Tall! Chapter 1: Veggie's Lost Height, a dragon ball z fanfic

1:26 PM 4/10/2004

E-mail: lac31685@aol.com

By: Chuquita

Quote of the Week: -from The dbz Budoukai 2 player's guide

Goku - Height:5'7 Weight:131

Vegeta - Height:5'6 Weight:160

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Chuey's Corner:

Chuquita: Ah, those little inaccurcies... (grins)

Vegeta: (looks over at Son) (sweatdrops) That's one BIG inch.

Goku: (confused) But I thought I was at least half a foot taller than Veggie.

Vegeta: You are!....(looks at the quote) And WHERE do they get the idea that I'm 30 pounds HEAVIER than Kakarrotto!? LOOK AT

HIM! (points to Son) NO ONE WITH THAT KIND OF BRAWN IS A MERE 131 POUNDS!!

Goku: (moves his arms around) Maybe my muscles are just really really light.

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Uh-huh, (sarcasm) and I'm only an inch shorter than you. (snorts) 30 pounds HEAVIER...where would all

that extra weight GO on me? (stands up and points to his body)

Chuquita: (snickers) I really don't know, Veggie.

Vegeta: Now if we were talking about my weight in ssj3, (bursts into ssj3 and motions to his sudden bulked-up-ness) THEN I

can guess I'd be around that heavy, (powers back down to normal) but not in THIS form.

Chuquita: The only ones I thought they had about right height and weight size in the guide were Piccolo and Kuririn. They had

Piccolo at 6'2 and Kuririn at 5'0. That seemed around their heights, whatever they are in reality. Though I have heard of

Kuririn at 4'0 before.

Vegeta: (sighs) I think the only one who could truely tell us our real sizes would be Toriyama himself.

Chuquita: In a doujinshi I saw that parodyed movie 7, there was a scene where the one android did a check on Veggie's height

'n weight that says Veggie is 4.92125 or 4'9 and his weight is 105.8208 or 106.

Vegeta: (falls over) WAHH! (jumps back up) I am NOT 4'9!!! (blushes with embarassment)

Chuquita: That WAS during the Cell eps, and you DO continously grow over the series.

Goku: Maybe Veggie could just average the two heights to-gether?

Vegeta: (does the mental math) That would make me about 5'2.....I suppose that'd be acceptable.

Chuquita: Your two weights averaged would be 133, which is around what Dr. Briefs said your weight was "during those 3 years"

Vegeta: ....we'll never REALLY know how tall I am, will we Chu?

Chuquita: (sighs) No, not really. (perks up) Anyways, today's fic has to do with Veggie's height and his attempt to become

TALL.

Vegeta: (smirks and rubs his hands together) Indeed.

Goku: (giggles) Aw Veggie~

Vegeta: What?

Goku: I just cannot i-magine little Veggie as a BIG Veggie.

Vegeta: (smirks) Well it is completely possible, Kakarrotto. After all my father was even taller than YOU. Well, not by much,

but still he does defeat you in height, meaning I have the genes to accomplish that was well!

Goku: But why would Veggie wanna be bigger than me?

Vegeta: (folds his arms) I have my reasons.

Goku: ? (tilts head) But I like Veggie little. (picks Veggie up out of his chair) Since Veggie's so little he can fit through

small places and can be easily hugged. (smiles warmly at Veggie)

Vegeta: (sweatdrops, embarassed)

Goku: After all Veggie's littleness is part of Veggie's charm. (hugs Veggie tightly)

Vegeta: (turns bright red) (squeaks out) Eep!

Chuquita: Anyways, here's part 1 of the fic!

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Summary: Does height matter? When Veggie gets sick of being little, he decides to go to Bulma for help, hoping to become

just as tall as Goku. But what happens when Veggie continues to enlarge with no signs of stopping? Will Bulma and the others

find a way to stop Veggie's growth altogether? And will Veggie be able to return to his normal height? And what does Goku

think of all this anyway? Find out!

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Goku: (confused) Does that mean I would call you Big Veggie from now on?

Vegeta: (sweatdrops)

Chuquita: Oh! And Happy Easter everybody! (waves)

Chapter 1 chapter titles: Eggs l Veggie & the stepstool l Raditsu's attempt! Trying to stay in ssj! l Raditsu meets V.2 l Veggie's evil scheme l Two whole inches l Oh no! Goku disobeying Chi-Chi's rules? What is the world coming to?? l Ice-cream with the fusions l Veggie's pants l Evidence! l Veggie's accidental short shorts l Goku gets sunglasses from Veggie! Such a sweet treat! l Liquify l Blueberry? l EEP! Goku has accidentally eaten a Veggie-germ! l Veggie-germ uprising l Gohan pumps Goku's stomach, all is well once again l Goku's in trouble! Chi-Chi discovers his trick l Dear Diary.. l Veggie finally gets results! That's a big Veggie l

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" La la la la la la, la la la. There! " Goku stood back from his creation, then happily plunked it in the cup full of

blue dye. He looked over his shoulder at Chi-Chi who was currently baking cookies, " Oh Chi-chan wait'll you see this one!

It looks GREAT! "

" I'm sure it is, Goku-san. " Chi-Chi smiled, then opened the oven slightly to check on the cookies, " Huh. I give

them a good 'nother 3 minutes or so. "

Spring had finally returned to planet Earth. And with it, the start of the warm weather, blossoming of flowers, and

chirping of birds.

" So, what's with the multicolored cups? "

Goku face lit up and Chi-Chi twitched as they both glanced over to see Vegeta leaning over the edge of an open window

in the kitchen wearing a pair of sunglasses.

" VEGGIE! " Goku cheered, bouncing over to him, " Hello little Veggie! Ooh, such pretty sunglasses! " he tapped them,

impressed.

" Why thank you Kakarrotto, I'm so glad you approve. " the ouji smirked.

Chi-Chi watched the smaller saiyajin out of the corner of her eye, " So, what are you here for? "

" Ah, Onna, hello! I didn't see you back there. " Vegeta grinned, waving at her. A vein bulged on Chi-Chi's forehead.

" The cups are for our easter-eggs, Veggie. " Goku said happily. Vegeta turned back to him and watched the larger

saiyajin pick up an egg-carton off the table and open it up to reveal over half a dozen colored eggs inside. Goku picked one

of the eggs out of the carton, " Each egg has a doodle of one of my family and friends on it! See, this one's Gohan! " he

held up a red egg with a childish picture of Gohan's head on it, " And this one's Goten, " Goku picked up a yellowish-orange

egg that had Goten's picture on it, " And all the other eggs are everybody else! " he chriped.

" Huh. " Vegeta tilted his head and hopped into the kitchen through the window.

Chi-Chi twitched when she heard his feet thump onto the ground.

" So, uh.. " the ouji said curiously as he started to go through the eggs, " Uh.. "

" He wants to know where HIS egg is, Goku-san. " Chi-Chi sighed, rolling her eyes.

" Hm? " Goku blinked, then looked over to see a stubborn-pouty expression on the ouji's face when he saw there were

no eggs in the carton with his picture on them. Goku smiled, " Aww, little Veggie do not be sad. Yours is still soaking!

See? " Goku reached in and pulled an egg out of the container of blue dye. on it was a happy smiling little Vegeta head

doodle. Vegeta stared at it, then watched as Goku put it in the carton with the others.

" It's small. "

" Of course it is. Veggie is little so Veggie gets the little egg. " Goku bent down to Vegeta's height and smiled at

him, " Would Veggie like to dye some eggs with me? "

Vegeta stared at him, then glanced over at Chi-Chi who was glaring at him over her shoulder. Vegeta grinned evilly,

" Of course Kakarrotto. I'd love to. " he took off his sunglasses and put them away. The ouji suddenly paused as Goku picked

him up and put him in one of the chairs.

" Now, here is an egg for Veggie. " Goku handed a fresh egg to the ouji.

Vegeta smirked, " Yes, an egg. Such an intreguing food product. Now that I think about it, wasn't someone in this

room TURNED into an egg at one point. " he said teasingly.

" Stop it, Ouji. " Chi-Chi gritted her teeth.

" Was it, Kakay? " he held the egg out towards Goku.

" Heeheehee. " the larger saiyajin giggled and shook his head no.

" Was it, me? " Vegeta pulled the egg back and held it up next to his face, " No. "

" ...*twitch*... " Chi-Chi's bottom left eyelid twitched.

" Oh NOW I remember! " Vegeta said in mock-surprise, " It was ONNA. " he teleported over to her and plunked the egg

down on the counter next to her.

Chi-Chi glanced over to see the egg was now dressed up in a mini-version of the clothes she was wearing and had

a tiny wig with a bun in its hair ontop. She looked over to see Vegeta grinning at her, " I hate you. "

" Aw, no you don't Onna! We all know that now! " Vegeta laughed, then smirked, " How about a friendly handshake? "

" I'm not touching ANYTHING that has your grimy little OUJI-HANDS all over it. " Chi-Chi snorted.

