Vegeta ½
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a Goku and Vegeta buddy fic
by
mkh2
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Huzzah! ::dances/marches around to Bittersweet Symphony by Radiohead:: Mikki is back! Cold's mostly gone and my typing is going strong! ::attempts a Ginyu pose – falls flat on face:: Okay, so not all my natural vivacity is back… however, it looks stupid whether I actually do the pose or fail. So, no biggie! ::slaps Band-Aid on boo-boo:: All better! (except for the cold)
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Twinkle, twinkle little… hey! That's rude! Come on, my birthday's coming up on the 23rd… Not even a little wish, I mean, Bejee's little, isn't he? … How about the version I made up? Whaddya mean it isn't original enough? . Fine. I wish I had a cookie.
Sighs. Yup, I don't own DragonballZ and the way things are looking ::glares at Twinkle the lil Star:: I won't be getting it anytime soon (especially not for my birthday.) Waah! Ooh, cookie. Chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chewy, chew-chew-chewy…
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Vegeta ½
Chapter 3 – the pains of being a girl
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Now we come upon our two favorite heroes sitting in the Gravity Room, ahem, favorite hero and anti-hero, er, anti-heroine. Anyway, these two people were sitting in the Gravity Room, supposedly discussing how to use the various parts of the sophisticated machine. Let's listen in on their conversation…
"So I'm supposed to act like a girl?" Vegeta glared at Goku who was rubbing the back of his awkwardly.
"Well, only a little, I mean, there are such things as tomboys." Goku nodded furiously. "Would be a perfect cover for any 'mistakes' a 'normal' girl would do in, uh, girl-related circumstances and concerning, um, woman's stuff."
"Really, is that right?" Vegeta raised an eyebrow, leaning back on her elbows. Goku tapped a button on the control panel for the Gravity Room, raising the gravity to 1, 2, 3, 4 so that it kept up appearances.
"Yeah; actually, Chichi was a bit of one when she was younger, but she was kinda obsessed with getting married. When she asked me to get married with her, at first I thought it was some kinda take-out or something."
"Seriously?" Vegeta whipped her head around to stare at him.
"Yeah, I didn't find out what it meant tell I actually got married, and even then I didn't understand until the wedding night, but then, when it comes to physical things, I am a fast learner."
"Kakarrotto! Disgusting – that's not something I want to hear coming out of your mouth!" snapped Vegeta.
"Ha ha, sorry Bejee. But hey, what about you and Bulma?" Goku grinned and rolled over onto his stomach so he was facing her.
"I would rather not discuss that in this body," muttered Vegeta dryly.
"Yeah, I understand; anyways, I think Chichi thought that she and I were supposed to be married because I did the pat-pat test on her… I wanted to make sure that I actually brought back a girl to her dad," Goku laughed, reminiscing over childhood memories.
"Wait, you mean you didn't know if harpy was really a girl?" Vegeta's eyes were wide now.
"Well… yeah." Goku glanced
"Bwahahahaha!" Vegeta went rolling across the floor of the Gravity Room, first one way then the other, crashing into Goku, but laughing so hard she hadn't noticed.
Goku manage to roll over on his back and sat up slightly, Vegeta tumbling into his lap, now red in the face from laughter and lack of oxygen.
"Aw, calm down – at least I hadn't thought she was a monster or a witch."
"Wh-wha- what do yeh-you meh-mee-mean by thuh-that?" Vegeta gasped out, rubbing her face, not carrying that she was sprawled over Goku's legs. 'If Kakarrotto expects me to move after that, he can move me himself – I'm actually tired, and yet…'
The first time I met Bulma, she accidentally hit me with her car. I attacked it, thinking it was a monster, and I kinda thought she was a monster too, until she was fully out." Goku grinned down at the small pink girl who was breathing heavily and turning redder and redder from her efforts to not laugh.
"Reh-really?" Vegeta managed to wheeze out, trying hard not to laugh at the mental image.
"Yeah… then I used the pat-pat test to confirm her claim that she was a girl, only to swing my power-pole* at her thinking she was a witch when she capsulized her broken car."
"Ha ha, ha ho hoo… Man, you really were isolated, huh?"
"Yeah… um, Bejee?" Goku fidgeted nervously.
"Aa?"
"My legs just fell asleep."
Vegeta blinked her eyes, 'wha?'
"Well, tough."
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Bulma frowned. She had been working hard at trying to decipher the water when her stomach started rumbling. Hey, even busy, beautiful, blue-haired geniuses such as she needed to stop and eat, right? So she had flipped on the telecommunicator to the Gravity Room to invite Goku and Bejee to the kitchen for lunch and she saw them… Goku leaning over Bejee who was lying on Goku's lap, the two talking low, Bejee laughing, tickled pink at whatever Goku had said, being awfully… chummy with each other. Goku started talking about his childhood, "…thought she was a monster or a witch." She watched until Goku started whining at Bejee for not getting off his legs ("If you don't get off, I won't be able to walk! They're all tingly – I can't feel my feet!") and Bejee had started laughing some more.
"Very suspicious," frowned Bulma as she turned off the tele-link.
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Goku and Vegeta started walking to the kitchen, Vegeta having demanded having something to eat – it took them ten minutes to get out… Goku was wobbling around trying to get the blood back into his legs and Vegeta… well, Vegeta was laughing at him – and Goku was going to be the one to cook it. Goku protested.
"Seriously – nobody can eat my cooking without turning Piccolo green – no fooling!" Goku rambled, waving his hands around.
"Well, you don't expect me to cook, do you?" Vegeta raised her chin haughtily at him. 'Heh, let's see him get out of this one.'
