Vegeta ½

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a Goku and Vegeta buddy fic

by

mkh2

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Hello everybody, Mikki here. I hope you forgive me for taking forever with this chapter… yeah, yeah, I know, you hate me. Bleh!

Oh, one more thing… somebody mentioned that Goku was supposed to have fallen into the same spring as Vegeta – I meant that was supposed to be for Vegeta ½'s sequel, Goku ½.

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Disclaimer: All I want for Christmas is DBZ and Ranma, DBZ and Ranma, oh DBZ and Ranma! All I want for Christmas is DBZ and Ranma, but I am never gonna get it.

Why am I singing a Christmas song for? It's near by birthday! Happy Birthday to… aw, forget it.

Unless you weren't paying attention (highly doubtful unless you ran screaming out of the room when I first started singing [I'm not that bad!]) I don't own DBZ or Ranma ½, where I got some of the idea from (okay, just really the idea for how to turn Bejee into a girl); they belong to Akira Toriyama and Rumiko Takahashi respectively. This goes for all chapters of Vegeta ½, which I've neglected to mention the Ranma ½ part in the other chapters. (I love Rumiko Takahashi's work – currently I'm addicted to her Inuyasha story.)

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Vegeta ½

Chapter 3 – 'Oooo, the plot thickens' or 'Wait – Goku's smart?!'

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Vegeta sat on a rock, glaring at Goku's back as he made the phone call.

"Alright, see you then," Goku hung up and turned around to Vegeta.

"Okay, I made the call – we'll leave in a bit," Goku grinned. "We'll just get our stuff together and a sample of the water and go, 'kay Bejee?"

Vegeta glared. "What do you mean we're going back? What's this about getting a sample of water, eh? And why are you still calling me Bejee?!"

Goku grinned. "Don't worry – I've already got a story made up for you; the water sample is for Bulma to analyze to see if there is a cure – I'll say it has to do with a… friend of yours who gets nervous about traveling; and the Bejee thing is so I get in the habit of calling you Bejee and don't screw up around the others."

Vegeta blinked. "You know, when you talk like that, you almost sound intelligent."

Goku sweat dropped. "Thanks… I think."

"So tell me, what's the story?" Vegeta questioned, pulling her legs up against her chest.

"Ah, that - I'll tell you as we get the water." Goku started walking, motioning for Vegeta to follow. Vegeta hopped off the rock, landing lightly on her feet and trailed after him. "Okay, here's the deal: I decide to head back early while you as in the male you wanted to stay and get in some extra training – you liked the location or something. If they ask me to specify I'll just say I was hungry and not paying attention. ["Naturally," commented Vegeta.] While we were training I found you–"

"Found me?" gawked Vegeta. "What the Enma sort of excuse is that?"

Goku frowned. "I don't see anything wrong with that. Bulma found me when I was a kid and even helped get the papers and such needed to get me registered and everything. Sort of like what she did with you."

Vegeta blinked again. He was right again. "I guess – what else?"

"I'll say that I had found you training, that you're pretty good and all, so you can continue training in this form, though probably at not as high a level as before. Good way to practice ki control though. You can train at slightly higher levels as you go of course. You'll wear the clothes you're wearing now – the outfit I gave you before we left to make the story more believable, make it look like you're just another warrior from Earth."

"Okay, what about my 'friend'?"

"He is a forest dweller who had helped raise "He is a forest dweller who had helped raise you as Bejee growing up – we'll call him 'Mute', say he doesn't like talking much. Also, since the 'accident' with the water, he's been extra hesitant to leave his dwelling place."

"Sounds… good, very good. Kakarrotto, I'm… impressed." Vegeta glanced sidelong at Goku's profile.

"Really, Bejee?" Goku grinned, leaning over her small frame.

"Hn, hai – better remember this, probably won't be saying that again for a very long time, if ever," Vegeta looked away, flushing slightly.

"Ha ha, right Bejee. Here, gimme your clothes – I'll be able to hide it better that way," Goku reached out and gently tugged away the clothes. Vegeta grumbled as she let him tuck them under his arm.

"Where you gonna hide it?" Vegeta asked.

"Oh, I've got a spare storage capsule with me; I find that the best way to hide something is to place it in plain view – that way, nobody suspects." Goku smiled brightly at Vegeta before carefully getting a sample of the spring water and storing it in a capsule.

"Aa, I guess," Vegeta stared at the capsules that now contained the water and her clothes. "So, how're we getting back, Kakarrotto?"

"Same way we got here, Bejee," Goku smirked, taking hold of her arm. "I'll use Instant Transmission."

"Sure thing, Brain," snickered Vegeta.

They disappeared from the grounds.

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"…And that's the deal, Bulma-chan," said Goku. "You'll help her, won't you?"

Bulma, who had a rather thoughtful expression on her face, nodded and looked at the slight girl standing closely to Goku, who seemed to be glaring at her reflection in the mirror. "Of course, Son-chan," she leaned over to Vegeta, "That's a mirror, Bejee, you use it to look at yourself."