Vegeta blinked, then grinned evilly and waddled back across the room, " Oh Kakay~~ " he said in a sing-song voice

while wiggling his fingers in the air.

" HEY! " Chi-Chi zipped between them, " Here's your egg. " she handed the now non-clothed egg back to Vegeta, " Now

go decorate it and leave Goku-san alone. " she grumbled.

" Why thank you Onna. How nice of you. " the ouji taunted and waddled back to his seat, " Kakarrotto, would you care

to show me how to do this? " he asked, still smirking.

" Sure! " Goku smiled and loomed from behind Vegeta, making the ouji sweatdrop with slight unease, " Now that Veggie

has his egg you take this lil crayon and doodle whatever your little Veggie-heart de-sires. Then you choose a color dye and

put the egg in. After you do that you take it out, let it dry, and you put it in a carton like I did with mine! " he

cheerfully explained, then handed Vegeta a crayon and zipped over to a seat opposite the ouji.

" Sounds simple enough. " Vegeta sat back in his seat and examined the egg. He paused when he felt eyes on him and

looked past the egg to see Goku sitting there with his hands on his cheeks and his elbows on the table staring admiringly at

the little ouji. Vegeta laughed nervously, " Ah, haha, hi. "

" Hiiiiiiii.. " Goku said warmly.

The ouji gulped, his cheeks starting to turn red. He shook it off and started to draw on the egg with an intense look

on his face as if trying to make sure it was one perfectly. Goku tilted his head at the smaller saiyajin. Vegeta beamed

proudly, " There! " he looked out and dunked the egg in the cup of orange dye, then pulled it out seconds later, " Here you

are Kakarrotto, from me to you. "

" AHH! " Goku squealed and took the egg to see what the ouji had drawn on it. Goku's face went blank, " Uh, Veggie? "

" Yes? "

" This is just a bunch of stuff written in saiyago. "

" I know. It's a message. " Vegeta nodded.

" I, can't read saiyago. "

" I know that too. "

Goku sweatdropped.

" It's probably something perverted knowing you. " Chi-Chi snorted, taking the cookies out.

" Wow, would you look at that. I come in wearing sunglasses and all of a sudden that makes me perverted. " Vegeta

snickered, taking them out and putting the sunglasses back on, " It's an "association" thing isn't it? Cuz Roshi wears

sunglasses all the time and you assume that me wearing sunglasses means I'm doing something perverted too. Well Onna, you're

wrong. These sunglasses are purely to keep the sun out of my eyes. " he boasted, then thought for a moment, " I WOULD have

bought a hat, but as you can see my royal saiyajin hair isn't in the shape for me to exactly WEAR a hat. "

" I can wear hats! " Goku grinned.

The ouji patted him on the arm, " Yes of course you can, Kakay. "

" I can wear Oujo crowns too! "

Vegeta froze and pulled his arm away, then laughed nervously, " Hahaha. Ha. " he got up and walked over to the

fridge. Vegeta opened the fridge door and reached to grab a soda only to sweatdrop at it being on the top shelf--just out of

his reach. The ouji snorted with embarassment.

" Here u go Veggie! " a voice chirped beside him.

Vegeta looked over to see Goku holding out a child's step-stool with the words "BIG BOY" written on it in blue.

Vegeta twitched, " Kakarrotto I am NOT using a STEP-STOOL to reach my soda. I can reach it well enough on my-- " he looked

down to see the step-stool suddenly beneath him and sweatdropped, " --own. " the smaller saiyajin looked over at Goku who

smiled warmly at him, " Fine. I'll humor you. " Vegeta said, then reached up and face-faulted to see that he could now easily

reach the soda can with the stepstool underneath him. Vegeta took the soda and quickly jumped off the step-stool,

" That--that doesn't prove anything. "

" Heh, maybe you should let the Ouji KEEP it, Goku-san. He probably needs it. " Chi-Chi chuckled, " Why even I'M

taller than the Ouji. "

Vegeta narrowed his eyes at her, " Yeah, well BOTH of my parents were taller than YOU Onna. "

" Then why aren't you? " Chi-Chi retorted.

" ... " the ouji paused.

" I mean, there WERE adult saiyajins smaller than you back on Bejito-sei, weren't there, Ouji? "

Vegeta gulped. He sincerely didn't know, " Well, of--of course there were! " he snapped.

" Well I like Veggie's littleness. " Goku smiled, picking Vegeta up under the arms, " It is one of the many things

that makes Veggie so special. Veggie can squeeze through small spaces, and reach stuff close to the ground easier, and wear

all the kawaii clothes they sell in stores that would never fit me cuz I'm too big. "

" You're not too big Kakarrotto you have an average height for a saiyajin. I'm just--- "

" --little? " Goku guessed.

Vegeta sighed, " Yeah, "little". " he glanced over at the Vegeta-egg in Goku's carton. Goku set him down. Vegeta

looked around and noticed everything around did look just a bit too high up for him, " The only ones smaller than me are

Goten, Trunks, Bura, and Kuririn. And 3 out of 4 of those people are kids. And they'll be growing up soon and get taller than

me as well. "

" Oh you won't have to worry about being the shortest for long, Ouji. After all once Gohan and Videl get married and

have lots and lots of grandchildren for me, they'll always be someone shorter than you--well, that is until all of my

soon-to-exist grandchildren grow up anyway. " Chi-Chi said thoughtfully.

" Thanks for the support, Onna. " Vegeta said flatly.

" No problem at all. " Chi-Chi said in a mock-cheerful tone of voice.

The ouji huffed, then turned to Goku, " Kakarrotto, I am going to consult someone more knowledgeable to saiyajin

stature about my, vertical length. " he said, then smiled, " But rest assured I will return as soon as I learn what I need to

know. " he patted the larger saiyajin on the hand. Goku let out a giggle. Vegeta smirked, " Such a WONDERFUL peasant~~ "

" Heeheehahaha~~ " the larger saiyajin blushed light pink.

" Oh brother. " Chi-Chi rolled her eyes.

" I'll return to you soon, my sweet oujo. " the ouji boasted.

Goku's eyes widened and he opened his mouth to let out a squeal of pure glee.

" THE ADJECTIVE! NOT THE TITLE! " Vegeta yelped.

Goku's expression went back to normal, " Oh. "

Vegeta sighed in relief.

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" HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! *huff* *huff* *huff* HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! *huff* *huff* *huff* " Raditsu panted heavily. This was his 5th try

this morning to reach ssj and stay there. While he had accomplished some; he could control the form for a brief 10 or 15

seconds; it soon quickly gave way and he returned to his normal form, " *whew*. " Raditsu wiped the sweat from his brow and

looked down at his stomach, which gave off a growling noise, " I gotta eat something. " he walked over to the fridge, only

to pause when he heard a knock on the door, " Huh. " the large saiyajin walked over to the front door and opened it,

" Hello? "

" Raditsu! " Vegeta waved to him with one hand and held a pepsi can in the other. He also had his sunglasses on.

" Hey Vegeta. " Raditsu said, letting him in.

" I just came from Kakarrotto's and the knowledge that I needed a step-stool to reach the top level of his fridge for

this-- " he motioned to the pepsi can, " --prompted me to come here to ask you something. "

" Kakarrotto drinks soda? " Raditsu blinked, surprised.

" Onna doesn't allow him to. " Vegeta said bitterly, then smirked, " Kakarrotto does however always pick some up at

the supermarket just for me incase I happen to come over and feel a bit parched. "

" Parched? " Raditsu sweatdropped.

Vegeta sat down at the kitchen table, " Now, I want you to tell me the truth. Raditsu, you're a good 6 years older

than me, correct? "

" Yeah. " Raditsu said, sitting down at the other end of the table, curious.

" Meaning you've seen and been on Bejito-sei a lot longer than I have. Tell me, were there any adult saiyajins on

Bejito-sei shorter than or equal to my height? " he asked intently.

" Hai. " Raditsu nodded.

" Were there any MALE saiyajins on Bejito-sei shorter than or equal to my height? "

" ...ooh. " Raditsu looked away, " Well... " he trailed off, " Not, really. But I do remember a couple adult women

your height, you know, if it helps any. "

Vegeta slumped back in his chair, his sunglasses hiding the pouty look on his face while he fiddled with the soda

can in his hands.

" Come on Vegeta, I thought that didn't matter to you. Your small size works for you by helping you move faster,

you're not as big and bulky as Nappa and I and that's a good thing because it allows you to move around more in battle.

Besides you always liked that whole "element of surprise" thing. Remember all the planets who've been fooled by your small

size only to gasp in sheer HORROR once you expose your true power and by then they had nowhere to run from you! " Raditsu

made an over-dramatic mock-looming motion over the table, then sat back, grinning, " I'd love to be able to shock my

opponents like that. But instead I'm big meaning I'm able to intimidate them ahead of time. " Raditsu explained.

" But Kakarrotto... " the ouji said in a little voice.

Raditsu cocked his head.

" Raditsu, do you think Kakarrotto babys me because I'm "little", or because he just "luvs me so much"? " he looked

up at him.

