Chapter 5: Confessions of the Lonely
"I can feel her up her so where is she hiding?" Vegeta thought aloud as he hopped up to the next portion of the hospital roof. "I'm beginning to think she doesn't want to be found."
"What was your first guess?" A voice rang through the darkness.
"Fine then I suppose you don't care what's going to happen to your grandson." He huffed turning around.
"It's not that..." 18 called hopping down from on top of a maintenance door roof. "It's just times like these make me wonder if I'm ever going to see Krillin again." She sighed.
"That's ridiculous!" Vegeta growled turning back around and looking at her as she stared out over the city. "One day we're all going to be dead and stuck with each other on the other side."
"Are you so sure?" She wondered not bothering to turn and look at his aggravated features. "You nor I both can't be certain that I'm going to be joining you. For all we know I could be doomed to live forever. To bury all of you and watch the world go on in happy ignorant bliss. Or fallen at the hands of some superior enemy that comes when you're all dead and gone but never make it to the otherside because I have nothing to send there."
"If you're so worried about this then you have to have a soul..." Vegeta huffed walking over and sitting down on the ledge. "If you didn't have one you wouldn't be so concerned about it's state and fate."
"Do you worry about your soul?" She asked sitting down next to him.
"Of course I do now... Before I came back here nothing matter to me but power and revenge. But now I see that there's more to life and I worry that I haven't done enough good to undo the wrong so I can be with my family on the otherside. Kami knows I sure as Hell don't want to rot in Hell..." Vegeta responded looking down at the people go in and out of the hospital.
"I understand what you mean..." She sighed looking up at the stars.
"I wonder how those pathetic weaklings would re-act if I yelled really loud then fell off the building..." He smirked standing up.
"Don't do that!" 18 snapped grabbing his arm. "There's enough going on in there, we don't need you causing a stir." She laughed.
"You're right." He sat back down. "They'd probably start screaming and running around like headless chickens." He smirked and chuckled. "I don't know why we've given so much for them."
"Probably because they'd give so much to us and have given so much to us." 18 mused thinking back to Krillin. Vegeta nodded thinking back to Bulma.
"It seems colder when you're alone." They said in unison then shot each other a look. 18 looked away and blushed but she couldn't tell why.
"I always admired you. I just thought I'd tell you that." Vegeta said in his proud sort of hard to admit way.
"You admired me? I always thought you despised me and thought I was going to short circuit and kill you all in your sleep." She mused with a grin.
Vegeta looked at her funny then shook it off. "Honestly. You're a good role model for Pan and Mari. Just like you were a good role model for Marron. You should have seen the way her eyes light up when you compete in tournaments. I just wish I could have brought myself to train Bra even just enough to defend herself." He shook his head.
"You worry about her don't you?" 18 asked looking at him. He nodded. "I used to worry about Marron when she was out until she met Trunks. I knew he would take good care of her."
"He was afraid not to." Vegeta chuckled. "He was probably scared of you and for good reason. I'd hate to see you after someone messed with your kid." They both chuckled.
"My kid? I'd really hate to be the guy that messes with Bra." She laughed then turned serious. "Vegeta I want you to answer this question. Why did you suggest Pan be Kaden's donor and not Mari?"
"Pan's stronger than Mari and can heal faster. Besides she's probably got healthier tissue." Vegeta replied plainly.
18 nodded. "Well I want you to do me a favor." He looked at her. "I want you to train Mari. She wants to learn how to fight and I think it would be best for someone who knows about her heritage be the one to teach her. Of course if Kaden gets through this he'll want to train to you know."
"Hmmm... I'm flattered. I can't believe you'd rather me train them than you with our history." He smirked.
"It's just that, history. I don't think that considering we're family and have been family for awhile now and our grandson is sick and could die that we should hold that foolish grudge anymore. Besides you're stronger and it's just like I said you know their heritage. Besides you can probably teach them more techniques." 18 conceded as she looked away again.
"I've got a better idea. How about we both train them? I'm not exactly in my prime anymore and taking on two new students and trying to teach them EVERYTHING could be a bit hard." Vegeta conceded with a bit of effort.
"That sounds good but you know we owe Pan for this. You don't suppose she'd like for us to train her too do you? I mean it's obvious her parents don't care to teach her anymore than she already knows." 18 said getting up.
"I figure she's going to ask me to teach her how to go Super in payment... I promised her anything she wanted even if it meant getting the Dragonballs to do it." Vegeta responded getting up.
"Just one more thing Vegeta."
"What?" He grunted as he started to walk away.
"If it gets to where your health is failing, I want for you to kill me before you get to weak too. I don't think I could bare to ask anyone else, or wait to see if I die eventually." 18 requested sadly.
"First of all I will never be to weak to destroy you again." He smirked as he glanced back at her. "Second of all, it would be an honor." He turned his gaze back to the horizon and made his way back down. 18 smiled and followed and they soon rejoined everyone in the waiting room. Videl and Goten had arrived and were sitting next to a less than at ease Gohan. Goku was smacking the candy machine trying to get his candy bar to come out. Vegeta smirked and walked over to the machine. He gave it one good Fonzi-esque smack and the candy bar dropped to the bottom of the machine.
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Those of you who don't know about Arthur Fonzerelli from the TV show "Happy Days", he had a thing where he'd rub a machine(usually the juke box) then give it a good swift smack and it would play his favorite songs for free. He also liked doing this to the beverage machine to get free pop/soda/cola.