"Well, what about asking Bunni, Bulma's mom, eh? She's a great cook, and she's always buying tasty treats and – oh, hello Bulma. Down for lunch too, huh?" Goku grinned brightly at Bulma, who was staring at him while slowly chewing her sandwich at the kitchen table.
"Hey, Goku, mind if I talk with you for a second?" Bulma put down her sandwich and stood, motioning for him to follow.
"Ah, sure thing Bulma; Bejee stay here." Goku nodded Vegeta towards the table. Vegeta sat down in the chair next to the one Bulma was sitting in, watching as Goku followed Bulma out of the kitchen.
"So, Bulma, what did you want to talk to – ah– " Goku stopped as Bulma whirled around on him.
"Exactly what are you doing with that Bejee girl?" hissed Bulma.
"Huh-wha?" Goku blinked.
"My sentiments exactly!" Bulma snapped. "Did you forget about Chichi?"
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Vegeta sat in the kitchen, straining to hear what was going on out there – I say straining because Bunni had bounced in and decided now was as good a time as any to start grinding her special imported coffee beans. *Ker-vwrshzshrrrzzuzgzuhzuhzsh!* Boy, that's one noisy electric coffee bean grinder – probably not a Capsule Corp product.
'Schnapps! What are they talking about out there, something about me… and the harpy?' Vegeta frowned and looked at the plate next to her. Boy, did she mention she felt kinda hungry? Her stomach growled.
'Kakarrotto, hurry up!'
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"Well??" Bulma glared at Goku.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Goku rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Mind if you specify?"
Bulma gawked at him. "Fine, why were you carrying Bejee around in the hallway, hm?"
"Oh, there was a bug on the floor – turns out she is terrified of bugs, you know the creepy crawly ones… something about one time waking up to find herself covered in them," Goku said smoothly. 'Well, that's not a complete lie…'
Bulma frowned. 'Makes sense.' "Okay, then why was Bejee lying on your lap in the Gravity Room, eh? Awful chummy, no?" Bulma's eyes narrowed at him.
'Déjà vu…' "Well, I was telling her about my experiences as a kid when I was first found… I guess we were comparing our similar backgrounds… and I mentioned how I hadn't known that Chichi was a girl, even mentioned the pat-pat test. She thought it was hilarious and, since she was already on the ground – the Gravity room was on – and at 4 I might add… enough to flatten a normal person but just enough to tire her out – she just started rolling on the floor laughing. Hey, wait – ROFL! Ha ha – hey, wait… what were you doing spying on us, huh?" Goku frowned at Bulma.
"Why you…" she sputtered. Finally she sighed.
"It's just, well, she seemed really attached to you… and you only just met! What am I supposed to think when you find a beautiful young, amazingly strong, girl practically hanging off of your arm and you acting like it's the most natural thing in the world?"
"People hang offa my arms all the time – you did one time you needed an escort at a banquet and Chichi couldn't come cuz she was visiting Gyu-Mao, remember?" Goku frowned. "Besides, I'm really the only one she can relate to, so she feels comfortable around me – I act a lot like her, whether you believe it or not. Anyways, she's a sweet girl, so don't be so suspicious of her." Goku started to head back to the kitchen then paused and looked over to Bulma. "By the way, could you call up the gang? I want them to meet her – I think they'd like her." Goku headed in.
"Ah, Goku, always such a sweetie. Guess I should trust your judgment… you're usually right." Bulma smiled then frowned. "I just hope she doesn't get too attached to you – you'd have a hard time hurting her feelings." Bulma followed, remembering her sandwich.
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Goku and Bulma stood in the doorway. Three large plates that supposedly held lots of food were lying with only the fewest possible crumbs on them, a happy Bejee leaning back in her chair as Bunni carried another large heaping plate full of food to her. Bulma looked at the plate her sandwich was on – not a crumb left.
"My sandwich!" cried Bulma.
With a content look on her face, Bejee said, "Well, I was hungry."
~Owari~
Deleted scene:
[Bejee] looked at the new plate. "Ooh! Food!" She started eating like Vegeta.
"My, that girl has a healthy appetite, and so strong, too!" smiled Bunni. "Want anything for desert? I'm got lots of cakes and puddings!"
"Mrph? Mrmhm mrhk mrph?"
"The special for today is carrot cake!" chirped Bunni.
Goku burst out laughing as Bulma face-faulted. "Gak!"
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Well, that's it for this chapter. Hope you enjoyed! Off to write more "Thunk!" and "Hey! What's with the growling?" Merry reading!
Ciao ~ mkh2
(Tippy: (flat voice) Mikki, for your upcoming birthday, I will sing you a birthday salutation
mkh2: Uh-oh… I think know what it is. ::crosses fingers:: please no, please no.
Tippy: ::clears throat:: Ahem. ::pulls out harmonica:: *phweet!*
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
You look like a small hairy primate
And you smell like one to.
Congratulations for your advancing of a year.
mkh2: (ssarcastically) Oh, joy, that really moved me.
Tippy: but of course… where you moving to?
mkh2: ::face faults:: Ghk!
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power-pole* does anyone remember the Japanese name for this? I completely forgot! If you know, please tell me!
Also, has anyone caught the Pinky and the Brain reference in Vegeta ½ chapter 3? The first one to find it gets a cookie! (unless Tippy eats them all – glares at Tippy. Tippy: ::mouthful of cookie:: whaaaaa???)
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Start: 9:25 p.m., 09/17/2003
End: 10:47 p.m., 09/17/2003