Raditsu sighed and got up to get a bag of cheese-doodles, " I really don't know, Vegeta. I've only known Kakarrotto,

well, THIS Kakarrotto, for 3 or so months now, not including that first encounter when we got killed. You've known him for 11

or 12 YEARS. You should be able to figure that out easier than I could. " he took a handful of cheese-doodles out and stuffed

them in his mouth in a Goku-esque style.

" It's just that...sometimes I wonder if I'd get more respect if I were more, you know, built like Kakarrotto, or

you. " he shifted uneasily.

" Hey, at least your body looks more manly than the last time I saw you right before I went on the mission to Earth."

Raditsu joked.

Vegeta looked down at his arms and legs and smirked proudly, " Hai, the gravity room helped me a lot. " he said,

then paused, " My figure doesn't really look, you know, feminine, does it? "

" Well, you do have love-handles. " Raditsu chuckled.

Vegeta looked down at his waist, then sweatdropped and thunked his head on the kitchen table, " KUSO! "

" Don't break my table over it. " Raditsu sweatdropped.

Vegeta sat up, then rubbed his slightly bruised forehead and folded his arms. he lifted his sunglasses off his face,

" Raditsu, what if I told you I know a way for me to get, oh say, as tall as my father? "

" I wouldn't be surprised. " Raditsu said, then grinned, " I mean hey, if Kakarrotto could bring me back from the

dead anything's possible. "

Vegeta smirked, " Raditsu, I have a way for me to become as tall as my father. " he repeated, then reached out,

" Come, I want to show you something. "

" Should I bring a snack? " Raditsu held up the bag of cheese-doodles.

Vegeta sweatdropped, ::No doubt in my mind he's Kakarrotto's brother:: " Sure Raditsu, bring a snack. "

" Cool. " the larger saiyajin grinned, then grabbed a second bag, this one potato-chips, and a candy bar, " Alright!

I'm ready. "

" Good, let's go then. " Vegeta put his hand on Raditsu's arm, then teleported them out of sight.

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" Bulma's lab? " Raditsu blinked, looking around. He shivered slightly, " Man Vegeta, you know I don't care for it

down here. "

" No need to get kaka-queasy on me just because there's some untested scientific equipment around here. " Vegeta

rolled his eyes, then walked up to a nearby wall and started pounding lightly on different parts of it.

Raditsu cocked an eyebrow, " What are you doing? "

" Ah-HA! " Vegeta grinned, then pressed on part of the wall causing it to spin around to reveal a large tube,

" Raditsu, I'd like you to meet V.2, my clone. "

Raditsu's jaw hit the floor when he saw the figure floating in the tube. It looked exactly like Vegeta with the

exception that the figure in the tube was tail-less, had a cropped haircut, and of course, was several inches taller than

Vegeta, " You gotta be kidding me. " Raditsu said in a faraway voice, gawking in shock.

" Bulma created him last year and said he was to be activated in 5 years. A few months from now and we'll be down to

4. " Vegeta said, slightly uncomfortable with that fact, " But that's not the reason I decided to show you him. Even though

I was cloned without my permission, Bulma made a few alterations to the clone's genetic code, resulting in what you see

before you. If she could make my clone taller than me, why couldn't she make ME taller. "

" Vegeta, isn't having someone directly poking around with your dna DANGEROUS? " Raditsu asked, worried.

The ouji paled, " Hai, it is. " he said, then tried to shake it off, " But look at all the benefits I'd have at

being taller than Kakarrotto! "

" What BENEFITS? "

The two saiyajin froze, then turned around to see Bulma standing there in her lab coat holding a beaker. She put the

beaker down, " Vegeta what are you doing with V.2? "

" I, just wanted to show him to Raditsu of course. " the ouji grinned cheesily.

" Why would you clone Vegeta, Bulma? " Raditsu asked innocently.

" Well, you see, " Bulma said nervously, " I, I had a little mid-life crisis last year, OH-KAY! " she exclaimed, her

cheeks blushing, embarassed.

" Um, oh-kay. "

" ... "

" Bulma what's a mid-life crisis? "

Bulma sweatdropped, " Nevermind. " she turned to Vegeta, " So, if this isn't about V.2... "

" --Bulma, I'll be blunt with you. " Vegeta said, " Can you make me slightly taller than Kakarrotto? "

Bulma's eyes nearly popped out of her head. She rubbed her ears to see if she'd heard correctly, " What?! "

" Can you, via the use of various scientific instruments and your unfathomable genius, morph my dna to favor both my

parents' ability to grow tall--preferably my father's since I KNOW he was slightly taller than Kakarrotto. "

" You want to be as tall as Goku. " Bulma gawked.

" SLIGHTLY taller. " Vegeta said with a cheesy smile.

" What brought THIS on? " she asked.

Vegeta took another sip of his pepsi, " Well, you see it had to do with Kakarrotto and the extra-little easter egg

and that "Big Boy" step-stool and me not being able to reach the top of the fridge.... " he trailed off,

" AlsoIwantmoremasculinelovehandles. "

Bulma sweatdropped, " Come on Vegeta, aren't you happy with the way you are. I mean, I never tried to change you. "

Vegeta pointed stubbornly to his clone.

" ...well, oh-kay, there's that, but he's not you so that doesn't count. " she sputtered.

The ouji frowned, " Bulma, wouldn't you like me to be able to not have to stand on my toes when we go to kiss

goodnight? "

" I'll be upstairs if you need me. " Raditsu sweatdropped at the couple and went up the stairs to the lab and left

into the hallway, his bags of snacks still in hand.

" Well, it would be nice.... " Bulma trailed off.

" And if I were built SLIGHTLY bigger and brawnier than Kakarrotto, and if I could just move those big strong arms

around you and hold you tight~~ "

" Heh-heh, yeah~~~ " Bulma trailed off, then shook her head clear, " STOP TAUNTING MY SEX DRIVE!!! " she sweatdropped

, " Vegeta altering your dna directly is VERY DANGEROUS. "

" Not dangerous enough that you didn't not alter my clone's dna! " Vegeta pointed to the tube.

" Well that's different, I had this dna altered WAY before I even began to grow him. " Bulma explained.

" So, just knock me unconsious and then make me taller. " the ouji nodded.

" Vegeta it's not that simple its never been done before and-- "

" --doesn't that make the scientist part of your brain tingle with excitement? " Vegeta grinned at her.

" ... " Bulma stared, blinking off into space, " Let's do it. "

" YEAH! " Vegeta pumped his fist in the air.

" But CAREFULLY! " Bulma pointed to him, " We're going to be very VERY careful. "

" Of course. "

" UNBELIEVABLE careful. "

" Of course. "

" MONSTEROUSLY careful. "

" You got it. "

" Good. " Bulma said, then whipped out several tools from a nearby draw, " Hit the operating table Vegeta, let's

get ready. "

" YES MA'AM! " Vegeta saluted her, dropped his pants, and dashed off to the hospital part of the lab.

Bulma sweatdropped at the pants on the floor, " I hope this is a good idea. I wouldn't want anything terrible to

happen to Vegeta in hindsight. "

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" You mean Mommy is going to be just as big as WE are when he comes out of there? " Vejitto gasped in surprise as he,

Raditsu, and Gogeta sat infront of the closed door leading to the lab.

" That's what I heard from here. " Raditsu said, " He wants to be "slightly taller than Kakarrotto". "

" But why? " Vejitto asked.

" I think Toussan'll be oh-kay. I trust Bulma's scientific know-how! " Gogeta chirped.

" But I liked Mommy little. " Vejitto pouted.

Raditsu glanced back and forth between the fusions heights and noticed Gogeta was slightly shorter than Vejitto by

about an inch and a half, " Well that makes sense. " he said outloud, mostly to himself.

" Hn? " both fusions looked over at him with confused looks on their faces.

" Oh, nothing. " Raditsu brushed it off.

The door to the lab suddenly flung open from inside and a smiling Bulma faced them, " Gentlemen! I present to you the

NEW AND IMPROVED, VEGETA! "

Vegeta proudly stepped out next to her, looking just as little as he had before the operation.

" ...uh, Bulma, Mommy doesn't look any bigger. " Vejitto said, confused while Raditsu and Gogeta could only sweatdrop

at Vegeta's seemingly unchanged height.

" Of course I am! By TWO WHOLE INCHES! " Vegeta boasted, then whipped out a measuring tape, " Here, measure me! "

Gogeta took the tape and scratched his head.

" I guess then you weren't able to become "slightly taller than Kakarrotto". " Raditsu said.

" Oh that'll happen in due time. " Vegeta smirked, " My body will slowly grow into its true size over the course of

several days. "

" Hai, surprisingly all of Vegeta's genes point to him being much taller than he is. It's strange he turned out this

short. " Bulma held up several papers of data on the ouji's dna, " I'm guessing though that it's either due to something he's

eaten on one of the many planets you guys blew up, something Freeza may have given him to stunt his growth due to fear of a

"large" Vegeta, or possibly the cryogenic status his body may have been in while traveling in the space-pod during his

childhood years--the period in life where the body does most of its growth. " Bulma explained, " Whatever it was, its fixed

now and Vegeta should gain back his proper height. "

The ouji had a gigantic almost Goku-ish grin on his face, " EEE~~~ "

" For some reason he's creepy when he smiles like that. " Raditsu sweatdropped.