"I can feel her up her so where is she hiding?" Vegeta thought aloud as he hopped up to the next portion of the hospital roof. "I'm beginning to think she doesn't want to be found."
"What was your first guess?" A voice rang through the darkness.
"Fine then I suppose you don't care what's going to happen to your grandson." He huffed turning around.
"It's not that..." 18 called hopping down from on top of a maintenance door roof. "It's just times like these make me wonder if I'm ever going to see Krillin again." She sighed.
"That's ridiculous!" Vegeta growled turning back around and looking at her as she stared out over the city. "One day we're all going to be dead and stuck with each other on the other side."
"Are you so sure?" She wondered not bothering to turn and look at his aggravated features. "You nor I both can't be certain that I'm going to be joining you. For all we know I could be doomed to live forever. To bury all of you and watch the world go on in happy ignorant bliss. Or fallen at the hands of some superior enemy that comes when you're all dead and gone but never make it to the otherside because I have nothing to send there."
"If you're so worried about this then you have to have a soul..." Vegeta huffed walking over and sitting down on the ledge. "If you didn't have one you wouldn't be so concerned about it's state and fate."
"Do you worry about your soul?" She asked sitting down next to him.
"Of course I do now... Before I came back here nothing matter to me but power and revenge. But now I see that there's more to life and I worry that I haven't done enough good to undo the wrong so I can be with my family on the otherside. Kami knows I sure as Hell don't want to rot in Hell..." Vegeta responded looking down at the people go in and out of the hospital.
"I understand what you mean..." She sighed looking up at the stars.
"I wonder how those pathetic weaklings would re-act if I yelled really loud then fell off the building..." He smirked standing up.
"Don't do that!" 18 snapped grabbing his arm. "There's enough going on in there, we don't need you causing a stir." She laughed.
"You're right." He sat back down. "They'd probably start screaming and running around like headless chickens." He smirked and chuckled. "I don't know why we've given so much for them."
"Probably because they'd give so much to us and have given so much to us." 18 mused thinking back to Krillin. Vegeta nodded thinking back to Bulma.
"It seems colder when you're alone." They said in unison then shot each other a look. 18 looked away and blushed but she couldn't tell why.
"I always admired you. I just thought I'd tell you that." Vegeta said in his proud sort of hard to admit way.
"You admired me? I always thought you despised me and thought I was going to short circuit and kill you all in your sleep." She mused with a grin.
Vegeta looked at her funny then shook it off. "Honestly. You're a good role model for Pan and Mari. Just like you were a good role model for Marron. You should have seen the way her eyes light up when you compete in tournaments. I just wish I could have brought myself to train Bra even just enough to defend herself." He shook his head.
"You worry about her don't you?" 18 asked looking at him. He nodded. "I used to worry about Marron when she was out until she met Trunks. I knew he would take good care of her."
"He was afraid not to." Vegeta chuckled. "He was probably scared of you and for good reason. I'd hate to see you after someone messed with your kid." They both chuckled.
"My kid? I'd really hate to be the guy that messes with Bra." She laughed then turned serious. "Vegeta I want you to answer this question. Why did you suggest Pan be Kaden's donor and not Mari?"
"Pan's stronger than Mari and can heal faster. Besides she's probably got healthier tissue." Vegeta replied plainly.
18 nodded. "Well I want you to do me a favor." He looked at her. "I want you to train Mari. She wants to learn how to fight and I think it would be best for someone who knows about her heritage be the one to teach her. Of course if Kaden gets through this he'll want to train to you know."
"Hmmm... I'm flattered. I can't believe you'd rather me train them than you with our history." He smirked.
"It's just that, history. I don't think that considering we're family and have been family for awhile now and our grandson is sick and could die that we should hold that foolish grudge anymore. Besides you're stronger and it's just like I said you know their heritage. Besides you can probably teach them more techniques." 18 conceded as she looked away again.
"I've got a better idea. How about we both train them? I'm not exactly in my prime anymore and taking on two new students and trying to teach them EVERYTHING could be a bit hard." Vegeta conceded with a bit of effort.
"That sounds good but you know we owe Pan for this. You don't suppose she'd like for us to train her too do you? I mean it's obvious her parents don't care to teach her anymore than she already knows." 18 said getting up.
"I figure she's going to ask me to teach her how to go Super in payment... I promised her anything she wanted even if it meant getting the Dragonballs to do it." Vegeta responded getting up.
"Just one more thing Vegeta."
"What?" He grunted as he started to walk away.
"If it gets to where your health is failing, I want for you to kill me before you get to weak too. I don't think I could bare to ask anyone else, or wait to see if I die eventually." 18 requested sadly.
"First of all I will never be to weak to destroy you again." He smirked as he glanced back at her. "Second of all, it would be an honor." He turned his gaze back to the horizon and made his way back down. 18 smiled and followed and they soon rejoined everyone in the waiting room. Videl and Goten had arrived and were sitting next to a less than at ease Gohan. Goku was smacking the candy machine trying to get his candy bar to come out. Vegeta smirked and walked over to the machine. He gave it one good Fonzi-esque smack and the candy bar dropped to the bottom of the machine.
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Those of you who don't know about Arthur Fonzerelli from the TV show "Happy Days", he had a thing where he'd rub a machine(usually the juke box) then give it a good swift smack and it would play his favorite songs for free. He also liked doing this to the beverage machine to get free pop/soda/cola.