gonna lose it. His face was all red from yelling.
"We'll discuss this in private. I don't want to be rude to our guests. Why don't you show them around, Vincent? Vegeta, you go train and work off some of that steam and come back and talk to me when you can be civilized..." King Vegeta has had the last word. Vegeta stomped out of the room and slammed a door out in the hallway, which I was guessing was his room. Vincent, Goku and me walked down the long hallway and turned to go see Stella, I guess.
"She should still be here." Vincent said as he peeked into a large room that had padded walls around every side of it.
"Is she insane?" I asked. It looked like a room you put the clinically insane in and I'd just figure I'd ask.
"No. It's not..."
I jumped around to see who'd said that. They scared the poops out of me! I saw an average height woman, about 5'5". She looked like she had a slim cut build just like Vincent. Not pudgy, but not like a twig. She had Jet black hair that spiked straight down from all angles, but with little blonde streaks in with the black. She had large blue eyes and long curled eyelashes. She was, to sum it up, really pretty. She just stared at me with this weird look for a while and then she cracked a smile.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intimidate you, if I did. I don't REALLY want you to think I'm crazy. Ha! And just in case you were curious, the room is padded like that to break falls when the students go flying into them." She stated plainly.
"Why is it so plain?" I asked, still a little cautious of this new woman.
"It can't be all fancy and decorated or the students will get off focus. You need a room that will bore people so that the one and only thing on their mind is the exercise that they are completing at the time." She said. She sounded very intelligent and like she had a deep and in depth understanding of the art of fighting.
"Hello, dear." She said as she pecked Vincent on the lips.
"Wait, THIS is Stella? Why didn't you say something?" I asked Vincent feeling like I was out of the loop. Well, I can't complain because I knew more about what was going on than Goku did. He was just standing there listening, but he had no idea what was going on.
"Sorry. I didn't want to ruin your first impression of her by butting in!" Vincent said as he laughed it off.
"It's ok."I said. What more could I say?
"Where's Vegeta?" Stella asked.
"He threw a hissy fit and went to his room after his father told him everything about the throne deal." Vincent said plainly.
"Shall we retrieve him?" She asked with concern.
"Are we feeling daring today?" Vincent asked her.
"As a matter of fact, I think I am." She said as she started to walk out of the room.