" Well, " Vegeta said, " I'm off to prepare for my life as a TALL saiyajin, namely sleeping my shortness off with a

well-deserved nap. See you tommorow! " he waved to the others, happily skipping upstairs to his room.

Raditsu cocked an eyebrow, disturbed, " Did I just imagine that or is Vegeta really SKIPPING? "

Bulma sweatdropped, " He's, certainly excited alright. "

/dl

Vegeta lay in bed in his pajamas even though it was still the afternoon, a big satisfied smile on his face, " Ahh,

how wonderful it will be to FINALLY be tall... "

:::" Hmmhmmhmmhmmhmm! " tall Vegeta hummed proudly as he walked down one of the main streets in West City.

" Hello sir, sir my I help you? " a worker standing outside a men's "Big 'n Tall" store offered.

" Why Mr. Oujisama you're looking rather tall today! " one of the women on the street said happily.

" Free ice-cream, Mr. Oujisama? " a worker at an ice-cream booth reading "Free Ice-Cream for Saiyajin no Oujis who

are slightly-taller-than-Kakarrotto!"

" I would like a TALL cone-ful of strawberry ice-cream, please. " tall Vegeta said, grinning. The worker scooped out

5 scoops of strawberry ice-cream and put it on the cone, then handed it to him. Vegeta walked off, licking his chops at the

sight of fresh ice-cream.

" Oh Veggie-sama! " a voice squealed from below him just as Vegeta took a lick off the ice-cream.

The ouji beamed and looked down to see Kakarrotto several inches below him and staring up at the ouji with

mushy-filled eyes while wearing his servant-maid uniform, " Hmmmm, Kakarrotto. " he smirked widely.

" Veggie-sama you look so handsome tall. Like a bronzed saiyajin god! " the smaller saiyajin gushed.

Vegeta grinned, " Hai, I know. "

Goku curtsied politely for him, " Veggie-sama, may I share some ice-cream with you? It looks so delicious. "

" Why of course Kakarrotto, " Vegeta said as they sat down on a suddenly visible bench. He handed Goku a spoon,

" Take all you desire, Kaka-chan. ":::

" *SLAP*! "

" OWW! " Vegeta yelped and sat up in bed. He looked over at the clock to see only 15 minutes had passed since he

dozed off, then looked to the source of the slap--a very worried-looking Bulma, " What was THAT for!? " Vegeta exclaimed,

confused.

" I came in to check on you and you were licking your lips and talking about Son-kun in your sleep at the same time."

Bulma said, her voice panicky.

Vegeta sweatdropped, " Bulma I was eating ice-cream and Kakarrotto happened to randomly show up and ask for some so

I decided to share it with him. "

" Oh. " Bulma said.

" ... "

" Really? "

" YES REALLY! " Vegeta's face turned bright red with embarassment.

" Because if there's something you need to tell me...you know I'll always be here for you to talk to, right Vegeta? "

she told him nervously.

" It was a PURELY PLATONIC dream! " Vegeta exclaimed.

" Unless you read into it, whatever happened to be in your dream, I mean. " Bulma said, worried.

" I told you I'm fine! " Vegeta sweatdropped.

" Oh-kay then. " Bulma said, turning to leave the room, " But if you need to talk about, you know, Son-kun... "

" I hear ya. " Vegeta said, embarassed. He watched her leave, then flopped back onto his bed and sighed, " Just when

it was getting good too...I was THIS CLOSE to eating free strawberry ice-cream.... "

/dl

" Oh Veggie... " Goku pouted as he stared out the window the ouji had entered his house through several hours ago,

" Why aren't you back yet, little Veggie? You said you'd come back. " he sniffled.

" Maybe he got eaten by wild animal and he's never coming back! " Chi-Chi said cheerfully.

Goku's eyes instantly watered up.

" Oop! " Chi-Chi slapped her hand over her mouth, ::Oh man did I just say that OUTLOUD?!:: " Ah, I didn't REALLY

mean that, Goku-san. "

Goku turned back to the open window, " Little Veh-GEEEEE~~~ "

" Say, why don't we make the jello-eggs, huh Goku-san? You always like those. " Chi-Chi patted him on the back,

trying to cheer him up.

" ...do we have watermelon jello? " Goku asked, sniffling.

" Sure, look here, see? " she whipped out the little package and held it out infront of him, " You'd like to make

some jello eggs with me and Goten, right? He should be getting done his nap just about now. "

Goku rubbed his nose, " Oh-kay, can, can I have the blue container? " he said, making a small smile.

" You can have ANY container you want, Goku-san. "

" YAY! " Goku cheered, " I feel HAPPY again! " he grinned, then bounced over to the other end of the kitchen and took

out the jello-egg containers, one pink, one blue, one yellow, " I like the blue one best cuz it reminds me of my Veggie! " he

held it up in the light.

Chi-Chi sweatdropped, " That's not what I meant... "

" Come on Chi-chan let's go wake up Goten and get started! " Goku gushed, dashing out of the room.

Chi-Chi shrugged, " Oh well, at least he's feeling better. "

/dl

" Hahaha! Look how they jiggle! " Goten laughed as he poked one of the cherry jello-eggs that sat in the yellow

container.

" Goten you shouldn't touch it unless you're going to eat it. " Chi-Chi sweatdropped as the trio looked at their

finished eggs.

" I get to make more with Gohan when he gets home from school, right Kaasan? " Goten beamed up at her.

" Of course you do. " Chi-Chi said, glancing absentmindedly at the empty green jello-egg container still up in the

cabinet; Gohan's, " Infact he's bringing Videl over so she can make some too. "

" Oh BOY! Big-sister's comin' too! This is GREAT! " Goten cheered, then took a jello egg and hopped off his chair,

" I'm gonna go outside and wait for them! " he laughed happily, dashing off.

Chi-Chi smiled, " He's such a sweet kid. Just like you when you were a chibi Goku-saAAAAAAH!! " Chi-Chi turned around

and shrieked to see Goku standing there with all 6 watermelon jello-eggs poking out of his mouth like a collection of bizarre

gigantic transparent red teeth.

" Is UMMY Tee-tan! " Goku chirped, his voice muffled by the the jello-eggs.

" Goku-san, you're only supposed to eat ONE of those at a time. " Chi-Chi sweatdropped.

" I o, buh iff fnerr s ay! " Goku wagged his tail, which was for the most part healed.

" Uh-huh. " Chi-Chi said, speechless as Goku sucked all 6 jello-eggs into his mouth, causing his cheeks to puff up

like a squrriel's. Goku chewed them for a short time, then swallowed them whole.

" Ahh, slimy yet satisfying! "

" Uh-huh. "

" I think I'll go wait outside for Veggie with Goten while Goten waits outside for Gohan and Videl! " Goku happily

decided, leaving the room.

Chi-Chi shook her head, still stunned at the large saiyajin's sudden feat of swallowing that much jello at once,

" Hai Goku-san, whatever you say. "

/dl

And so, the rest of the day and the following night continued, unhindged. Goten got to make more jello-eggs with

Gohan and Videl, Goku ate more of the cookies Chi-Chi baked, and Vegeta continued his excessively long nap upon the thought

that once he woke up he would have the height and stature of a saiyajin no ouji who was slightly taller than Goku.

/dl

" AHH! It's MORNING! " Vegeta said cheerfully, getting out of bed with a grin on his face. He had marked off his

original height on the wall next to his mirror so he could access his progress. The saiyajin no ouji walked proudly over the

marker and pushed himself against the wall next to it. To his delight he was now 4 inches taller than the top of the marker.

Vegeta grinned and zipped over to the mirror. Sure enough, his pajama pants and t-shirt were looking as if they'd shrunken

several inches. Vegeta grinned and pumped his fists in the air, " SUCCESS!! "

/dl

" *BAM*! "

" W--wah?! " Raditsu sat up on the living room couch in Capsule Corp, sleepy.

" Raditsu did you hear that? " Bunni, Bulma's mom, asked as she came into the living room.

Raditsu rubbed his eyes, " Wha...? " he looked up. There standing at the top of the steps stood a very happy and

4 inch taller Vegeta, " Uh, Vegeta? "

The ouji teleported down infront of him, " Well? " he said excitedly.

" Well? " Raditsu blinked, confused.

" Don't I look any BIGGER to you? "

Raditsu looked down, his own height making it harder for him to see the smaller saiyajin's height change, " I guess.

You can't really tell from up here. "

" Well that's oh-kay. " Vegeta said quickly, " I mean, you're even taller than Kakarrotto. As long as Kakarrotto can

tell the difference, its fine. "

" This is about Kakarrotto? "

" NO! Well, sort of...BUT IT'S MOSTLY ABOUT ME! " the ouji snorted, " So! Where's Bulma? " he asked curiously,

looking around for her.

" She's in the kitchen. " Bunni said, pointing off in the direction she had come from.