Vegeta turned red. "I know that!" she snapped. She turned away angrily and stomped over to Goku. "Can I go train now?" Vegeta was upset that Goku had insisted she stay to listen to the whole ridiculous story and… what's with the "Bulma-chan" and "Son-chan" bit, huh? They were being very chummy, weren't they?

Goku nodded thoughtfully before turning to Bulma. "Bul-chan, is it okay if Bejee uses the Gravity Room since Vegeta's not here? I think she'd really like it – get a kick out of it or something."

Bulma frowned. "I suppose, but if Vegeta gets angry, it's your head, not mine."

Goku did his trademark smile. "Yeah, okay – come on Bejee, I'll show you myself." Putting his hand on Vegeta's shoulder he steered her out of the room.

"Weird girl," murmured Bulma before turning to the sample. "She seemed awful close to Goku –hope she behaves herself around him, after all, Goku's so cute." She smiled, remembering the chibi Goku was when she first met him. "Ha! He always was a cutie."

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As Goku led Vegeta over to the Gravity Room, Vegeta angrily grabbed Goku's sleeve and pulled him into a nearby bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind her.

"Ow, what's your deal, Bejee!" whined Goku as he nursed his banged elbow that smacked into the wall and was now all tingly.

"What's your deal?! "Bul-chan" this and "Son-chan" that… awful chummy, no?" Vegeta glared.

Goku blinked slowly at her before his face burst into a wide smile. "Aw, Bejee, don't be jealous, you have to remember, we've known each other since she found me as kids – that's what we normally call each other when you aren't there since you always make faces when w e do. If I had acted differently to her when you were there, she woulda suspected something. We're old friends, and besides, I'm married. I won't steal Bulma from you."

Vegeta turned about twenty different shades of red. "I'm not jealous! I never said anything about liking that blue-haired onna anyway!" Suddenly a blue sweater the very shade of Buruma's hair sounded very appealing to Vegeta.

"Sure you don't, Bejee." Goku smiled.

"And what's with showing me around my own home, treating me like I'm stupid, hn?" Bejee glared. "I know my way around here!"

"Well, I know Vegeta does, but Bejee doesn't," reminded Goku. "It would seem rather suspicious if you already knew everything, wouldn't it?"

"Fine then, whatever, show me the way," Vegeta sighed. She pushed open the door and stepped out.

"Okay. Hey, just to warn you, Bulma's probably gonna wanna go on a shopping spree with you. You know how she is about clothes," Goku said, closing the door behind him.

"Why should she? I'm perfectly happy with my clothes!" Vegeta snapped.

"But, Bejee, you've only got this one thing. Hey, you got a bug or something on your shoulder," Goku reached over and plucked it off her shoulder.

"Bug!" shrieked Vegeta, jumping into Goku's arms. "Bug! Icky, gross, slimy, wriggly, crawly bug! Get it away! Kill it! Kill it!"

"Aw, Bejee, it's just a lil' caterpillar," blinked Goku lazily at the trembling girl in his arms.

"Oh yeah? Try being buried alive* and then see how much you like them," hissed Vegeta in Goku's ear.

"Okay, okay, got me there. …Sorry about that, Bejee," said Goku, stepping over the bug and walking around the corner.

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Bulma stepped back into her lab after seeing Goku and Bejee step around the corner, Bejee still nestled in his arms.

"Hmm, suspicious indeed."

~Owari~

Seems kinda boring to me, but I felt this chapter was necessary, so here you go. Hey, what can I do?

Yes, yes, I know, took me long enough to get another chapter up. Thanks for all your lovely reviews – I enjoy making people laugh. (Tippy: no you don't. you like stealing their cookies and making them cry. Mikki: what are you talking about – that's you. Tippy: oh yeah, it is, isn't it? ::walks away:: Mikki: O.o;; That's Tippy for ya.)

Time took: 1hr 8 mins.

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Hey, did anybody catch that Pinky and the Brain joke? Anybody? Nobody? Nuts.

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I only fixed up one word that I discovered I had accidentally deleted before saving and deleting a letter that shouldn't have been there... if you pay attention to the way I worded the sentences, you'll catch the Pinky and the Brain joke. (First person who catches it gets a cookie! Goku: with fish? mkh2: no, no fish. Goku: T-T Pwweeeezzzzeeee??? mkh2: ... Only if they ask for it. Goku: ::cheers:: yay! *v*)

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*the buried alive piece is referring to the time when Vegeta was killed by Frieza on planet Namek and Goku buried him. When he was wished back to life – intentionally or not – he found himself under roughly a foot of dirt. He was buried under there long enough for some bugs and stuff to start crawling over him, particularly things like worms. I'd be pretty grossed out by the bugs, too, if I had been in that situation. I got the idea he would have felt like that from seeing the episode where Goku and Vegeta are inside Buu's body and they're talking to the worms. Vegeta has never been easily grossed out by anything before and so the facial expressions and his various reactions to the jolly worms suggest a fear. (Whoa, I think I'm reading too much into this again.) Well, it's either that or he just thinks they're gross.