Vegeta rubbed his hands together, " Perfect. " he smirked, then walked off to the kitchen, " Oh Bulma~? " he said in

a sing-song voice.

Bulma looked up from her scrambled eggs to see the ouji standing infront of her, " Did it work? " her eyes widened.

" Stand up and see for yourself. " Vegeta puffed out his chest with pride.

Bulma got up out of her chair and gasped. Vegeta was now her height, if not an inch taller than her, " Oh WOW Vegeta,

it DID! And you didn't blow up at all! "

" Heh-heh, yeah....wait, what? " Vegeta's eyes bulged out of his head.

" There was, a slight margin of error where me altering your dna would've caused you to explode within the first 24

hours. " Bulma rattled off quickly.

Vegeta sweatdropped, " ... "

" But that's over now, right! " she smiled.

" Uh-huh. " Vegeta looked shaken by the "margin of error".

" So! What do you plan to do with your newfound height? " Bulma asked.

" Well, since I'm obviously not done growing yet it would be pointless to buy new clothes now... " Vegeta trailed

off, deep in thought. He lit up, " Ha! How about we walk down the streets of West City together and see if anyone notices the

difference? "

Bulma laughed, " Sure. Just let me get ready. "

Vegeta looked around. Only Trunks and Bura and Bunni were at the kitchen table, " Hey where's Vejitto and Gogeta? "

" They went out to get ice-cream or something. " Bulma said as she put her dirty plate in the sink, " They asked

Son-kun to come with them, but Chi-Chi found out and kept him home. She doesn't want the "Ouji-spawn tainting his mind". "

Bulma rolled her eyes.

" Poor Kakay, I should pay him a visit. " Vegeta said, feeling sorry for him. He paused, " But if I do that now that

would ruin the surprise of Kakarrotto seeing my finished addition of height. " the ouji said, then smirked, " I want to see

that sweet kaka-face of his look UP at me and let out a gasp of SHOCK. "

Bulma looked over at him, " You know I hope this whole "height" experiment of yours isn't just some subconsious

attempt of you desiring to be safe from having Son-kun's half of your, 'relationship' with him from completely overcoming you

and consuming your mind until you're a "brainless kaka-pet". "

" HA! Bulma I do not fear Kakarrotto's height. " Vegeta smirked, then shuddered, " I fear his GERMS. "

/dl

" Mmm! Such yummy ice-cream! Thank u for inviting me, Jitto and Goggie! " Goku chirped as they sat in a booth at the

ice-cream parlor.

" That was so smart of you to sneak out like that, Toussan! " Vejitto grinned at him.

" Heehee, yeah~~ " Goku smiled.

/dl

" Goku-san? Time to wake up. " Chi-Chi said, then lifted the blanket up off the figure only to reveal a life-sized

Vegeta plushie in his place, " AHHHH!!! "

/dl

" Heehee, Onna must be steaming now. " Gogeta giggled.

" Aww, do not thank me, thank Plushie! " Goku beamed, " He is the one who helped me fool Chi-chan. After all I cannot

miss out on having snacks with me 'n Veggie's favorite lil fusion-babies! "

The fusions smiled and wagged their tails.

" Oh! Kaasan did you hear, Toussan--mmph?! " Gogeta let out a little muffled yelp as Vejitto put his hand over his

mouth.

" Goggie shh! Mommy says we're not supposed to tell Toussan about it til Mommy's done. " Vejitto whisperd, then

grinned, " It's a surprise, remember? "

" Oh yeah! SURPRISE! " Gogeta grinned back.

" Veggie has a surprise? " Goku gasped, eager to find out what it was, " Is it a present for me? "

" Well... " Vejitto trailed off, " Sort of. But we can't tell you yet! Mommy wants to see the look of surprise on

your face when you find out. " he smiled.

" Awwwww! That is so SWEET of little Veggie! " Goku gushed, touched, " My Veggie is always so sneaky! "

" VERY sneaky! " Gogeta added.

" Ooh! Look at this! " Goku reached over and took something off the table, " A free can of whipped cream! "

" Condiments. " Vejitto grinned.

Goku shook the can of whipped cream, " Chi-chan says I'm not allowed to eat whipped cream infront of Veggie. She says

it will give Veggie naughty thoughts. But I've never gotten any naughty thoughts while eating whipped cream. " he shook his

head, then looked at the mountain of whipped cream now on his ice-cream sundae. Goku took a spoon and scooped out some of the

topping, " Mmm~~ dee-licious! "

/dl

" You know Vegeta, maybe we should get you some pants after all. " Bulma said as they walked down the street, the

ouji wearing his usual navy blue training outfit. He had tucked his shirt into his pants to avoid having his belly-button

showing, his pants however, now at an awkward level above the bottom of his legs.

" So? You have pants that are this length. " Vegeta said to her.

" Yeah, but I don't think they make capri pants for guys. " Bulma pointed out.

Vegeta stopped walking while she continued on for several steps. Bulma noticed he as no longer with her and looked

back to see the ouji staring down at the pants. He formed a small ball of ki and zapped the pants lightly above the knee. The

cut fabric fell to the ground causing Vegeta's pants to now look like a pair of beach-trunks. He picked up the extra fabric

and grinned at Bulma.

" Impressive. " she smiled.

" Thanks. " the ouji said as he rolled the fabric up into a ball and continued to walk with her. The couple walked

passed the ice-cream store when Vegeta suddenly froze in place.

" Vegeta? " Bulma glanced over at him to see the ouji wildly sniffing the air.

" Kakarrotto... " Vegeta murmured, taking in the scent.

Bulma walked back the other way and glanced in a nearby window to see Goku sitting in a booth in the ice-cream shop

squirting whipped-cream into his mouth via a spray can held over his head while the fusions were at the register ordering an

ice-cream cake, " Wow, you're good Vegeta. "

" Hm? "

" Son-kun's right in h-- " Bulma felt a wave of wind whoosh by her, then sweatdropped to see Vegeta now in the

ice-cream store standing next to Goku, " --ere. " she sighed, then followed him inside.

" *SQURRRRRIT* " Goku squirted more whipped-cream into his mouth, then whipped out a cherry and placed it ontop and

swallowed the concoction whole, " Mmm! "

" Why Kakarrotto, how very creative you are. " a voice said smoothly from beside him.

Goku froze and his eyes widened 2 times over, " Veggie? " he squeaked out, then looked to his right to see the ouji

standing there, " VEGGIE! " he grinned, leaping to his feet and hugging the ouji tightly only to pause in confusion when he

felt the ouji's center of gravity changed from the last time he had hugged him. The top of Vegeta's head now reached the

crook of the larger saiyajin's neck instead of the top of his chest, " Oh my goodness! " Goku gasped, pulling Vegeta away

from, " I am SHRINKING! "

Vegeta sweatdropped.

" Ooh, nice shorts by the way, Veggie! "

" Thanks I altered them myself. "

Bulma slapped herself on the forehead, " Vegeta? "

" Hi Bulma! " Goku waved to her, " Bulma am I really shrinking? " he asked as she walked up to him and Goku's eyes

widened to see Bulma and Vegeta were now completely equal in height, " Oh NO! Bulma's shrinking TOO! "

" The thought that I might just be getting bigger ever cross your mind Kakarrotto? " Vegeta said flatly.

Goku looked at him, them smiled warmly and laughed, " Aw little Veggie! That's silly! Veggies can't get bigger!

After all u are an adult and as Gohan has said; "once a person reaches adulthood their body stops growing in height". " he

nodded thoughtfully, letting go of Vegeta, " "But overtime when a person's body begins to age their bones become worn and

they may start to shrink.". "Only human ears and noses continue to grow throughout their life because they are made of

cartilage." " he stated, then grinned, " EEE~~~ "

" Wow, good job Son-kun. " Bulma appluaded his knowledge.

Vegeta let out a sudden snicker, " Wait, you mean if human ears and noses are the only things that keep growing... "

he trailed off and a little thought-bubble of Chi-Chi as just a nose, two ears, and a small gray bun on her head appeared

overhead, " Heh-heh-heh..... "

Bulma sweatdropped, " Vegeta you'd have to live HUNDREDS of years for your nose and ears to grow to that proportion!"

she pointed to the thought-bubble, " People don't live that long anyway. "

" SO! Veggie want a topping? " Goku pointed to the many toppings on the table, " I finished my ice-cream sundae but

Ji-chan and Goggie are ordering more snacks for us. Here u can have the hot fudge! " he held out the squirt bottle.

Vegeta sweatdropped, " Ah, no thanks Kakarrotto. "

" Oh. Oh-kay Veggie. " Goku pouted, then turned to squirt bottle towards himself, opened his mouth and squeezed the

plastic bottle only to have it explode all over him, or rather his shirt. He looked down and his eyes widened in fear, " OH

NO! " he dropped the bottle of hot fudge and grabbed ahold of his shirt, " It's all OVER! If I go back home and Chi-chan sees

my gi shirt covered in fudge when I get there she'll say "Goku-san you disobeyed my orders and left with those two

DEMI-OUJIS to eat ice-cream didn't you! Cuz I KNOW there's no hot fudge in your bedroom which is where you're supposed to be

right now!" and then I'll get PUNISHED and not be able to play with Veggie for a whole WEEK! " he wailed in panic.

" You DISOBEYED one of Onna's ORDERS? " Vegeta clasped his hands together, delighted, " Kakarrotto I never knew you

had it in you, how very SNEAKY and REBELLIOUS of you. "

The larger saiyajin's cheeks flushed pink, " I, I shouldn't disobey Chi-chan's rules Veggie. It isn't something to be

proud of. It's just that---well I really wanted to have ice-cream with Goggie and Ji-chan, is that so wrong? "

" No, of course not Kakay. " Vegeta patted him on the arm, then pulled his now fudge-covered hand away, disgusted. He

shook his hand off, " After all, many of Onna's rules are so very strict, especially for someone of your caliber. You're not

a child and she's not your mother. You're married. It's 50 50, remember? " he smirked slyly at Goku.

Goku's cheeks turned a brighter shade of pink and he nodded shyly.

" Uh, Vegeta? "

" Eh? " the ouji blinked, then looked over to see Bulma staring at him with a disturbed look on her face, " Ah, haha,

hahahahaha! " he laughed nervously, " I, got carried away. " he gave a cheesy grin.

" I noticed. "

" ... "

" Peasant-Repel? " she held out the bottle.

" Thank you. " Vegeta took it and sprayed himself, " Say Kakarrotto, will you do me a favor? " he said while making

sure he had sprayed all of the kaka-germs on him, " Will you let me measure you? "

" Huh? "

Vegeta looked over to see Goku now topless and Bulma holding Goku's fudge-covered shirts as if they were in a

conversation about them, " WAHHH! " Vegeta fell down, " WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! "

" I was just saying to Goku that my mom's washing machine can probably get the chocolate stains out if we hurry.

She has a pretty expensive one. " Bulma explained.

Vegeta glowered over at Goku, who merely grinned and wagged his tail. The ouji gulped, " Ah, Kakarrotto do you mind

if I measure you? For clothing references? " he pulled out a tape-measurer.

The larger saiyajin smiled, " Veggie's gonna make a pretty outfit for me? " he guessed.

Vegeta sweatdropped, " Ah, maybe. " ::It'd be nice to know ahead of time what size clothing my new

slightly-taller-than-Kakarrotto body will need:: he walked up to Goku nervously and measured down from the top to the bottom

of the larger saiyajin's leg, then wrote it on a mini-note-pad. Vegeta got back up and measured the length of Goku's arm,

then around his waist. Vegeta walked around to behind Goku, took a deep breath, then hopped up onto Goku's back causing the

larger saiyajin to let out a yelp while his face turned bright pink.

" V--Veggie, what are you doing? " Goku squeaked out.

" Yes Vegeta, what ARE you doing? " Bulma exclaimed, worried.

" I'm measuring Kakarrotto's NECK! " Vegeta snorted, embarassed as he did so.

" Ohhhhhh.... " Goku gulped, ::Naughty thoughts naughty thoughts naughty thoughts! Bad bad bad!!!:: he mentally

panicked, then did his best to push them from his mind and sighed in relief. Vegeta hopped off of Goku and went over his

notepad.

" Perfect. Thank you for your cooperation my sweet Kaka-muffin. " the ouji smirked.

" Heehee...heeheee... " Goku giggled, then froze as his face turned pink again, " OHHHHHHHHHH!! "

" What? "

Goku looked away and twiddled his fingers, " The naughty thoughts have increased since the Brolli incident, Veggie. "

he stammered.

" WHOA?! " Vegeta jumped back several feet, " You're...you're kidding, right? " he laughed nervously.

" Do you want to talk about it Son-kun? " Bulma offered.

" NO I'M NOT ALLOWED. " Goku said loudly, then promptly covered his ears and forced the thought out of his mind like

he had done a few moments ago.

" Son-kun? Is it about Vegeta? "

" LA LA LA LA LA LA LA! I CANNOT HEAR YOU! LA LA LA LA LA!! " the large saiyajin said in a nervous voice.

" It's about Vegeta, isn't it? " she said, worried.

Goku glanced over at her, then at Vegeta. His eyes instantly watered up and he quickly pulled out his diary and

started to scribble like crazy.

" Son-kun I don't know much about what kinds of "rules" Chi-Chi puts on you but I'm starting to think its unhealthy."

Bulma frowned, sitting down across from him in the booth, " I mean, what are you going to do when she finally passes on? Are

you still going to follow her rules? Are you going to forget about them altogether? If she's the only reason you're

restricting yourself so badly then when Chi-Chi leaves us and those rules come off you're going to emotionally explode! "

she exclaimed, worried.

Goku started to sweat. He looked up at her, " I, I enjoy Veggie's company. "

" ... "

" Veggie's a, a nice person. A very nice person. I like Veggie. I like Veggie a lot. A whole lot. " he said nervously

, then went back to writing down things in his diary.

Bulma sighed and sat back in her chair, ::Poor Son-kun. He never had to obey anyone's rules like this before he

married Chi-Chi at the tournament. Maybe I should've explained to the kid what marriage was the first time Chi-Chi and

Gyu-Mao brought it up when we first met them.::

::Why didn't you?::

" GAH!? " Bulma yelped at the sudden voice in her head. She looked over to see Vegeta staring at her curiously,

" YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK INTO MY HEAD LIKE THAT! " she sweatdropped.

::Why didn't you tell Kakarrotto about it the first time?::

Bulma looked over at him, ::Honestly, I thought we'd never see Chi-Chi or Gyu-Mao again. If anything I thought Goku'd

end up a bachelor the rest of his life. He never ONCE thought about romance before he married Chi-Chi. He never even noticed

how unbelievably stunning and drop-dead gorgeous I looked at the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai. All he said was something like

'Oh Bulma your lips are bleeding!' and 'Didn't you used to be a lot taller?' He was completely unaware that he was the one

who grew!::

::Heh-heh, ah Kakarrotto...:: Vegeta mused, ::Well he'll see just how much taller I can get by tommorow morning. I

plan to surprise him by dropping by the kaka-hut around the same time I did yesterday....wait, "bleeding"?::

::Lipstick::

::Heh-heh-heh, Kakarrotto's so observant::

Neither Bulma nor Vegeta heard the sound of Goku closing his diary.

" Bulma? Why are you 'n Veggie staring at each other and making funny faces? " Goku asked.

The couple sweatdropped.

" We were talking to each other telepathically. " Vegeta explained.

" OH! " Goku said, enlightened, " I didn't know Bulma could use telepathy! "

" I didn't either. " Bulma answered honestly. She looked down at the messy gi-shirt in her hands, " So, how about we

go back to Capsule Corp and get this cleaned for you. "

Goku smiled, " Heehee, evidance. "

Vegeta sweatdropped.

Goku looked over his shoulder, " Ji-chan and Goggie! We're going back to Bulma's, oh-kay? "

" And we'll have one of these and those and that and this and a bucket full'a that stuff and one of those and these

and-- " Vejitto rattled off to a shocked, twitching ice-cream store worker while Gogeta happily slurped the milkshake he was

holding.

" JI-CHAN AND GOGGIE! WE'RE LEAVING NOW! " Goku called out to them.

" --can you make that to go? " Vejitto grinned at the worker, who only twitched.

" This may take a while... " he said weakly.

/dl

" Do do do, "

" Do do do do do, "

" Do do do do do do do, "

" Do do do do do do do do do, "

" Do do do do do! " the fusions whistled one of the many songs played by local ice-cream trucks during the summer as

they dragged a large wagon full of the ice-cream they had ordered down the street.

Goku rubbed his eyes for a moment, Vegeta now looked even bigger than he had when he had come into the ice-cream

store. He was slightly taller than Bulma now, " Maybe there's somethin' wrong with my eyes. " Goku said to himself, then

went back to staring.

Vegeta felt the larger saiyajin's eyes on him and looked over his shoulder at Goku, " What? " he asked, his cheeks

turning red with embarassment.

" You said you'd come back. "

" Eh? "

" Yesterday when Veggie left me all alone with Chi-chan after we painted eggs Veggie said he'd come back and I waited

and waited and waited but Veggie didn't and I felt so sad without Veggie around. " Goku said, still staring at him, " I get

so worried for Veggie when he's all alone. I still have nightmares. " he whispered, jogging in closer to Vegeta.

" Nightmares? " Vegeta said, surprised.

" About that big meanie taking my Veggie away, only succeeding this time. I mean, I know he's gone and I know he

wasn't able to steal my Veggie from me but in my nightmares he does and it hurts so bad. " Goku reached out and grabbed

Vegeta's arm, " Little Veggie would never ever leave me, right? "

" Of course I'd never LEAVE you, Kakarrotto. " Vegeta said, the red glow on his face brightening, " In--infact I have

a surprise for you that I plan to show you tommorow. "

" SURPRISE~~~ " Goku's eyes widened with joy as he leaned forward and hugged the ouji from behind while the two kept

walking, " I do like surprises, Veggie. " he chirped happily, snuggling in.

" Well I think you may enjoy this one. " Vegeta smirked, " Kakay, wouldn't you like more of "Veggie" to hug? "

" YEAH!! " Goku squealed.

" Then you'll definately like this. " Vegeta said as he squeezed out of Goku's grasp, " Infact, you'll have so much

"Veggie" you won't know what to do with it! "

" That sounds GREAT! "

Vegeta chuckled, " Yes Kakarrotto, yes it is. "

/dl

" There we go, good as new! " Bulma said happily as she pulled Goku's now-clean gi shirt from the dryer. Vegeta

stood nearby and Goku rubbed his eyes again as he stared at the ouji. Vegeta's had to be at least half a foot taller than

Bulma by now.

" Ohhh I hope I do not need glasses. " Goku mumbled. He scratched his head, then picked up Vegeta and plopped him on

the dryer. Goku took off one of the confused little ouji's boots, then took off one of his own boots and pressed their feet

together, causing Vegeta's face to turn red. Goku meanwhile let out a gasp. Vegeta's 7½-size foot was now just as big as

Goku's size 10.

" Uh, Kakarrotto? " Vegeta spoke up, pulling his foot away.

" But, that is impossible... Veggie's feet were never as big as mine before. They were always little, like Bulma's. "

Bulma sweatdropped, " I'll, take that as a compliment, I think. "

" I'm sure its nothing really, Kakarrotto. " Vegeta said with a grin as he hopped down. The ouji gave a mental cheer,

he was almost at eye-level with Goku and it felt great, " Perhaps you just need some sunglasses, like these. " he whipped

out a pair of sunglasses with rosy frames and held them out.

" OOH! So pretty! " Goku said happily as he put them on, " Thank u little Veggie! "

" You're welcome, my sweet Kaka-muffin. " the ouji smirked.

" Heehee. " Goku grinned, then put his gi shirt back on, " Well! I have to get going now Veggie, Chi-chan is probably

done with her nap by now and that means she'll probably be up to check on me soon. "

" Good luck Kakarrotto. " Vegeta said, " I have to let you know I'm very proud of your little escape plan. "

" Ah hahaha. " Goku laughed nervously, " It wasn't exactly an escape plan Veggie, but thank u anyway! " he nodded,

then teleported away.

Bulma closed the door to the dryer.

Vegeta dusted himself off, " Well, I think that went nicely. "

" So have your pants. "

" Huh? " Vegeta looked down, then let out a squeak of shock to see his increasing height now made his shorts look

like hot-pants.

" HAHAHAHAHA, ahh, they look great on you Vegeta. " Bulma laughed, staring at him.

Vegeta sweatdropped at his pants, " I hope Kakarrotto didn't notice that. "

/dl

" WOOT! " Goku chirped as he reappeared on his bed in his bedroom, where Chi-Chi had left him. The large saiyajin

reached over and grabbed a box of chocolates, " "Smidgens: Filled with Love". " he read the box, then took a candy out and

tossed it into his mouth. Goku chewed a couple times, then got a completely baffled look on his face, " This isn't love,

this is peanut butter. " he stuck out his tongue, " But if it says it is filled with love but is really filled with peanut

butter would that mean that by logic love would equal peanut butter? " the large saiyajin looked even more confused.

" Goku-san! " Chi-Chi said happily, opening the door to his room, " Hey sweetie, how are you? "

" Good. " Goku said, the smushed candy still in his mouth.

Chi-Chi cocked an eyebrow at him suddenly, " Where'd you get those sunglasses? "

" Hm?! " Goku sat up and realized he still had them on, " Ah, a place. " he whipped them off and put them behind his

back.

" A "place"? "

" Yes. "

" ... "

" Was the Ouji involved? " Chi-Chi said flatly.

" How could Veggie have been involved, Veggie was not here. " Goku shook his head.

Chi-Chi walked up to him and took out a magnifying glass. She pulled out a pair of rubber gloves and put them on,

then picked up the sunglasses and held the magnifying glass up over them to reveal a dozen or so Veggie-germs wandering

around aimlessly on them. Some of the germs were sleeping, some were tanning, and several were in the middle of a game of

beach volleyball.

The Veggie-germ with the volleyball noticed Chi-Chi, then turned to her, " Spike! " it squeaked out and spiked the

ball at her, hitting Chi-Chi in the eye.

" Oww! " Chi-Chi grabbed the ball and covered her eye in pain, " WHY YOU LITTLE--! "

" EEP! " the Veggie-germs ran off to the far side of the sunglasses.

" Heeheehee, feisty. " Goku giggled at the germs.

" ... " Chi-Chi twitched, annoyed, " I'm throwing these in the trash. "

" AHH! Chi-chan NO! Veggie gave 'um to me special! " Goku pleaded.

" But they're COVERED IN HIS GERMS! "

Goku's bottom lip wobbled sadly.

Chi-Chi sighed, " Fine, I'll go rinse the glasses clean of the Ouji-germs and THEN you can have them back, agreed? "

Goku raised his hand as if in school, " Will the Veggie-germs go to a nice safe place after they are rinsed off,

Chi-chan? " he asked curiously with a little smile on his face.

Chi-Chi smiled back, " Of course they will, Goku-san. Infact they'll be very happy-- "

/dl

" --in the trash compacter! " Chi-Chi said happily as she washed the glasses off in the sink and turned to the

compacter's list of possible-means-of-destruction, " Let's see, slice, dice, chop, pureé and liquify. OOH! Let's try

"liquify"! " she pressed the button and a loud whirring sound came from beneath the sink along with a dozen or so tiny little

screaming voices which sounded eeriely like mini Vegetas, " Byebye! " Chi-Chi waved down the sink, then walked back towards

Goku's room only to bump into a large soft lump.

" Veggie? " Goku looked over Chi-Chi's head and rested his chin ontop of her bun, " Veggie? Chi-chan did you hear

Veggies? "

" Uh, no? " Chi-Chi said slowly.

" They were making scared little noises, like they needed me to comfort and hug them tightly until they cried all the

pain away... " the larger saiyajin sniffled at the thought.

" Oh they're FINE, Goku-san. " Chi-Chi laughed nervously, " I just uh, released them...into the wild! Yes, of course.

The wild. " she grinned cheesily, " Here's your sunglasses. "

Goku took them and put them back on, then walked over to the sink and saw several tiny blue dots sprinkling the

bottom of the sink, " What's that? " he said, uneasy.

" Blueberry juice. I was, making pie. Haha. " Chi-Chi laughed, then watched as Goku swiped some of the blue liquid

off the sink and reached his finger in his mouth to taste it, " AHHHHHHHHH!! DON'T EAT IT!! GOKU-SAN!! " she lept at him only

to just miss Goku putting the blue-liquid tipped finger in his mouth. Goku suddenly felt unbelievably dizzy. He wobbled back

and fainted, falling back-first onto the ground, " GOKU-SAN!!! "

/dl

:::" *squeak*squeak*squeak*squeak* *squeak*squeak*squeak*squeak*. " Goku's eyes fluttered open, the sound of squeaky

little noises all around him. The large saiyajin tried to sit up only to find he couldn't move. Goku's eyes flung open to see

he was tied to the floor in a vast dark area. All around him he could see little blue dots tieing more rope around his limbs,

tail, and neck.

" What the--what is going ON here!? " Goku gasped.

All the little blue dots suddenly froze in place and started to craw ontop of him.

One of the dots hopped onto Goku's nose, " Heehee, Kakay's hallucinating! " it giggled.

" Ka-- " Goku's eyes focused on the dot to see it was a Veggie-germ, " AHH! VEGGIE-GERMS! " he squealed, " Aww lookit

how CUTE you are! "

The Veggie-germ on Goku's nose wagged its tail.

" Say lil Veggie-germs, why did you tie me up? "

The germs looked at each other as if telepathically conferencing. The germ on Goku's nose turned back to him, " Umm,

because we luv u? "

" AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! " the large saiyajin gushed, " I luv u TOO! "

" ... "

" So! You gonna untie me? "

The little blue germs coyly shook their heads no.

" Sorry Kakay! We gotta job to do! Vegeta-sama says so! " the Veggie-germ stood up and saluted Goku, then hopped off

him and went back to the others.

" Wait, a job? What kind of job Veggie-germ where are you go--- " Goku paused when he suddenly heard what sounded

like a vaccum. The Veggie-germs suddenly screamed in terror as they were sucked upward above Goku. Goku gasped,

" Veggie-germs? What happened! COME BACK! ":::

/dl

" Come back...no, no come back! " Goku mumbled in his sleep, then felt a slap across his face and sat up, " Huh?! "

" HOW COULD YOU! "

Goku blinked, then looked over to see an annoyed Chi-Chi. Gohan was beside her holding some type of machine and Goku

felt his stomach suddenly empty again, " Wha--what happened? "

" What you ate just now was a "Veggie-germ". Kaasan freaked out after it caused you to faint so we sorta, well,

pumped your stomach. " Gohan explained, embarassed, " She didn't want the germ getting to your brain and/or insides. "

Goku tilted his head, " Pumped my...THE VACCUM NOISE! " he gasped and pointed to the machine in Gohan's hands.

" GO-CHAN! " Chi-Chi snapped at him. Goku froze, " DO YOU KNOW WHAT WAS IN YOUR STOMACH, SON GOKU! " she shouted.

Goku whinced, ::Uh-oh. Chi-chan must be really mad. She used my full name:: " Umm, food? " he said meakly.

" N--I mean, yes, but---ICE-CREAM! FIFTY-SEVEN POUNDS OF ICE-CREAM!!! YOU SNUCK OUT AFTER THOSE CRAZY DEMI-OUJIS

AND WENT TO EAT WITH THEM AFTER I TOLD YOU NOT TO, DIDN'T YOU! "

" I... "

" DIDN'T YOU!! "

The large saiyajin hung his head, " Yes. " he said in a little voice.

" Goodness Goku-san I never thought I'd see the day when you started to sneak out of the house with those

ouji-spawned creatures. " she huffed.

" They're not creatures, they're me 'n Veggie's lil fusion-babies. " Goku twiddled his thumbs, " They're my sons just

as much as Gohan and Goten are. "

" And what about the Ouji? Does that put the Ouji on par with me? The Ouji your SECOND WIFE now or somethin? " she

demanded.

" No. " Goku shook his head.

Chi-Chi groaned and sat back in her chair, " Goku we have ice-cream HERE, you know that. "

" I just wanted to make my fusion-babies happy. "

" That's your problem, Goku-san. You can't make EVERYBODY happy ALL of the time. " she said tiredly, " You do

understand its impossible to please EVERYONE at the same time, right? "

Goku nodded.

" Good. I'm glad we have an understanding. " Chi-Chi nodded, " Now I want you to go to your room and this time,

PLEASE stay there. " she sighed.

" Hai Chi-chan. " Goku nodded, then got up and waddled off.

Gohan looked down at the bag full of paritally-digested ice-cream, " So, what'll we do with all this? "

/dl

" Dear Diary, I got my tummy pumped today. I accidentally ate one of Veggie's germs which was in the sink and I

still don't know why it was in the sink or why it made me faint but it had to have been serious since Chi-chan had Gohan

pump it and all the yummy ice-cream I ate earlier out. Chi-chan is right, I shouldn't have disobeyed her and left to eat

ice-cream with Goggie and Ji-chan...even though they are a lot of fun to hang out with.

Veggie looked bigger today, I think I may have just imagined that though. It was like Veggie was getting bigger

throughout the whole day but that's impossible. After all there's only 3 things I know of that never change. Chi-chan's

always gonna yell at me, Bulma's always gonna make amazing inventions, and Veggie's always gonna be little.

I like Veggie little. I like to help Veggie reach things up high that he can't reach on his own. I like to comfort

Veggie 'n hug him to make him feel better when he's sad. I wish the naughty thoughts would go away though. They're such bad

things and I know Chi-chan would be mad if she knew and I do not know WHAT little Veggie's reaction would be. You and I are

the only ones who know about them. In detail anyway. Aren't they just terrible?....I know you'd agree with me if you could

talk, Diary. Veggie's......just really special, that's all. Besides those other things aren't allowed. We both know that.

At least Chi-chan let me keep the sunglasses Veggie gave me. I really like them a lot. Goodnight Diary! " Goku scribbled,

then shut the little book and put it in the box under his bed. He stretched, flopped down on the bed, and went to sleep.

/dl

" Ahh, the day has come. " Vegeta smirked as he lay in bed, the covers covering him up to his neck, " It's time to

see the final results of my plan. " he said, then reached out under his bed and took a deep breath. Vegeta flung the covers

off to reveal his body.

He. Was. Huge.

Vegeta sat up and stared in shock. If he didn't know any better he could've sworn he had a slightly bulker form than

Goku, though not as bulky as Raditsu. Vegeta stood up and gasped to see how high up he was. He grabbed his life-sized Goku

plushie, Kaka-chan, and took off its gi shirt. Vegeta took another deep breath, then put the gi shirt on and looked at

himself in the mirror.

It fit.

Goku's gi shirt FIT the ouji's new body-size, and if anything the gi shirt was a little small on the ouji. Vegeta

beamed. While he wasn't stronger than Kakarrotto, he certainly was 2 inches taller than Kakarrotto.

Vegeta grinned and flung off the gi shirt. The ouji dashed to his closet and pulled out the larger version of his

training uniform that he had worked on last night to fit Gokuesque measurements. Vegeta hugged the clothes against him,

" Wait'll Kakarrotto sees this!!! "

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9:56 PM 4/13/2004

END OF PART ONE

Vegeta: (grinning) I like THIS story.

Chuquita: (smirks) Just wait'll the plot-twist, Veggie.

Vegeta: (pales) Plot twist?

Chuquita: (happily) Yup!

Vegeta: (twitches) Oh dear God...

Goku: So, big Veggie is SLIGHTLY taller than me?

Chuquita: So far, yes.

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) WHADDA YOU MEAN "SO FAR"?!

Chuquita: ...

Vegeta: UGH! (slaps himself on the forehead)

Chuquita: (to audiance) To anyone wondering about Brolli's final fate in the previous story, I really have no idea yet. He

may or may not show up again. It all depends on how things continue on with the storyline. He did survive in the comics

though; lives in a capsule house next to Capsule Corp.

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) Don't change the subject.

Chuquita: Well you're asking me for spoilers on what'll happen to you and your...bigness.

Goku: (tilts head) "Bigness"?

Chuquita: (shrugs, confused)

Goku: You know, if Veggie got big, then couldn't I get bigger than big Veggie?

Vegeta: (narrows his eyes) Oh NO you don't! I didn't go through all that trouble only to have you do the exact same thing

with your height-genes and have you get as big as Raditsu and putting our height-difference back to the same over half a foot

it currently is!

Goku: (smiles) But Veggie it would be fun if I got bigger.

Vegeta: No it wouldn't!!! You get big enough when you you ssj! When you're in ssj3 your body is ENORMOUS!!

Chuquita: (snickers) Yeah, all Veggie gets is bigger limbs and a thicker neck.

Vegeta: (snorts) (bursts into ssj3) (chair breaks beneath him) (hits the ground with a yelp)

Goku: (gasps) Oh no! VEGGIE!

Vegeta: (raises hand and waves it above the desk) I'm alright.

Chuquita: (to audiance) Anyone out there who's seen Veggie's true height somewhere, feel free to tell me! That movie 7 parody

doujinshi is the most reliable source I can go on for now.

Vegeta: (twitches) You mean I'm 4'9 again!?

Chuquita: (shrugs) I dunno. Maybe.

Goku: (happily) And if you send Veggie's height in metrics it is oh-kay be-cause we have a converter!

Chuquita: (nods cheerfully) Hai! The back of my notebook has a translation table between metrics and whatever measuring

system we have here. All you have to do is multiply by a certain amount.

Vegeta: (sweatdrops) (sarcasm) Wow, they really taught you math well, didn't they?

Chuquita: (sweatdrops) I can't help it! None of my teachers past elementary school EVER taught us metrics! Or celsius! Which

is weird cuz you think since the rest of the world uses it that they'd spend at least a lil bit 'a time teaching it to us.

I think I had like one unit TOTAL on metrics.

Goku: (pats her on the back) Poor Chu-sama.

Chuquita: (sighs) Well, that's why I have this notebook. (pats big thick notebook) ...and to doodle in.

Goku: (flips through notebook) Ooh, lotsa Veggie-doodles! I luv doodlin' Veggies! (wags tail) (pulls out a pencil and starts

to doodle a happy little Veggie with a smile on its face) Heehee, Veggie so kawaii~~

Vegeta: (cheeks flush red with embarassment) ...

Chuquita: (to audiance) Also if Veggie's real height is over 5'4, tell me, cuz that'd mean I should be drawing him taller

than me.

Vegeta: I like THESE heights, actually. (holds up his own doodle where he is godzilla-like in size and height while Chu and

Goku are two little dots next to the Veggie in the doodle)

Chuquita: (sweatdrops) Your ego is showing, Veggie.

Vegeta: Let it show.

Goku: (singing-parody) Let it show, let it show, let it show~~

Vegeta: (sweatdrops)

Chuquita: (perks up) Well, see you sometime next week for Part 2, everybody!

Goku: Byebye!

Vegeta: I STILL think I should be at least several inches taller.

Chuquita: You can always wear high-heel shoes.

Vegeta: (annoyed) HA! Yeah right, next thing you know I'd be sporting a sundress and dabbling in makeup.

Chuquita: (raises eyebrow at Veggie, disturbed) ...?

Vegeta: ... (blinks) Not that I'd, do any of that stuff.

Chuquita: ?

Goku: ???

Vegeta: (cheeks flushed with embarassment) Well just, just shuddup!

Goku: (confused) Whatever you say, little Veggie.